Pete
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Neil, dont be put off by prices, buy what you like and can afford, ive paid £20 for a bird and its bred me some great birds, equally ive paid more and bred birds of a lesser quality. Always better to buy fewer birds of better quality though as its alot less time consuming with fewer birds. I would have thought you could get some good birds for 30-50 each?
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Love to see such a clean setup, definitely motivated me to get paired up seeing that video, nice one mate Pete
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If you paired them up late nov then maybe it's possible the cream cock from Stafford is the father?
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Richard, I suppose the cream cock that was in the same cage as the hen you bought could be the father if you paired her up to a fawn cock shortly after Stafford??
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I suppose the pair could be recessive dilutes, dont know anyone who has them though? Otherwise she is a very odd looking cream. It would be interesting to see a photo of her with your other fawn hens.
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Did you move any eggs at all when your birds were breeding?
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The photos look pretty clear, she doesnt show any signs of being a cream, maybe the cheek patches are throwing you as they are pale. Maybe take a photo with her in a cage with your other fawn hens to compare. If your fawn hens dont look like her then maybe your others are not fawn hens??
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Richard, is it possible she was with a cream cock before being paired to the fawn cock? Or you swapped eggs around. Even with dark creams you can tell they are creams by looking at the tail. On your hen she looks identical to a fawn and has the same tail as a fawn.
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Happy Birthday mate! Hope you had a good one
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Nice colour Dave, good luck
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Excellent mate well done!
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Thanks Adam the pair I showed in the adult class were also breeders which was nice
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Hi Adam This is a different cock not shown him before, wanted to but no hen to match
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Thanks all, as usual no hen to match! I could put out 10 single normal cocks no trouble lol
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http://www.zebrafinchsociety.co.uk/
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To both Dans, are you both members of the ZFS, there are alot of breeders within a couple hours of you both.
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Hope you had a great day
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Welcome back Lee, what colours you wanting to keep? Cheers Pete Hook
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Josh, the 4th picture down shows fawn eumos, the hen has black under the tail, your fawn hen doesn't have any black under the tail. Were they sold to you as eumos? Eumo cockbirds typically have no cheek patch, both of yours do. I expect if you gave them a good diet they will moult and lose alot of the black. Pete
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I would say definitely not eumo. It is bf or melanistic or both. Round the base of the tail is cream if it was eumo it would be black and from the beak to the tail would be the same colour as the back and wings. I hope u didn't pay too much... Pete
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Hi Clive, good to have you back, hope you manage to get some nice stock.
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Well done nick! Looks good already another moult and he will look even better. Agree with Dave about the normals. I try to cut down to quality not a specific number obviously space dictates though. I'm down to 3 adult normal hens which is a bit worrying but luckily I have bred some. Taken along time to build up the normals though.
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Looking good nick pleased you bred some off her
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Fantastic hen !
