These little guys popped out

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These little guys popped out

Post by MariusStegmann » Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:10 am

Two Bechino's and a bird that looks like either a cherryfinch or a bechino / cherryfinch hybrid fledged today out od a bechino nest. Bechino's are also called owlfinches or double-bar finches.
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Re: These little guys popped out

Post by lovezebs » Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:20 am

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Congratulations once again.

I'm curious to see what this mystery baby turns out to be.
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Re: These little guys popped out

Post by MariusStegmann » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:12 am

I am quite sure that it is just a cherryfinch egg laid in the bechino nest. My friends at the club and on the whatsapp groups think that it is a hybrid. Only time will tell.
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Re: These little guys popped out

Post by lovezebs » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:24 am

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I'm not at all familiar with Cherry Finches, (have never actually seen one :roll: ). Do they look like that when they're babies?
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Post by MariusStegmann » Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:26 am

They are also called plumheads.

They look this:
This a the Fawn mutation of the cherryfinch
This a the Fawn mutation of the cherryfinch
The normal mutation
The normal mutation
Parents.  Cock on the left. Hen on the right.
Parents. Cock on the left. Hen on the right.
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Post by lovezebs » Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:14 pm

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Pretty, especially the fawn baby.

So now you have to wait with this mystery youngster that you mentioned above, to see what he ends up looking like once he matures :)
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Re: These little guys popped out

Post by MariusStegmann » Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:30 am

Here is a picture of one of my friend's chestnut mannikins. On the left is a cherry X parson hybrid. It looks like cherry cocks jumps any thing that moves.
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