pied redbrowed

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gomer
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Am selling the parents of these tomorrow at the bird sale I hope.As they are getting long in the tooth and I am not sure which two birds are the parents.This bird I believe has signs of being pied,And I think he is a cock.The other one from the same batch that I am keeping i think is a hen.
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It has looked like this for Around four months since it coloured up.And distinct white feather on the right wing.And white through its back.

Should i Dna them and try to breed them.Or hand them on to a pied breeder.I don't really know how common they are.
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My thought is that you should try to breed them yourself. never seen anything like it.

if you want advice on pied birds, maybe ask Vince Gauci, I hear he's breeding pied jacarinis and double bars
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gomer
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Sold the posible parents for $15 each.Due to unknown age today.Sold some other young ones I had aswell. The two I didnt sell,One might have white feathers coming through to.As they are only young birds its hard to tell.
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Hey gomer my cock redbrow is virtually identical in colour. i havent realy thought anything of it until now.

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gomer
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Not sure why,will catch mine up again soon to see if he has changed.
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mmm very nice gomer. havent heard of too many pied red brows lately but 20 yrs or so i think me mate did have a few but was never able to get them established. theres a nice heavy pied in the A guide to australian grass finches. talken about bout pied birds was on the phone talken to me uncle earlier today he was on about haven maybe a pied gouldian which im getten to mess around wit most probs got white flight feathers nd white splotches around its head nd back will post pics of it when i get it off him looken forward too it
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Looking forward to seeing your photos.Never heard of a pied gouldian.
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yeh im looken forward to seeing it too as i havent actually seen it yet. and uncle only breeds normals gouldians nd is in about his 3 generation of breeding straight to straight
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If you keep getting all the pied birds Chris, I'll have to look at changing your rank to something like......
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Chris - the Pied Piper. Look forward to seeing the pic. And Gomer look forward to hearing how those young Red browed go.
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