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    Thanks Emmy. 

    Its nice to know where they come from so you can pair them up without worrying they are related.

     it can be a bit of a challenge cage breeding at times as sometime they don't always like the partner we pick for them, i always put the hen in the breeding cage first for a week or more so any bond she has formed with any other zebra is broken "make sure she cant see the ex partner if they had one" and then put the cock in for a show or other small cage so they are not panicked and introduce him into the breeding cage from there, the cock once you back away should sing to the hen and she will buzz her beak and tail and mating should happen, if they are fighting or chasing each other it can be a sign thing may not run smooth.

    Remember two cocks or two hens can form a same sex pair with the bond being just as strong as a true pair and this can lead to them fighting with any new partners as well.

     

    Paul.

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    Hi Gary 

    Thanks their coming along excited for next breeding season.

    Hi Emmy 

    I'm not really one for showing i do it now and again just to keep my eye in.

    Thanks for the positive comments.

    Paul.

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    Hi Emmy

     

    I Don't think you would produce any visual BC chicks from the white pair as that cock has been pair to a BC visual hen and not produced any BC chicks, this means he has no BC in him, but on the plus side it means he not related to the hen.

     

     

    Paul.

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    Hi Emmy

     

    The male Recessive white at the top is not BC or Split BC I'm afraid as paired to the hen they would of produce visual BC's, but on the plus side your chick will all be split for BC, the cock must be a pied too looking at those chicks, the Brownie looking chick looks like A very light fawn or a cream to me, so that would mean the cock split for Fawn and maybe even Cream, that would make him a 

     

    Recessive White,Pied,Fawn,Possible Dominant dilute cock  :crazy:  :D

     

    The bottom ones are Both BC though

     

    Paul.

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    Hi Stephen 

     

    Its was not about who's is best or anything as childish.

     

    Its about another post that i made showing Uk birds, the intention was to show on the dutch forum what UK birds are like as not everyone has had much chance to view Uk show Birds.

     

    Most of the comments were positive and some were very constructive comments about one thing or another and were well received. Then there was a small number of breeders who instead of discussing negative views on UK birds and their use on the continent in private or on a post of their own making, they decided they would discuss this on the Post Made by the UK Breeder "ME", No part of any comment made By Rolf was even Remotely postive, My mother told me if you can't saying anything dont say anything at all, i wouldn't dream of insulting one of our Continental or other over seas breeders by passing such negative comments blaming the use of their Birds in my country for anything on a post made by them quite frankly it would be very rude.

     

    Rolf even managed to mention the UK Gloster canary and its negative impacted, well the Uk Gloster canary Made Gloster's world wide the birds they are most of the top breeders all over the world Had Uk Birds in there Bloodlines.

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    @ Rolf 

     

     

    So not Happy with implying UK birds would ruin the German bloodline " Sounds some how familiar" and destroy your hobby your now saying i "falsify" statements.

     

    Have you actually looked at the standard you posted "Nice beak with a rise to the top of a nice round skull", "nice and round in the Body not bending at the chest" do you you think there's a country in which there are quite a few birds like this as they have bred for type for 30 or so years, let me give you a clue its over some water called the English Channel.

     

    Rolf You believe i have trouble accepting the opinion of others, well depends on if they are talking Sh#t and if they choose to do it on a posted where they shouldn't of, if you posted a photo of a bird and i had a negative opinion about the bird, its countries Standard, or the birds winning in that country and there usefulness in breeding with the birds of my country i would be kind enough to keep my opinion to myself. 

     

     Mr. Elzinga wrote:

    If this is the standard in the Netherlands would I stop onmiddeljk with zebra finches.
    I wonder where the line is or will be located . If this continues , we are a few years with zebra finches -sized Norwegian bullfinch as you see it now at exhibitions.
    One , in my eyes, undesirable development.

    And you wrote:

    I said the same to my german colleagues if zebrafinches thesis will be the german standard in a few years .

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    Hi 

     

    It can be hard to tell with Recessive whites Usually you can go on the beak colour, males should have a redder beak then females but this is not always accurate, another way is have you seen the white bird singing or even treading the other bird.

     

    Paul.