PIED FIRE FINChES

[wildbill]

these pair of pieds have just produce their first young - appears to be only two but their pied marking are similar to the parents





cock bird with one of the young

[jusdeb]

Very very nice . I saw these in a magazine ages ago and loved the look of them . Thanks for sharing .

[Diane]

Those pics are pushing me in the direction of getting a hen for the lonely male I have.

[SamDavis]

The pied parents look great, but did you upload the wrong photo of the cock with young? Doesn't look like a ruddie chick to me?

[iaos]

My guess would be that it is a young gouldian in the foreground of the bottom photo with the young ruddy on the right

[wildbill]

that's right, the young ruddy is on the right. the young gouldian from split blues. glad to see the mutation gone

[finchbreeder]

My boy is split pied and I have the same problem as Butterfly. Need a hen for him. They are a beatiful little bird and the pied seems to stay pretty true.
LML

[Tiaris]

Stays true once they are mature but cocks will have pied markings overridden by red on the head neck & upper chest as they mature. Pied markings usually only show on the lower half of the torso, wing flights & tail of mature males. Hens can look heavier pied because the brown doesn't override white as she matures & hence show more obvious pied markings on the top half as well as below.

[Sezza]

I love the look of these i just wish I cod find one that won't cost me a kidney lol

[Danny]

I love the look of these i just wish I cod find one that won't cost me a kidney lol

I just picked up a dozen or so and have chicks on the perch already - cost me the same as normal ruddies.