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by cindy » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:14 am
The white edges and white spot since the edges are rounded could mean it is split to BB (black breast) or it is split to pied. Split to pied often show white in the wing edges and white under the chin.
If a bird is split to BB the edges of the blotches are rounded, pied blotches are somewhat jagged. The key is the tail bars, if the bird is split to BB then there is a very distinct hourglass shape in the white pattern on the tail. If there is not pattern than it is most likely a split to pied.
It also looks to be that the young might be lightbacks (gray bodies with a light fawn back). If they were full fawns their beaks would be a horn (light brown) color. Black beaks indicated normal or other mutation, split to fawn would also have black beaks.
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