jugglerjeff

hi , i've never really bothered with any crested but today i sort of came across one by accident ....i had a trip over the the wirral to pick up a job lot of stuff and amongst them was a really nice crested pied hen ..although a little on the small size the crest is really good .a bit like a gloster canary ...i have some sizeable pieds and pied whites to perhaps pair it up to ... so i was wondering is the crested mutation dominant ,recessive or is it the crest to crest bred scenario similar to canaries ..regards jeff...ps theres also in the mix a semi decent pied cock bird with no crest thats out of the same aviary that might get paired up to it (perhaps taking a chance that its crest bred)

welcome aboard scott ,good to see someone else from the north west on here....what colours are you thinking of going into??

probably best to get a couple of visual cock birds and pair them to lightback hens ,then take it from there ....have you been on jan pastoors website?..some beauts on there....i've a few nice ones..this years plan is to try to get some black faced ones

hi jamie ...good to see your back keeping birds again ...once its in your blood the hobby never really leaves you

hello ken welcome aboard ....my brother and his wife and children live in perth (butler)...he's in the police there..my mum is visiting him for a 3 month stay .. looks alot better weather than we are having...i'm hoping to go over in the next year or 2 for a holiday

My link....frilled one for you mark

theres reccesive silvers also on efinch mark ...theres also a few mutations that are in australia that dont exist yet in the uk ...george,alumina and frizzle...if you tap in australian zebra finch society into google its the first site that comes up..regards jeff

have a look on www.efinch.com ...quite a few zebs on there ..with good information on pairings etc

if you pair black cheek to black cheek size can sometimes suffer ....(similar penguin to penguin )..so working with a good normal and then working with the splits will take a tad longer but you'll hopefully end up with better birds in the long run

hi josh ..have you been on www.efinch.com i think its a good site and suggests good pairings to produce different mutations

you should have a message mark ....condsider it an eary christmas present

i've only 4 or so left at the moment mark ...non for sale but you never know what happens next year

hi broughy...i have a number for them ,but they aren't that keen on visitors to be honest ....although i'm sure you would be able to pre order a few for stafford

not too far helen.........

i don't think it will be a grizzle zebra ...theres some diiferent mutations on this site that are unique to their country .... My link

i had a trip over to the "winterbottoms" in rochdale today to pick up a few pairs of penguins again.. any one who fancies some wouldn't go far wrong to give them a ring or find there sales table at stafford as they've bred a fair few of decent standard...

i like it

a good site to look round if you fancy dilutes/silvers etc My link

..glad to say gary that numbers are on the up...suprisingly enough i've even bred some half decent blackcheeks and some splits. also got the odd pied or two and some ok whites,a few fawn cheeks and even a nice dilute..

bit of a let down really..the birds were a blackfaced black breasted and a black cheeked cfw(he said he had 2 the same???)...i passed on them both as they were a bit too small..they looked better in the photo he'd brought to the sale a few weeks ago..

hi ..i'm picking up tomorrow 2 cock zebras in a very unusual mutation ...i've only seen pics of them .they are looking like a bit like the ultimate zebra finch on gary landries website except where that one is orange with light/isabel wings these ones are blackish with isabel wings...hopefully they live up to my expectations.and i can get some pics on here to see what you think...jeff

hello sam ...i'm in the preston area as gary says but i've only got 4 pairs of zebs at the moment ...theres a sale at bilsborrow village hall this coming sunday ,but they do start very early ,too early really!! ...but to get the pick of the birds there its best to ther about 8 ish ...have you been there before??jeff

welcome aboard martin,..be good if you could post some pictures of your birds..i have a few cfw in my collection..jeff

having a few silver lightbacks (cocks with light cheek patches) in my stud i was wondering whats the best route to go to get black cheeked silver lightbacks(as i really like the examples that jan pastoor has on his website) i have a couple of decent black cheek cockbirds and 3 normal hens split black cheek and also a hen silver split black cheek that are ready for breeding off now..