I have recently bought a pair of chestnuts from a bird sale a few months ago. They were the ONLY chestnuts in the place, so I snapped them up quick! They are both very healthy and happy birds, but I wasn't sure about one of them. I don't know the sex, but I am guessing (hoping) that they are a pair, because this one that I am going to show you has been singing a lot lately,a and mucking around with nesting material ect.
Anyway, is this normal for a chestnut?
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Strange looking Chestnut?
Mate thats a hybrid imbertween a chestnut beasted mannikan and a yellow rumped mannikan why on earth did you buy a hybrid for?.
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Nathan Teg is asking a question about the bird, so obviously unaware the bird was a hybrid!!!!!!!!Nathan Morleyy wrote:Mate thats a hybrid imbertween a chestnut beasted mannikan and a yellow rumped mannikan why on earth did you buy a hybrid for?.
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WHATTT? A HYRBID?Buzzard-1 wrote:Nathan Teg is asking a question about the bird, so obviously unaware the bird was a hybrid!!!!!!!!Nathan Morleyy wrote:Mate thats a hybrid imbertween a chestnut beasted mannikan and a yellow rumped mannikan why on earth did you buy a hybrid for?.
Sigh… I had no idea! And the breeder didn't even tell me! Oh well :S I know better for next time!
What should I do with him? Would I be able to sell him or no? Also, does anyone have a chestnut breasted manikin NOT a hybrid for sale?
Gee, I feel very stupid now!
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I should've went with my instincts and asked "Why does he look like that?"
He even had the yellow rumps in a different cage right next to them! Gahhhh…
He even had the yellow rumps in a different cage right next to them! Gahhhh…
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Mistakes are the best teachers,(Gee I've made a few,and will probably continue doing so) as for the bird please don't breed with it, If you do sell on be honest and tell them, but the new purchaser will more than likely breed with it so the circle continues. Catch 22
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Yes, I definitely WILL NOT breed with him now! But I am really unsure what to do with him now, I think I'll just have to separate him, and maybe just plop him in with the zebras. I don't think I will sell him if the owner would breed with him, but if I ever did, I would definitely be honest!Buzzard-1 wrote:Mistakes are the best teachers,(Gee I've made a few,and will probably continue doing so) as for the bird please don't breed with it, If you do sell on be honest and tell them, but the new purchaser will more than likely breed with it so the circle continues. Catch 22
Sigh… oh dear!
We have now dubbed him
"Yellow headed mannikin"
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But it is a dead-ringer for your 'strange looking chestnut'
Doesn't seem much doubt that yours is X-breed (YR x CB)
Very disappointing on the part of the seller, who no doubt knew what he had
Some sales have a rule . . NO HYBRIDS
If you can't find the seller, perhaps you could get some satisfaction from sales organisers
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Your idea of letting him hang out with the Zebs is the best one. And then you can breed pure Chestnuts in the other avairy.
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Could this bird just be a juvenile just colouring up? If not which features indicate that it is indeed a hybrid with a Yellow rumped Munia?
EDIT. Silly question as I guess "in a few months" it would have coloured by now.
EDIT. Silly question as I guess "in a few months" it would have coloured by now.
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