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Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 6:55 am
by Fraza
What does patch black skin and white and grey pin feathers mean in a zebra chick as u can see in mine below

The Mum is pied grey and the Dad bc

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:38 pm
by Flight Feathers
It’s normal pied if it’s patchy grey and pink. (And seeing as the father is normal pied it gives you a high chance) anything patchy as a baby is pied. The other patchy grey and white you can get is a black face but none of your parents are black face.

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 4:39 pm
by Flight Feathers
Unless the mother is split bc and then it could be bc pied.

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 6:50 pm
by Fraza
Flight Feathers the Dad is a full bc and the Mum is a pied

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 10:48 pm
by Flight Feathers
Fraza wrote: Flight Feathers the Dad is a full bc and the Mum is a pied
Oh okay, I read it wrong. It doesn’t make any difference tho whether the mother or the father is normal pied.

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 3:36 am
by Fraza
Flight Feathers Ohright really the thing I’m confused about is that she only has a single white feather so it’s weird how much the chicks have came through with loads of white

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:50 pm
by haroun
HI Fraza Flight Feathers
I've never seen a pied like that , brown patches :shock: instead of pinks, i don't like pied but i could said it took a place im my eyes :mrgreen:
Fraza wrote: Flight Feathers Ohright really the thing I’m confused about is that she only has a single white feather so it’s weird how much the chicks have came through with loads of white
a single white feather is considerate as pied (in Europe) , also from outcomes i could said your BC is split fro pied :mrgreen:

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:57 pm
by Fraza
haroun really so what are u expecting off the chicks also one hick has a pink beak and one is black
Morally strange I’ve never seen out like this either
:mrgreen:

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 4:08 pm
by Flight Feathers
Fraza wrote: haroun really so what are u expecting off the chicks also one hick has a pink beak and one is black
Morally strange I’ve never seen out like this either
:mrgreen:
I find that whites and Pieds have pink beaks (with the pied it depends how much pied they have) And then ones like normal, fawn, and cfw etc have grey beaks.

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 4:15 pm
by Flight Feathers
Here you can see three Pieds/whites with pink beaks and then one fawn with a grey beak.

Re: Patchy black skin zebra chicks

Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 5:40 pm
by Fraza
Flight Feathers I’m hoping I get opposite all white with one grey lol