Aussie Finch Forum

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

Sezza wrote: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.