Adult colours

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jimstreet
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At what age do young zebs turn from black beaks/feathers etc. to adult colours?
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mattymeischke
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By 90 days from hatching, so about 10 or 11 weeks after fledgeing.
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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jimstreet
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Thanks, I have just noticed another normal male fully coloured in the aviary that I didn't know I had, the plot thickens...
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AMCA26
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And they will breed given any chance as well. Reason i pull my young out when the beak is just about fully coloured up.
Breeding Show Zebra Finches, Blue Gouldians, Pied Orange Breast.
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