black face zebras or not

[iva]

Hi all these 2 zebras are not related. One is fully coloured ( with black ring) and the other younger bird have similar markings. Are they black face?

[Tiaris]

Possibly black-faced among other mutation(s). ie not black-cheeked if that's what you mean.

[iva]

Thanks Tiaris, I know they are not black cheeks, hoped they are black face. Never seen black face white birds so thought these are something new?

[Tiaris]

Are they from marked whites?

[iva]

Zebra with black ring is from mum that is Fawn Pied. The other one has dad fully white and white marked mum

[iva]

I forgot to add black ringed zebra dad is pied.

[finchbreeder]

So by what you are saying they are double factor pied, and black face. I used to put pied to pied a lot, then learnt that is best to do this only every 2nd yr, or you breed all the colour out of the birds. And an avairy full of birds with 90% or more white feathers is pretty ordinary. Put them back to birds you know have the blackface gene if you want to increase this in your stock. But not to pied unless you would like an avairy of white only.
LML

[iva]

Thanks Finchbreeder, these birds are not from black face. One is from 2 paid that I have attached photos. These two paid chosen each other so I do not like separating them. Every batch of babies they have 1 or 2 charcoal, paids and whites.
The other one is from white male and white marked female. I just hoped these white with grey/black face may be a new mutation.

[Tiaris]

That pied cock looks to be a black-face

[iva]

Thanks Tiaris
I didn't know that little bit of black is enough to call it a black face.