waxbill keeper

nice youngsters is the second pic a black cheek,black breasted? neil

lovely birds intresting info too i would like to breed the triple blacks got black cheeked,black face,black breasted and,blk face blk breasted

heres a pic of the black cheek hen i bought with the other bird does she look fawn?

ive got a couple of black cheek fawn cocks what would i produce if paired to following hens black breasted split black breasted c f w fawn i remember a genetic calculator but it was for budgies,lovebirds etc..is their any for zebs thanks....neil

no emmy they dont have cheek patches...a good saddleback should be pure white with just the saddle patch on the back,but its hard to breed them like that...you do get some that have a bit more pied marking with a little bit of the cheek patch in same nest as saddlebacks...im quiet new to them so was hoping someone on the site had any info on them regards....neil

...if i did it right...not good on pc 1st pic....normal saddleback,breeding pair 2nd pic..fawn saddleback hen 3rd pic...nest of 4 2013 bred,nearest is a fawn saddleback with very diluted saddle,then 2 fawn saddleback and a fawn pied 4th pic..2013 normal saddleback hen...she as a few small markings on head and barring on tail...which i would prefer to be clear white sorry if they a little blurred regards.....neil

thanks chris will take a look now...much appreciated and thanks to everyone for the welcome will try get some pics later regards....neil

hi Emmy thanks for the welcome lol...i know of the breed of pig by that name...kept a wide variety animals but not those i will get some pics taken and get my son to put them on...not too good with pc i keep visiting the forum..theirs so many posts to read with being new..the site looks really good,im impressed with it loads for me to read up on regards....neil

thanks for the welcome chris will ask my son if he can upload some pics when i take some will be intrested to see if anyone else keeps /breeds saddlebacks..would like info on best way to pair them? regards...neil

hello just found this site and joined up...looks fantastic..and lots for me to read up on i currently have about 30 zebs...saddlebacks ,black faced,pieds and whites does anyone on here have the saddlebacks? kept zebs about 35 years back when i was a lad,but their wasnt so many mutations about...so trying to learn about them...so be asking one or two questions regards....neil