Zebraman

Well said Dave, where have all the original colours gone.... Let's get back to basics.

Welcome to the forum Pete, glad the hear your getting back in to the hobby again.Gary.

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll find it very interesting.Gary.

Welcome to ZFFUK.

I could do with a couple like this in my shed....

Nice to hear you're building up your collection again Jeff, what colours did you get.Gary.

Nice looking bird Dave it's a credit to you, I like the picture as well.Gary.

Welcome Rick, i hope you find the forum informative.Gary.

Welcome to the forum, I hope you enjoy what we've put together.Gary ;)

My preference would be with CFW and Lightback.Does the sex influence the outcome, I.e. Crested hen with none crested cock and vice versa.Gary.

I might have a go at crested.Trevor, what type do you keep and what's you mix between sexes?Gary.

Welcome to the Zebra Finch community Chris.Gary.

Nice birds and photos Mark,Are you going to enter them in to the photo competition for next years calendar?Gary.

Hi Jo,It sounds like the parents are sitting to tight to me (pussing down to hard on the eggs/chicks), you could try to counter this by putting a false cannary egg under them, which may help in future.Gary.

Hi Marc and Jo,Welcome to ZFFUK.If your birds are in breeding condition they will usually go down almost immediately after the chicks have been weaned or the chicks have died or the eggs have been removed.Just make sure you clean the nest of old material and give them some new. You should then see the cock bird start to build the nest for the hen. Once complete she will start to lay eggs a day apart.They should start to sit constantly after she has laid three to four eggs, then after 12 to 14 days you should see the first chick hatch dependent on conditions.The rest is as Mark and Paul have advised.Good luck and just ask if you need any help, I know how it feels to lose your first chick, we've all been there...Gary.

Welcome to the forum, I hope you find it informative.Gary.

Nice bird Paul, don't worry about the photo.Gary.

Now, I have to disagree here, based on the photo, i would agree that he has good feather, his flanks are bold and the under parts are consistent in colour. The head seems to be in shape with the body, but as we have said before, photo's can be deceptive. Based on what I can see I certainly wouldn't knock this bird.Just my personal preference though.Paul if you don't mind can you email me the original photo, I'd like to study him in more detail. Looking at the picture again the flanks seem to be outstanding on this bird, what year is he?regards,Gary.

Nice shape and type Paul, you must be pleased with these.Can you post further pictures when they've moulted out in to their adult feathers.Gary.

I'd pick the hen in the middle and the cock bird on the right.Just my preference... Gary.

Welcome to the forum Richard,It's nice to see another member joinig from the other side of the pond.Trevor, have you defected to the other side :blink:Gary.

Well I've finally finished the new blog section, you many not notice any change, because this is mostly a maintenance upgrade to iron out some of the bugs. Hope you will find it useful. Looking forward to Trevor's June Blog. Oh and did you know that you can now add a topic directly in to your blog to save you entering it twice, you can also create links from your blog to your topic as well. Gary. Source: Updates & Maintenance

Hi Peter, welcome to the wonderful world of the Zebra Finch and ZFFUKGary.

Many thanks for your comments Andy.I read every post and still continue to learn something new from every piece of content I read. As a community I’m not really concerned about the amount of members or the way it grows, so long as everyone gets enjoyment from it.There’re a good bunch of people on here and they all give good sound advice, I’m not going to name names, but they all know who they are.Long may it continue?Regards,Gary.

Welcome to the forum Andy.I'm not in your area, but I'm sure someone will have some information.Gary.