Aussie Finch Forum

Jayburd wrote:whats a eumo?

Eumo Zebras are very dark birds, perhaps the blackest of all Zebra Finches. Even newly fledged chicks are exceptionally dark all over unlike any other mutation of dark zebra. Further more the Eumo has a feather abnormality, in which the barbs of the wing feathers do not interlock and the bird has a silky appearance.

Sounds interesting. Wish I had some of these real dark guys. Oh Oh I feel another type of Zeb coming on.
LML

I really want true pairs of florida fancies and penguins.

you dont need real dark ones to breed them finchbreeder , I had them and now my dad doe's and we have had almost all black birds give off crappy ( in the sense) charcoals and these offspring can give off really good black ones . I guess I little like the red zebbies in that you get the better looking birds from the splits mixed with a pure.....pete

Without looking at a website i believe the Florida Fancy is similar to our Isabel.

Very dissapointed with this years results. Put my best boys to split girls. Full body colour carcol fawn cock to (possible) split blackfronted fawn hen. All chicks visually normal fawns. Dilute blackfronted cock to sister of the above cock. A big fat zip. Don;t they know Zebs are supposed to breed like mice.
LML

AMCA26 wrote:Without looking at a website i believe the Florida Fancy is similar to our Isabel.

yes but different enough to make them desirable. actually saw a pair for $250

Don't know for sure about being charcoal or not but they are beautiful first time seen them that dark check out this link about the eumo
http://www.zebrafinch.com/NewZebra/Eumo/Eumo_Zebra.html

yep its = to our aussie charcoal.... as is the florida fancy to our queensland isabel.....pete

Jayburd wrote:whats a eumo?

A Eumo Zebra Finch from Europe