Punky 10 Report post Posted April 16, 2013 Here are some photos of the chicks (on the 12th of April) And the "double crest" If you look carefully at its neck you'll see the second crest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 16, 2013 Very strange! Will be interesting to see how it progresses, i cant wait to see what it looks like fully feathered. They are some really cute chicks there! Kerry 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted April 16, 2013 Can't wait neither ! I'm away from home for 2 weeks, so we'll see together when I'll go home ! Can't wait for it haha ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 16, 2013 Fascinating like Kerry looking forward to seeing it when its fully feathered. Thanks for posting the photos. Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Finch 2 Report post Posted April 18, 2013 the chicks r such cute balls of feathers! i don't have any pictures of a double crest guys:( i once saw a double crested hen at a breeder's place. it was a pure white hen. never seen it again though. they do exist but are rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted April 19, 2013 I've always thought that the double crested are double factor crested (bred from a couple of crested) who survive the lethal factor. But I've never bred two crested together and the hen is non crested as you can see, so I cannot explain this chick. What is maybe possible is that the hen's ancestors were crested. I bought them on the same place from the same breeder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 I'm really angry with my father's attitude. All the cage was very dirty, he gave the birds parakeet seed so the chicks were not able to find the good seed under the sunkern. The normal one died yesterday. One of the fawn has it's eyes glued so they are closed. I put him "collyre" in it but it wasn't very effective. I'm hoping that they'll all survive. I have a question: the fawn chicks have no tear markings but they have tail markings, could this be crested blackbreasted fawn chicks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Sorry to hear that you came back to find that a chick had died and another one had an eye problem. Sorry I cant answer your question about the colour. Hope everything works out for you with the chicks Punky I had a chick with its eye closed and was advised to put a bird bath up immediately (and my birds have a bird bath at least twice a week and fresh water daily ) but it seems this could be caused by dehydration -- 10 minutes later after going into the bird bath the chick was 100 per cent with both eyes wide open. Emmy Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Sorry you lost a chick. I dont really know what to suggest If you can get some pictures of the tails i might be able to tell you. Orange breasts dont have tear marks either so it really comes down to the tail markings. I think you said that the parents might be split for black breast so it is quite likely that this is what they are Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted April 29, 2013 Thanks for your replies. I've immediately put the bath and wet it's eyes tomorrow evening, but as I said it was still as glued as before. He also have some feathers of his crest in it, so it became dry and hard, also very difficult to put out of the eyes. I just succeeded to open one eye but not 100 % with the collyre. I'll take photos of the chicks this evening for the ttail markings and the eyes of the poor little fawn baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 1, 2013 What colour is this chick ? And the crested white one has red/blue eyes as you can see on this pic (no flash) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted May 1, 2013 They look so cute with their crests! The fawns tail doesn't look right for black breast so it could be orange breast? You might have to wait until after the first moult to be sure. The white one is adorable! I have no idea why it has red eyes though! Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolk flyer 208 Report post Posted May 1, 2013 Punky, That fawn younster is a Cr BB fawn. Trevor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 2, 2013 I thought that BB chicks have no tail markings ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 4, 2013 I've found this on the albinos colour for zebra finches (In the book "Vos oiseaux de cages et de volière" (Your birds of cage and aviary) by the Larousse edition. ) Albinos: The firsts albinos appeared in Australia during the 1950's, but today they are rare. The feathering from a snowish white is devoided from any markings. The eyes are red and the legs orange rather than red. In this variety, the sex-ID could sometime be difficult to discern, even though the cock's beak is slightly darker than the hen's one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 14, 2013 I just succeeded to buy some physiological serum for Blinky, my crested fawn/BB baby who has an eyes problem. I'm happy to finally be able to heal it, hope it'll works ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted May 17, 2013 Good luck i hope the eye gets better. Do you have any recent pictures of them all? I would love to see how they are all looking now Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 21, 2013 I made some pictures of them today but it was quite difficult, they fly better than I use my camera http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/372/dscf5246b.JPG (the poor Buffy -the baby on the first photo- is ugly on this picture !) http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1571/dscf5277y.JPG http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=194&u=11513873 http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=195&u=11513873 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted May 21, 2013 They look fantastic! I love the one in the second picture... Thanks for sharing the pictures Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 22, 2013 It's Buffy on the second picture too. On the first she's stressed by the flash so it give a strange effect. I took better photos (the difference between a bridge and a reflex is striking...) The cock: The hen: Lucius (Hen, I think): Lucius, the elder brother (he does not have a name for the moment, if you have ideas...) , Blinky: Lucius's little sister (she does not have a name neither) and her father Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 You could name the elder brother Spike! I cant wait to have crested, they are so adorable! Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmy 528 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 They are lovely birds makes me feel you could go out and buy hair gel for them lol Emmy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 Spike, I like this name ! I think that hair gel could be good for them haha, they look like they juste wake up. Crested Exhibition type zebras are very difficult to breed I think, lots of them are thin and have poor quality head, and the circular crest is something hazardous, in my opinion. I'll see if I'm going to continue breeding them next year, because I'll leave with my boyfriend and his father and I just bring a "little" aviary with me. It has no separation and we already have a big dog and a rat, so I'll have to negotiate with them for having another breeding cages. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punky 10 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 Live* sorry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
casamber 60 Report post Posted May 23, 2013 Just tell your boyfriend that if he wants you then he will have to accept the birds! I would love to see an exhibition crested, I don't think I have ever seen one before. I would also love to own one! haha Kerry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
