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Happy Birthday Dave. All the best Paul.

Hi Trev Looking good congratz. Paul.

Hi Trev Theres defo Lightback going on in it and as rightly said it could be silver. Paul

Hi Jon Google Flemming and flemming zebra finches. Paul.

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Happy Birthday Jon. Paul.

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Hi Gary Looking good there mate. Paul.

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Hi Nick From what I understand the colour should be very faint i.e the markings in the cock, there a few pictures on the flemming and flemming site of Cfw cheeked cocks so might be a good place to look at. Either way lovely type to those birds. Paul.

Happy Birthday Mark mate. Paul.

Hi Sorry cant see them very well from the photo as it blows up to large from the thumb nail, but from what I can see the is the cock a chestnut flanked white and the hen normal if so you will get CFW hens Normal/ Cfw cocks The cock may throw other colour hens to if he is split for any colours. Paul.

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Hi Trev Looking good the one out of the LB pairing should be a hen and your right the cock must be split cfw to produce her. Congratz Paul.

Hi Richard Its is believed no Double factor birds will survive from any dominant mutation when doubled up, you get blind and eye problems with dominant cheeked chicks when they are not doubled up on. Paul.

Hi Richard There are its is said no double factor dominant mutation birds such as fawn cheek, Black face and the like as doubling up on the dominant mutation leads to a lethal factor, its much the same in canaries with dominant whites and other animals not just birds, so any Dominant mutation chicks produced by two birds of the same dominant mutation mated together will only be single factor. Paul.

Hi All Thanks for the comments. Chris there's been some cracking BB birds benched over the past few years and I have seen a very very impressive BC lightback hen before and know there has been some on the show bench this year that I've heard were very impressive but I didn't see them myself. Paul.

Hi Richard Abandon the hope of double factor dominant mutation birds, there is, it is widely believed a lethal factor that prevents the production of double factor young. Paul.

Hi Richard Looking good there. Paul.

Cheers Trev, there's two bothers but the other one didn't like his little trip out to a slow cage so I didn't point the camera his way. Paul.

Hi The top photo is of the bird as a chick and then the bottom too are of it now when its nearly completed the molt. I know what you mean mind as a chick it looks 100% BB in the tail but when molted it looks /bb in the tail instead. Paul.

Hi Folks I couple of picture of some of this years OB/BB's well I think /BB anyway, its been a slow year with them so far but getting a few now. Before And after, still not 100% molted out yet but looking ok.

Hi Nick I like the hen she a real nice bird and that cocks looks like he's got real broad buff looking feather great stuff for breeding with. Paul.

Happy Birthday Allan, Sorry it's a little late. Paul.