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cheers for that paul, lookin forward for the little chap to colour up a bit more now to find out. Chris

hi dave, The pale lookin chick i would say is defo a silver he looks alot lighter than his father, plus the 4 fawns all look the same must be the camera. I will be adding pictures when left nest. I have read your wanted add will be in touch. Chris

hi kevin, To be honest mate, i dont bother with all of that, i used to a few years back when i had canarys. I just leave them to it now. I think if i was to let all 6 eggs hatch at the same its alot of work for the parent to feed 6 hungry mouths at once, where if they hatch one after another it they can work themselfs into it. Chris

hi kevin, I think i had 2 hatch them another 2 then a 1 and 1. Chris

hi paul, Cheers for that mate, so the the fawn females will be fawn/silver or just fawns. When breedin them next, if put to another fawn is there any chance of silver from a fawn/silver x fawn. Chris

hi mark, That is a very good question, i havent a clue , i have been trying to think of the build up to it. I may be 100% wrong on this. To produce a silver you need a cream x grey=100% silver Now to carry on breeding silvers: Silver x grey=50%grey 50%silver. So would the fawns i have be a split from the first generation. Which would mean if paired fawn x fawn split cream I could produce creams, i may be no where near on this. Worth a try Chris

hi paul, O good, so he is split for fawn then, so the 4 fawns will be females, what about the other 2 silver and grey. Chris

Hi paul, The male to the chicks. chris

Just had a look at the chick and i would say a silver, there are 5 others in the nest do you think 4 fawns, 1 grey, and 1 silver if so what would the sex of them be. chris

Hi paul, Cheers for that ill keep you posted with pictures as they leave the nest. But as it stands the male is defo split for fawn, i thought it may be a cfw but on looking at the chick its the same colour as the father. chris

Hi all, My first nest with breeding silvers, father is a very pale silver and mother is a grey. They are both last years birds so there first time breeding, i had 6 full eggs and six healthy looking chicks. Now i no Silver X grey should be 50% of both, but looking in the nest there looks to be 4 fawns, 1 silver and 1 grey. Can anyone see anything dif from the picture than me. Are the fawn looking ones silver but just a dif shade of silver? Chris

hi mate, Yes both doing well, that female i had brings out some cracking chicks she just on 4 eggs at the moment, i have slowed down a bit on breeding at the mo, very busy with work i will be having a sort out soon and will have some up for sale. Chris

hi mate, Nice looking bird, is that from the female i had the sister to. Will turn out to be a nice bird mate. Chris

hi paul, Thank you for the information its makes it alot clearer for me now, there doesn't seem to be much information on the net about silvers or any pictures of exhibition size silvers. Do you know of anyone that breeds them? Chris

hi paul, Cheers for that mate its becoming clearer now, how is a df produced in the first place? Is it okay to pair silver x blackface if both dom colours. Chris

hi paul, I agree with you on the blackface x blackface Do you no how you can tell if you have a df silver finch. And what if you paired a df silver x sf silver. Just trying to get my head round the difference. Chris

i also forgot to mention, how can you tell if you have a df or a sf silver. I may be wrong but i have herd its best to put silver x normal. But what happens if you where to put to Silver x silver both been sf. Chris

hi all, Has anyone got any pictures of any good size silver zebra finches or show size? Also is there any member that is breeding this type of colour? Chris

hi mark I have seen these birds in the flesh today just on my way home from chester zoo they had a small colony of them lovely looking birds. I also had a look at a small colony of timor sparrows which are java sparrows but in a chocolate colour very interesting. If any one gets the chance get yourself to chester zoo plenty of birds there feathered type Chris

hi mark I have seen these birds in the flesh today just on my way home from chester zoo they had a small colony of them lovely looking birds. I also had a look at a small colony of timor sparrows which are java sparrows but in a chocolate colour very interesting. If any one gets the chance get yourself to chester zoo plenty of birds there feathered type Chris

another things i forgot to ask, if bred to bb male or grey male and been 100% pied chicks will the markings all be dif from the mother. Chris

forgot to ask, what would the out come be of the blackbreast pied female x blackface grey male/split for cfw and fawn. Chris

hi trevor, Cheers for that mate, what is the female i no she is a bb pied but are pieds recessive, or carriers. Been a female as well would this make any dif. Chris

hi all, As you all know i have a blackbreast pied the one that emmy painted for the zff calendar, she has good shape and size to her, i was wondering what would be the best male to put her to. I havent bred pieds before but just looking to see what comes out of her as shape and size is very good. The picture of her is in the gallery, Chris

hi mark, Can you get some pictures of them i would love to get a few pairs. I read up on them a while ago and i think it said they need alot of room for breeding but im not to sure. What colours are they going to be mate? Chris