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  1. James

    Puzzled?

    Hi It is my understanding that how sex linked works is that if a pair is of different sex linked colour mutations that the daughters will get their colour from the father and the sons will be split for both the colours. for example if there is a fawn cock x a normal grey hen all the daughters would be fawn but the sons would be normal split fawn. The other way round a normal cock x fawn hen would mean all the daughters would be normal but the sons would still be split for fawn. It sounds like if your getting fawn hens the dads must also be split fawn for if you get a normal split fawn cock x fawn hen you get a daughters that are either normal or fawn and sons that are either normal split fawn or full fawn. If I haven't explained myself well enough maybe this link will help? http://zebrafinch.info/index.php/genetic-advisor/# Ive done the normal split fawn to fawn hen but it works with most combos to normal just not sex linked to other sex linked Hope this helps James
  2. Thank you Emmy and Paul m for your birthday wishes
  3. Happy Birthday Jon hope its a good one for you James
  4. http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2433-img-3360/ http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2431-img-3359/ http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2429-img-3358/ http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2427-img-3357/ http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2425-img-3356/ http://zebrafinchforum.com/forum/index.php?/gallery/image/2423-img-3355/ there you go
  5. ok just got to work out how to do it lol
  6. So if the silver male is split lb and the hen is cfw cheeked you have a possibility of breeding silver cheeked birds? In paulm's post reg cfw cheeked on the 23/05/2012, a lb x cfw pairing will produce lb/cfw cocks and cfw hens so if I'm understanding this correctly there may be a small percentage of you getting a lb/cfw dominant dilute but unsure how it works with split birds as the post only outlines full birds? in turn there may even be the smallest percentage of you getting a dominant dilute lb/cfw cheeked cock and dominant dilute cfw cheeked hen? what did they produce in the end? did you get your best silver?
  7. Hi Wayne If it is the same as the bird in the sketch then I think you have a grey cheeked hen there, Im sure other members will correct me if I'm wrong but the cheeked gene is dominant and should not be bred to another cheeked bird due to risk of blind chicks and chicks that are dead in shell, but if bred to a normal, recessive or other dominant mutation, 50% the resulting offspring could be cheeked, I think, Im sure other members may be able to clarify it more for you. James
  8. James

    Hi Ben whereabouts are you mate looking into getting a pair of penguins to split and pair to a pair I already have please let me know where your based mate and how much you want for a pair? thanks James

  9. James

    Hi

    Thanks Dan I have loads but its tricky knowing where to post them not been part of a forum before and some of the questions I have could go in multiple categories lol :/
  10. James

    Hi

    Thanks Emmy I'll try making them shorter in future but cant promise anything lol
  11. James

    Hi

    Hi everyone thank you all for your warm welcomes its finally great to have some where I can talk and understand the same language when it comes to zebra finches most of my friends and family when I start talking about them look at me as if I have 2 heads lol. Baz in regards to your quiery as to my set up I am very lucky to have an aunt who has let me build an 8X8X4 foot aviary in her front room dont worry I havent plonked the aviary in a high traffic zone the front room is pretty cut off from the rest of the house and gets loads of light in through the massive windows it has which I also leave open quite a bit so I can get lots of fresh air in the room for them. I am also currently building breeding cages (my first real attempt at DIY) which are 17inches wide 14 high and 22 long but have designed them so there are 3 rows of 3 cages 9 cages in total and I have designed them with partition walls so the row can be turned into 1 big long cage, each cage also has the capability to have either a front or rear nestbox fully accessible, so hoping to finish them off within the next month . I wanted build the aviary outside but my aunt was very worried about cats and foxes because we get a lot in the garden. Any questions,opinions or advice regarding my set up please let me know? Oh and I dont plan to breed all the colours at the same time just a few till I get them where I want them to be then maybe change the mutations around. I just like the look of the different mutations and makes for interesting watching as I can sit and watch my zebs for hours. I plan for it to be a non-breeding aviary and only breed in the cages. May build more (or buy) breeding cages too depending on how well these turn out. Ok so essay over sorry it was so long still getting used to this and have so much to say and so many burning questions I want to ask. But thank you all again for your lovely words of welcome and ill get the hang of this soon and will stop writing essays. James
  12. James

    Hi

    Hi my name is James I am 26 years old and I recently have got into breeding zebra finches. I bought some from my local petshop and now I am hooked. I have since found birdtrader a useful site and my collection has grown. I now have normal grey, fawn, lightback, chestnut flanked white, pied, white, black cheeked, black breasted, penguin, and black breasted isabel (phaeo as I understand it)zebras and a few others some of which I've learnt are split. I acquired most of these birds through breeders of of birdtrader some of them may even be on here so if they are thanks to Derek for the pair of chestnut flanked whites and the 8 other cock birdI bought off you including 2 BC'S,2 G,1 BB,1 FBB, 1 F and 1 LB. To Ann in Basildon for the pair of phaeos.To Ann care of Mick for the trio of phaeos and the pair of penguins.And to Richard for the trio of black breasted's. I am also in the process of purchasing and acquiring a pair of creams and grey cheeked and fawn cheeked cock birds from mr Jon m Pope who I believe is a member of this forum so thanks in advance to him. I am from SW London and have travelled far and wide to get good unrelated birds to start. I am not a member of any zebra finch club or anything and I am joining this forum hoping to get advice about breeding zebras I am not interested in showing or anthing at the moment but would like to be able to breed show quality birds someday. I have been doing my research into the genetics behind breeding zebras and think I understand most things about sex linked recessive and dominant genes, just might need some help with a few things, firstly size and colour. I look forward to talking with you all, thanks for reading and hi