Aussie Finch Forum

I've had this hen since last July, and her colors are stable. Have never seen a pied like this before. She does not seem to have the white next to her teardrops, her head has black flecks also, and there are some grey/black flecks down her sides and belly a bit, too. Is this just an unusual pied? I'm in the USA, if that makes any difference.

Could she have grizzle blood? Not sure what you have over there, and not too knowledgable re grizzle inheritance moad. She is different.
LML

As far as I can tell, we do not have Grizzle here.
Of course, the first Grizzle arose from a spontaneous mutation, so it's possible it could happen again.
Elsewhere, it has been suggested she's blackface, blackbreast, pied. But that's not a normal expression of pied.
Guess I will have to try breeding her to see what happens. From what I found, it is believed Grizzle is recessive. This could take a while.

hi, i have similar bird in Oz. Grizzle for sure.

I agree. That's grizzle

Looks like you've got yourself a good ole fashioned Grizzly Zebra.... Call her Adams

Looks like grizzle to me.......

i agree, grizzle. However i have two birds who show white spots on top of their fore-heads only. not sure what they could be & will post pics asap? they look like normal greys but white areas on top of fore-head, they are not white capped Zebs..

Yep, that's a Grizzle.

If the bird is gray and only has one or two white feathers on the forehead, it is still a pied. Just a very lightly marked pied. Have had a number of these over the years. Pair with a regular pied and you will get regular pieds.
LML