Peter Finn 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2011 Dave / Peter, This is just me but i wouldn't put a BC fawn male with a BC grey hen even if he'd got black flanks.I think if you have a BC male with good flanks put him to a grey hen or bring in any BC male on the greyside ie cfw,lightback or you could use BFBC grey combo. My thoughts on this is that it can be bred out with time and patience.Trevor I'm inclined to agree with you Trevor,theoretically anyway(as I have never bred a finch!!),and I will always endeavour to keep Fawn out of the Normal gene pool,wherever possible;I suspect it might not make that much difference to the Normal BlackBreasts,as they generally have fawn edging to flight feathers anyway,but certainly,my aim is not to deliberately pair any Normal/Fawn combinations!I do hope I can improve the size and type of the Black-Cheeks that I have...they are such an unusual combination,and when added to BF,they will look so striking!Thanks for your input! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites