Faracat
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Well my lovely new grey penguin hen has decided that my young, pied CFW male is the one for her and they are busily building a nest. The joys of keeping all your birds in an aviary....
Anyway I'm not going to split them up, so if they do manage to have chicks what colours might they be?
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That's the right sort of surprise.
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Hi, welcome to the forum.
Sadly I can't see your photos, could you try adding them again?
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Even with the fuzzy photos (I struggle with getting good close ups too - you aren't alone there) you can tell that that is a nice bird.
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Oh, they sound nice.
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Thanks for that Kareem - it's very helpful.
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Sorry, no photos yet, but I'm really thrilled with them.
Two CFW hens with really well marked tears, a grey penguin hen and a grey penguin male who maybe pied too (but minimally marked). I nearly didn't buy him as I'm low on hens, so don't really need males, but he was singing his little heart out and I caved in.
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Thanks for the reply and the photo of Goofy.
They aren't quite as 'off' as Goofy's beak was. I'll look into trimming their beaks (I feel a bit scared about it TBH).
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For the first time I have fledglings who have beaks that don't quite match up. Their parents don't have misaligned beaks, but one is overshot and the other is undershot. They are starting to eat for themselves and don't seem to have any trouble. I was so pleased as it looks like they are hens (I've had so many male chicks this year) and then I noticed this issue tonight. Boo.
Is there anything that I can do, or should I just keep an eye on them?
I assume that breeding from them would be unwise, incase they pass the problem on?
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I hope that they are both OK. Please let us know how they get on.
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He looks fab.
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Oh lovely.
She is special - you must be very pleased.
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The hen is really pretty.
When you say that they 'appeared' do you mean that you accidently bought them, or that they've just turned up out of nowhere?
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Thanks Ian.
I felt a bit guilty for thinking 'why did it have to be that one?' when I found it.
The other two chicks look good and the parents are looking after them well.
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One of my young grey normal males has paired up with a young CFW hen. The male is a son of my grey normal who's fathered both pied and black cheek chicks in the past. So I was thrilled when the young pair hatched three grey chicks. As their quills started to come through, it was apparent that one had white wings and white under it's chin. The feathers started to come out of the quills and I could see that the white wings were perfect - I couldn't have painted them better myself and I was really looking forward to this bird fledging. Sadly he/she was dead on on the floor this morning and was beyond revival. I am gutted.
I've lost a few chicks recently, having had a near 100% record of chicks hatched making it to adulthood before. I know another poster on here said that you get used to it. I think that I accept that not all will make it, but I still hope that they will.
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Thank you.
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Am I correct in thinking that BC is recessive?
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Thanks, that makes sense.
Is there a desirable % or placement of white markings with pieds?
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I did wonder if the hen was actually pied, but you couldn't see it because she was white anyway?
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Hello, nice to see you on this forum.
I'm sadly no help with the colours as I'm learning myself but they are lovely chicks and look very well fed!
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Nice birds.
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They look lovely. Thanks for sharing.
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The hen sadly died. She was white with small 'tears' more grey than black in colour. I still have the male, he's a bog standard grey normal to look at - I really like him though.
I can take a photo of him tomorrow if you like. The third chick in that brood was a BC hen and I can also try to photograph her. I have some other grown up chicks from that pairing and they are all male grey normals. -
I must apologise that the photos are not the best, he doesn't believe in sitting still for his photo and my photography skills seem to be lacking!
What do you think of this chap? His dad was a grey normal and mum was a CFW.
As with his brother (shown in the last photo) I'm thinking of buying a hen in for him, as I don't have any spares at the moment. I guess he might carry the BC gene? I was thinking of pairing him with a pied hen, unless you have any better suggestions?
On the right.
Grey Penguin Hen X Pied Cfw
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Thanks Andy.
She's not a pied, but as she was a pet shop buy, she could be carrying something that I don't know about.
Is there a site that explains all the genes for Zebra finches? I'm really interested in learning.