Aussie Finch Forum

Nice Orange Breast Marty Well done

Pretty baby. Are they all (your young pieds) from the same family? Or do you have more than one family producing pied?
LML

they are breed out of 5 pairs the person i got them off has 3 lines

Excellent, so you have your own out crosses that will still give you pied.
LML

thats my plan see how it works out, they are very nice little birds

hEllo all it's been a while since talking about my pieds, was lucky to breed a few very good pieds last season, decide to put my be st pieds to normal hens to get some strong splits, Ty my amazement I got my first nest fledgling and the 2 youngsters are both very heavy pieds, so this makes them dominant pieds, birds have molted and haven't lost any of there colouring what's everyone's thoughts all the best regards marty

mrscibbo wrote:hEllo all it's been a while since talking about my pieds, was lucky to breed a few very good pieds last season, decide to put my be st pieds to normal hens to get some strong splits, Ty my amazement I got my first nest fledgling and the 2 youngsters are both very heavy pieds, so this makes them dominant pieds, birds have molted and haven't lost any of there colouring what's everyone's thoughts all the best regards marty

Thats an easy mutation being dominant or is it sexlinked dominant,have you tried putting a heavy pied hen to a normal cock? Craig

I only breed 2 hens unfortanatly I lost them both over the winter, didn't loose any cocks always the way

mrscibbo wrote:I only breed 2 hens unfortanatly I lost them both over the winter, didn't loose any cocks always the way

That's a shame Marty but are those two coloured young hens?, the main thing is you bred new blood into them. Cheers Craig

See how things go, is there anyone else out there with anything simalar