MrMe3257

Look at the tail feathers and if there horizontal there BB and if there hourglass shaped there split for BB. as for the Bf the tear markings should be thicker than normal.

I'm not quite sure on some of these mutations so any help is appreciated. My Recent 3 fledglings which are black breasts Then theres my Bc normal My Cfw Fawn pied female and BB male My Normal My fawn pied ( this years ) Grey pied The Fawn pied and Black Breast male bred the normal grey, the fawn pied and the grey pied. Then normal male from that clutch was paired up with the CFW and produced the 3 BB chicks in the first 3 pics. Now the BC normal is paired up with the grey pied hen while the fawn pied is paired up with a new normal male

Chick 1 definitely has Black cheek genes and Chick 2 just needs abit more time to feather up as its showing the throat stripes that males have.

Black Breast have tear marks but there thinner than normal and if you look at the tail feathers they are either like hourglass shaped if the birds split for black breast or the tail has horizontal stripes. Welcome to the forum Chantel Stephen

When the tear marks fade into the cheek patch it means its split to BC. Others might be able to tell you more. Stephen

Heres a picture of the youngs tail.

Thank you Stephen

My pair in the outside flight had three chicks two of which fledged today and i notice one's feathers around the breast area has black tips. The mother is Cfw and the father is normal but was produced from a bb male and a fawn pied female.

Not to bad seeing as i paid 25 euro for mine in a kinda expensive petshop.

How much would you expect to pay for a black cheek?

I was in that much of a rush to get the black cheek home i forgot all about it Was thinking of pairing it up to a pied whose grey on the back and kinda fawnish underneath Stephen

The one day I go to buy seed i check the finch's as usual just to waste time and see if there's any new ones and that was grand until i see this particular one ( in picture) Only for my mother was with me I wouldnt have been so lucky to get a black cheek. That was grand anyway the girl in the shop was new and never caught a pet bird before so she was trying and trying so i offered to help and voila I managed to catch him so looks like theres a good first impression if i want a job there

Josh your chick look almost like it. Keep us posted

I seen it on a website and theres a picture that shows how its produced but its a 1 in 64 chance of it happening.

Id like to see pictures when he feathers out

I don't know about you lot but this bird is beautiful if only I owned one.

Ive a fawn pied female so would that change the outcome?

What colours would be need to produce cream? Im guessing fawn and pure white or cfw. Stephen.

Too much humidity could drown the egg and too little could dehydrate the chick.

Dead in shell is usually caused by lack of humidity, too much humidity or the egg is made up off too much calcium. The last one doesn't normally happen so the humidity levels could be the reason. Thats just what I know hopefully somebody could tell you more. Stephen

The birds that rared them were normal and cfw, but i transferred two eggs from a fawn pied female and bb male in with the normal and cfw

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