Aussie Finch Forum

Attached is a photo of my first young Longtail Hecks of 2015. There are two normals and two creams in the nest. I have been focusing on isobels, creams and albinos over the last three years and now have some good quality normals carrying both cream and isobel. This nest is from a pair of normals. The hen comes from a normal cock paired to an isobel hen and the cock has several generations of cream and isobel in its parentage. I understand that when cream and isobel combine in the same bird it produces the albino bird. My breeding results would seem to support this.

Charlie B

Just an update to my last posting. The last egg in the photo has just hatched and it is another cream.

Charlie B

Thanks for posting Charlie,do you put closed rings on the young?
Jack

Yes, I close ring all the birds that I breed. I also record their details on bird breeding software that allows me keep track of their genetic inheritance to improve my chances of getting the young that I am trying to breed. Sometimes it works. At other times I am left scratching my head trying to work out why I am getting something different from what I expected.

Charlie B

Photo of my young Hecks at 2 weeks old. All are well fed and are now closed rung. As you will see there are a variety of mutations, all from the same normal parents.

Hi Charley,you certainly have a box of licorice alsorts there,good to see.
Jack

I am trying to breed good quality creams and albinos. I understand that the best way to do this is to breed them from good normals carrying cream and albino, hence the mixture of mutations in the nest.

Charlie B

They look good. Love to see the next progress shots.
LML

G'day Charlie,how are those young Long Tails going,any more photos?
Jack

Hi Jack,
They have left the nest over the last week.Still a bit wild. I will get some photos in a few days when they have settled down.

Charlie B