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    I was out shopping today, so popped into the pet section at the local garden centre. I like to keep an eye on what they have because they generally have very nice birds and they are well kept with knowledgable staff. 

    As I walked over to the bird area I could hear loud cackling laughter and it turned out that three girls of about 13 were tormenting the Lovebirds. This of course had all the birds in the area upset and the Lovebirds were very distressed. I told them to stop and they did slink off. I then found the staff who were busy at the other end of the shop with other customers, but on hearing what had happened one went off after them and then came back and thanked me for intervening. Sadly it seems like this has happened before from what she said.

    I just don't understand some people. :(

     

    PS, I did come home with a pretty zebby and I'll try to get photos soon. 

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    I had always thought that a male with this combination would have grey spotted flanks, but I have one that has white flanks with white spots. He looks to only carry one BC gene as his cheeks are smudgy like his mother's and she definitely only has one BC gene. I have also had a pale grey male hatch this year, but I didn't think that I had any dilutes in the aviary. Maybe something was hiding in my CFWs?

    Any ideas?

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    OK here is the post. No area is given sadly but they work in a Veterinary practice, but not one that specialises in birds. I can post any advice on the original thread.

     

    Hello!
     
    This bird was brought in to me tonight but we don't have much idea about what species it is or how to find out who it belongs too. We think it is possibly some type of parakeet? Possibly a ring neck? It sounds like a parakeet anyway!
     
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    Has a purple band on its right leg which says: NB15    K901     8
     
    Has eaten some bird seed, was ravenous and is now asleep on a perch.
     
    Thanks for any help.

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    I quite like the medium sized birds that I have got before from crossing a pet sized male with an exhibition hen. I do find that the pet sized birds are better parents though (is that just my birds?). I do just breed for fun, so as long as they are healthy any pretty colour is a bonus. It would be nice if I got a surprise colour - it was wonderful when my grey normal and CFW pairing resulted in a pied BC chick in the brood. :D

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    Thanks. :) I still don't have the fawn male that I was meant to be looking for. Since I started to look out for one i have bought a young penguin hen, the pied fawn hen and this chap. Ooops. I also bought two canaries, but they were a planned purchase. :D

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    I found this cobby chap in a pet shop, so he had to come home with me. ;) What do you think? He's paired up with a pet sized pied fawn hen, so I'm hoping for some medium sized pied chicks soon. :) He's also got a bigger percentage of white than any of my other pieds, so I'm hoping that the chicks will inherit a bit more white than the hen has too.

     

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    No signs of aggression yet, but thanks for alerting me to the issue FF. I'll keep a close eye on them and I could pop one in the spare cage if they do get rough with each other.

     

    FD - two zebs and a D Dove - now that's an odd combination! ;)

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    You've misunderstood - it's the two males that are related (and I doubt that they can have any inbred chicks together even if they did mate, which they haven't been ;)), the hen is unrelated. I've just never seen three zebbies set up a nest together before, which is what i was asking about. :)

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    Now that the birds have settled in their new aviary, the zebbies are thinking about babies. :p I have one nest that has three adults working on it and all three are sleeping in the nest at night. It's two males, who are brothers from the same clutch and 'their' hen. I've never seen such a set up before anyway.

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    I have been given a little fawn hen today, she is my first fawn so I'm really chuffed with her.

     

    I'm hoping that in time, she will pair up and breed. However what are the chances of me getting any fawn chicks? 

     

    I have a few brothers that are grey normal, Pied grey, grey BC and pied grey BC in colour, their mother was a CFW. The other males are CFW (one could be carrying BC, but he's not got smudgy tears like his mother) and I do have one grey penguin, but he seems a bit clueless when it comes to breeding, bless him. So I'd be shocked if she managed to have chicks with him.

     

    She will be in the aviary, so she could choose from any of the above.