Crested mom or dad for crested babies?

[sierranomad]

Tomorrow I will be going to a Society/Zebra bird mart and want to get 2 or 3 chocolate self crested societies to breed with my chocolate pieds.

I want them to produce chocolate self and pieds, with and without crests. Does it matter which parent is the chocolate self crested?

Or is there another, better pairing (i.e. both crested, etc.)?

Thank you,

[Finchman1]

I dont find it makes a difference on the breeding outcome but you should not pair 2 cresteds together.

[amalan11]

someone smart may be able to link you to my old thread on this,I asked about breeding crested societys a few months ago..never breed a crested with another I learnt! use a normal

[amalan11]

if it helps it was headed
crested society finch started 20th may
my little one has eggs now!!

[sierranomad]

Thank you Finchman1 and amalan11! I found the thread, in case anyone else is interested, it is here: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=7271&hilit=crested+society+finch

P.S. Congratulations on your eggs!

[AMCA26]

I have heard to breed Crested to Normal also.

[Pete Sara]

If they are anything like crested canaries it is fatal to pair two crested s together it causes a big hole in the head in the young. So should be crested to normal...pete

[finchbreeder]

Yep. Canaries plain to crested or you risk the fatal double up of genes. Can do it but not nice to condem 25% to death that way.
LML

[djb78]

It would be best to breed your crested to a split creasted or a normal( split creasted is a normal which has the crested gene, will give you alot more crested young. They look exactly like a normal). As for which sex to have a crest, didn't really matter.

[finchbreeder]

So does this mean the crested gene is not dominant in Bengos? As if it is a dominant gene there is no such thing as a split. Because any bird with the dominant gene will show the trait.
LML