Star finches
- shnapper20
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Hi ive been breeding star finches for yrs , the cock has a bright red / orange face and the hen has way less coloration of the face. Ive been breeding and selling pairs using this reasoning . I only just learnt the hens dont have colouring on the bottom jaw. Well my breeding efforts should improve now and for those people I may have sold a pr of cocks as a breeding pr I apologise, i guess its part of being human
- shnapper20
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Thanks Craig I dont feel so bad now as I was sure they were hens and cocks I was selling.
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I have always sexed them by "maximum face colour = male, minimum face colour = female" while being aware that some of the middling ones are a bit of a gamble as to being a poor coloured cock (probable) or a well coloured hen (less likely)
So you are not alone Shnapper
So you are not alone Shnapper
LML