Aussie Finch Forum

Could someone post a picture of a Silver Charcoal please?

Peter

These are not very good birds, was given them a couple of years ago.

If only I had known you 8 years ago Dan, I had these by the bucket load. I purchased a few pair of realy dark charcoals and 2 pair out of three kept throwing silvers and white version of a charcoal ( well I called them white, kind of crossed with a blue) I ended up getting rid of them as they didnt produce what I wanted.

Later I found out the person they came from was working on silver charcoals and because they didn t produce what he wanted he moved them on, but looking back i should have kept them , oh well.. pete

Sorry Danny havnt been on of late but seems Chainsaw and Zebman seem to have helped you and a few others. Hope all is well with you and your Zebs.

Thanks for the pic.
I think they look pretty cool!

Peter

Danny, noticed some in the recent QFS for Sale. July issue.

MadHatter wrote:If someone can tell me the inheritance of both mutations I might be able to make some suggestions.

If you give me a couple of days I can tell you.

I have a silver split charcoal and a normal split charcoal who have just laid eggs and have some young.

I am a newbie to zebs but have a basic understanding of genes.

I am predicting 50% normal split charcoal, 25 % silver split charcoal and 25% charcoal.

Gong to be a tough one though as I think there is only one or two young in the nest and the one I can see looks silver.

AMCA26 wrote:Danny, noticed some in the recent QFS for Sale. July issue.

I'll have a look. Thanks.

There is a zebra genetic calculator listed here, among other species. I haven't checked all the links so not sure they are all still current.
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