Aussie Finch Forum

hi all,
We have just acquired a pied orange breast cock at work.
Here's some pictures of him and other assorted happenings
(and no, unfortunately he's not for sale )

Diamond on open-top nest The little pied one Our pair of Pin-Tailed Whydahs (still in their eclipse plumage) Baby Star Finch Baby Redbrow

Very very nice and just the right size to pop in your pocket and take home ....ooops did I say that

How old is it?? I'd put my money on it moulting out still. It has that diffuse blended white, at the base of the feathers that we see with 'amino acid' deficiency rather that the crisp white of a true pied with individually, fully white feathers.

Gorgeous Ive a Pied hen very pretty and some of the babies should be pied is that right ? Years ago i had a pied Afican Fire too just love the white on the wings

deb yeah but the bastards are too quick XD
Danny, I'm not sure how old the bird is. We bought it about about a week ago now, maybe 5 days. You're most probably right, but I thought I'd post it just in case
I love the pied ruddies but I still think it's hard for any mutation of any species to surpass the real thing... with the exception of blue princesses, blue lineolateds and blue green tree frogs

blue green tree frogs ...seriously

I know

Seriously!!!!!

Thanks T ,,here I thought young Jay was having a lend of me ...Sorry Jay

What an unusual frog . Very nice .

jusdeb wrote:Thanks T ,,here I thought young Jay was having a lend of me ...Sorry Jay

What an unusual frog . Very nice .

They aren't actually a mutation as such but a captivity induced colour change. It is suspected that it is dietary in nature. There are true blue frog mutations but the GTF does this quite commonly with no genetic connection - most start green.