Dave.H

Heres my original pair of blackbreastedcock 2009 hen 2010have recently reset them back up as tried the hen and cock with other partners but were unsuccessfulhave 3 offspring of theirs - 2cocks and hen - the hens seems the best size wise one of the cocks has fathered a young cock himself - hoping this young cock will produce me some nice lightback blackbreasts soonhave just set the young blackbreast split lightback cock x lightback blackbreast hen up todaycomments welcome cheersDave

hi all, had previously posted this bird elsewhere when i purchased her shes a 2009 bird thought she was just a standard normal pied hen but moving her from a cage today had a closer look at her and i think she might be full Blackface too so if members in the know would have a good look and see what you think? main reason i noticed was her tear marks the white stripe is near missing both sides.Apologises for poor images - will take new ones if need be The first picture shows the tear mark well - the white pied mark comes upto her chin so 50/50 if she is blackface or a poorly marked normal pied - should she be a full blackface - my intention is to cross her to a standard coloured cock in the hope to produce blackfaces without the pied - i know theyd be split pied but hopefully wont be procreated anytime sooncheersDave

hi trevor yep ive definately passed your table before and spoke briefly i believeill try and get some pictures of the better crested birds see what you think had a cracking fawn crest cock i bred last year but fell off perch randomly about 2months ago no illness or anything- its mate did nest but they kept breaking the eggs so sadly no progeny off him i do however have a young cock bred early this year, same again fawn split blackcheek but has a really nice crest on him is much larger than its mother but isnt quite as big as the one i lost but hoping to breed him soonDave

Cheers guys thanks for the welcome cheers for passing me the link btw paulMim same dave from zebrafinchforum international where we had exchanged pms back and forth that site looks v.v.quiet hope this one is more active Dave

hi trevor, i did look in gallery and noticed a couple of crested but laptop was playing up at the time i was wondering, you wouldnt be the same gent who sells at every newark would you? if so ive spoke to you before.im trying to get the crested birds larger as well as in interesting combos.ill check out your galleryalways pair crest x non crested i know what you mean bout bad crested breeding good but ive been finding if the parent has a good crest it tends to breed likewise 9/10cheersDave

since late last year until now ive been keeping a small number of blackbreastedhave 1 normal pair 3 offspring of these late 2010/early 2011 - 2 nests2 lightback blackbreast hens then a young 2011 blackbreast cock split lightback bred from a late 2010 bird and a lightback blackbreast hen my aim is to breed nice blackbreasts and also full lightback blackbreasted in both sexesCheersDave

i currently keep a few crested, did have more but have been keeping only the best to progresshave currently the following Fawn crest cock 2011Fawn crest hen 2011Fawn bc crest hen 2010Fawn bc pied crest hen 2010 Lightback bc pied crest hen 2010bc crest hen 2010 bc crest cock 2010 last year i had only 3 pairs but bred around a dozen crested this year has been dreadful as yetlost my best crest from last year a fawn cock sold a couple of pairs not long ago breeding has been slower than last year - at this time last year i was on 30+ chicks but this year ive managed 20+ with more pairs and hardly any crested to datehope to speak to others keeping crested CheersDavethen

hi all im dave from nottingham was kindly passed this forums link from a forum user markiebeen keeping birds for a number of years now, got some zebra finches back in my collection beginning of 2010majority to breed crested but do have some blackbreasted and normal colours also have a number of combinations toocheersDave