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Well ater 5 yrs of looking..finally found a male Java (absolutely no white feathers anywhere) pretty happy

Fingers crossed for you Dave, you now have to find a pure mate for it. Cheers Craig

Craig52 wrote:Fingers crossed for you Dave, you now have to find a pure mate for it. Cheers Craig

Well after finding this one hopes are now higher than they were

Well done mate. Knew they were rare but not that rare!

toothlessjaws wrote:Well done mate. Knew they were rare but not that rare!

All the ones people say are normal I have gone to get..weren't. ...just happened on this one by chance. .

Hey vettepilot so what makes a normal Java then?

finchbird2015 wrote:Hey vettepilot so what makes a normal Java then?

no white feathers in wing or tail..and absolutely none under lower beak (chin) every Java I have seen has white feathers somewhere... making them pied...

He is a nice looking bird. Good luck getting a mate for him.
LML

If it took 5 years to find this gem then would it not be safe to assume that the odds of you finding another bird, let alone the opposite sex and within the breeding lifespan of this bird, are pretty slim?

And if that is a safe assumption, what's the plan? Not being knowledgable in mutation genetics can you cross this to a run of the mill minutely-pied bird and then cross it back with its own offspring?

toothlessjaws wrote:If it took 5 years to find this gem then would it not be safe to assume that the odds of you finding another bird, let alone the opposite sex and within the breeding lifespan of this bird, are pretty slim?

And if that is a safe assumption, what's the plan? Not being knowledgable in mutation genetics can you cross this to a run of the mill minutely-pied bird and then cross it back with its own offspring?

If I dont find a partner in 12mths ..yes I will get a minutely pied one and then pick the best to go from there...