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    hi pete

    I split all my zebs up all females in a cage and males in another so that there is nowhere they have possibly been

    together. any way my hen is not even near my others she separated with her mate in there own quarters.hope this

    answer your question.as I have stated she is deffo a cream and looks no where the same as any of my fawns even the

    male shes with

    richard

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    hi palum

    if that's you opinion then that's your then fine but the hen in question as just produce 2 chicks with which are

    dilutes so she must be a cream.i also notice that the male on the bottom is a similar colour to the hen so if that the case hes not a dilute then

    richard

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    hi baz

    I was told 100% that the fawn male is pure but not the cheeked hen that's whats thrown me as the other 2 rounds from that pairing produced what I was wanting just the 3rd and last round that didn't.but like you say zebs can thrown anything out so maybe down the line there could be a hidden gene that even my friend don't no about because all he as is fawns in his shed and its just my luck these to genes have met.

    richard

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    hi trevor

    I didn't have any spare grey males but because I knew fawn was a sex link I knew I would get some fawn cheeked hens and normal split males just like fawn x normal pairings .out of the pair in question I did breed normal and grey

    checked males and fawn and fawn cheeked females but on there 3rd and last round these 2 popped out which throw me

    a bit as I knew 100% that the male wasn't split for any colour as I know the breeder very well.the males will be

    split for fawn aswell so was thinking of pairing back to fawns what do you think about that idea.the grey cheeked

    hen was from you trevor ,

    richard

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    hi guys baffald by some comments as the picture of the hen is deffo a cream and not a fawn and was bought of peter cannan with a male.maybe there was not enough light when I took the pic and as you no creams can come in various shade.

    .emmy creams have to be paired with fawns as they are dominant

    richard

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    hi clare
    thanks for post she's being paired with one of my exhibition fawn males that I have. ive also got a cream male that I am going to pair up later. the hen as three chicks at the moment.first time I have owned creams.the chicks are really strange as one chick is like dad and the other two are really light coloured so don't no if there creams or not will have to see how they turn out
    richard

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    hi Kerry

    if you breed her with a zebra finch as intended then the chicks in theory should turn out looking more like zebs as there would be 3/4 zeb and only 1/4  diamond sparrow but only trying will you find out. maybe worth a try

    richard

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    hi Kerry

    sorry to hear about the bird but it does look like a diamond sparrow (firetailed) but sometimes hybrids can be fertile so maybe you might get chicks out of this hen so you will have to wait and see and then see what chicks pop out. its a shame when breeders sell you birds that is'nt a true breed

    richard

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    hi all I bred these 2 normal cocks this year and got 2 more the same that iv kept for next years breeding and I was just wondering what you think of them and how much more improving theres needs to be done to them for exhibition size ,and am I going in the right direction with them? thanks for any feed back

    Richard

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