Mister Finch

yes it helped for sure. but skm CFW are white colored birds with lightish yellow cheeks, the same ones which are for 300 or 400 rs per pair. do u mean the same? what will people call white black cheek internationally?

hi all, dave i will show you their picture in 2 days. Where i live the the fawn cheek and the black cheek are both called as black cheeks.lol. thats y i termed the hen as black cheek although her cheeks are kind of dark brownish. the cheeks are not full like the males, the cheeks are only half formed. u will see it in the picture soon. The chicks when they hatch will reveal all the secrets hidden in their parents blood, lol! I never imagined breeding zebra finches could be this technical. its a lot of fun though! dave when u say "greycheek split cfw, fawn males" u mean the male would be a split for the regular fawn or a fawn cheek?

hi paul, my female is completely white with dark brown cheeks. is this type called a CFW black cheek? or is it a White black cheek? and i just cant wait to get a crested offspring which will be a split to black cheek! and then i can use these treasures to create crested White Black cheek! that would be amazing. my pair has already begun incubating today, they have 4 eggs. i will post pictures of the pair as well as their offsprings soon! p.s i just remembered! the female i have was born from grey black cheek parents. how is this possible? even if its possible, what impact will this have on the offsprings?

hello paul, being an expert who do u agree with? norfolk or dave? and tell me of your prediction of the outcome of my breeding please. and what black cheek birds will i cross with what birds to create a crest in my second year?

hi casamber, this is a White fawn cheek hen. Atleast thats what i would call it. if i were you i would breed it with a white black cheek male, a male with dark shiny black cheek patches!

thanks for your answers norfolk and dave! Norfolk i'm a little confused about what u mean when u say " 25% Normal/Black cheeked Chestnut flanked males" does it mean 25% normal grey with split of black cheeked chestnut flanked males? i don't understand how to make meaning of this. what does normal here mean? by normal do u mean grey color? After the slash "/" are u talking about the split? and dave and norfolk and anyone whose reading this, what if i get a cfw crested males split blackcheek or a Cfw crested split blackcheek hens from this mating. How can i use these offsprings to get a Crested cock or hen in the black cheek variety? To what type i should breed them with? My aim is to get Black cheek Crested zebra finches!

thanks for welcoming me all of you and a very special thanks to norfolk flyer for answering my question!

hi all, i want to know what will be the result of, CFW Crested Cock X White Black cheek Hen?

Ali your female is a black cheek, but not of good markings though. but its a confirmed fawn pied black cheek female there. And your male is a 100 percent male and NOT a female.

your chick is a confirm split to black cheek. it must be an adult now, please share with us , what did it turn out to be?

This is Mister finch from Pakistan! surprise surprise! I m into breeding zebra finches these days and i just love these little cuddly looking birds. i never get tired of watching them do everything like making a nest and taking a bath and scratching eachother from their beaks! these days i m breeding a CFW crested male with a black cheek white female. they have laid 2 eggs and tomorrow i hope i will see the third and more i hope in the coming days. I really hope i get atleast one crested offspring! if i do, i will feel like i'm on the moon! i plan to have a lots of crested birds from just this one male crested bird. thats my aim for now from this pair.. if any knowledgeable person can guide me further about crested breeding , i will be really thankful! Secondly i have 4 pairs of grey bodied black cheeks. I plan to breed the black cheek male with a clack cheek female, is this okay? i have been doing this before, and in a colony setting. What do u guys suggest? is colony breeding a good thing to do as far as getting more offsprings is concerned?? Some people have suggested me that for best results breed them in pairs and not in a colony. do u guys agree?? and thirdly i m breeding normal grey Zebra finches, i have 4 pairs of them and they are a tough lot. they are crazily building nests and mating.. and fourthly i m breeding one pair of silver dominant male with a fawn pied female. what will this breeding result in?? the female has a bit of white in her wings and neck. and one very important question i wanna ask is that i bred a black cheek male with a normal grey female, which resulted in normal grey hens black cheek split. when these splits of black cheek hen mated with a normal grey male, they gave me a silver dominant male mentioned above. is that possible?? i know the message got a little too long! lol, but i had so many questions for such a long time that i just spilled it out all at once.. I will really appreciate if anyone at all can answer my questions. Thankyou guys:)