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Bmac27
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Just my luck !!!
I've had my young Crimson hen in a holding cage with my Blue Cap male , oblivious to the chance that anything would occur as the hen is paired with her Crimson mate .... but ..... it appears they have taken quite a liking to each other ... what are the chances of that ???
Theres some strange goings on of late in my aviary .... this isn't the first cross species interlude I've encountered ... Recently I had quite a romantically confused Strawberry male who thought a young Blue Cap hen was irresistible , and she reciprocated the affection also .... but as the Romeo and Juliet story goes , I forbid the engagement ( no deaths however ) :D . the Strawb was sent on his way and the the BC hen forced to pair with her own kind !
Im a little bemused to say the least !!
I have never heard of these 2 species pairing before ( crimson and BC ) !
Any guesses at what the offspring of this unlikely coupling would look like ?
I am totally against hybridization but a little part of me is dead interested to see what the result would bring :)
Brad
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Myzomela
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Hi Brad,
It's not the crossing that is the problem- rather what happens to any resulting offspring.
They may not be fertile anyway.
It would be very interesting to see how any offspring would colour up.

You can always just wait & see what eventuates, and if you breed any offspring keep them separate in a holding aviary.

Let us know what happens.
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arthur
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May have mentioned it here before . .

Many years ago a hybrid appeared in a large aviary of mine. Parents were (judging by body shape and call), Cordon and/or St Helena and/or Crimson, but I could never be sure which

Passed it on to a lady who had a non-breeding collection of hybrid finches

While I don't normally condone intentional hybridisation, I do find these birds interesting and have quite a collection of photos of finch hybrids that I have 'pinched' from the net :silent: :shh:

I also find the sometimes irrational, almost phobic attitudes of some, towards accidental hybrids interesting . .

Afterall, like most of our bird problems . . it is the keeper who is ultimately responsible
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arthur wrote:

I also find the sometimes irrational, almost phobic attitudes of some, towards accidental hybrids interesting . .

I find hybrids interesting and only intentionally breed goldfinch,canary and green singer crosses....

You do get some over the top reactions on here but I kind of see where they are coming from...it is usually the novice who ends up unknowingly buying the hybrids..
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I dont have a problem as long as the person breeding the hybrid, just to see what would happen, what colour body size, fertility etc etc would turn up, as long as this person is prepared to not allow them on the public market. Without these accidents or experiments we wouldnt know what species is prepared to breed with others and which of the resulting young are fertile.
From what I can see its once these hybrids birds get in the public arena and marketed as something a bit different when the problem starts. Others dont always have the same ideals and are quite happy to profit from that unusually marked (insert any finch name) and this goes on to pollute the species to the detriment of the species and the exasperation of the future breeder.
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Bmac27
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Well he was at it again guys jeez , the Strawb hen fell off the perch the other day unfortunately and just yesterday I noticed the cock bird flying with the Blue Cap hen and harassing her constantly .
The hen is bonded and on the nest with her mate and this time the Strawb male decided it was alpha male time and proceeded to pick a fight with the Blue Cap male at nesting duty change over .
Needless to say he signed his eviction notice right there and then , little bugger !!!
He is now back in the holding cage awaiting another strawb hen .
Strange though how when he had his hen available he left the BCs well alone and showed zero interest even though they were in the same aviary !
He is now colouring up also ... why a Blue cap hen though ???
They are not exactly similar in species , nor appearances ... strange :?
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