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mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by LuxandLolita » Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:41 am

Ok so i know how everyone told me to wait for their first molt for me to get excited.
All three chicks have really buff bellies. Two chicks still have thin tears, and lastly, falcon just molted in this white tail feather with black edges! Weird right?
Here are some pics from a few days again.
To start,the odd tail feather its kinda short but still growing in

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Aww pretty little falcon!
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And gus-she needs a new name! Any ideas?
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Tiny tahny. :)
Top right. Bottom left is falcon
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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by finchmix22 » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:18 am

Looks like there's a spittin' image of Lolita (last pic). I think that Gus is Gus. I can see a faint cheek coloring coming in on the pic. Falcon is a perfect name. Tahny looks like Lolita too.
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Post by debbie276 » Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:23 am

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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by LuxandLolita » Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:56 am

Thats so weird! I had a dream that gus got boy colors last night! But his beak is orange...do you think if he is male, his beak will darken?? They have very slightly different tears but tahny takes after lolita most
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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by LuxandLolita » Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:55 pm

No color. Gus needs a new name.

Anyone? Vargur, ameza,or Cindy? I know you guys are probably annoyed with me already. Lol
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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by Ameza » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:22 pm

They look pretty and healthy.

No apparent mutations other than visual normal grey.

Falcon though looks like he is split to pied, my pieds at least tend to get a white tail feather from time to time.
Which is nice, I personally really like having pieds in my group, so if you ever get another pied bird you could pair Falcon with it :)
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Post by cindy » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:37 pm

They have grown up quiet nicely!!! I agree with Ameza.

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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by LuxandLolita » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:44 pm

Pied is my favorite mutation!
Are you refferring to falcon as the last picture or the tail pic?
Tahny is in the last picture,isn't she pretty?
They were all plucked on the shoulders as chicks so it could be jst that. However lux has some white on his neck that he has had since he fledged! So its possible.
Falcon has an elongated tear like lolita where it goes way past the beak. The other two have short tears but I believe tahny is getting some black feathers lower under the beak. They are 60 days old more or less in three days! Pretty sure all females.
They ar molting so they look pretty scruffy but I will get pics asap:)
Also,they have extremly buff tail feathers(not the tail flights but the shorter ones under them) and their bellys are pretty buff also. Again,pics will be added as soon as possible! Beaks are filling in nicely and are almost completly orange!
Still thinking all females. They even meep like girls!
So that's just an update!!
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Re: mutation update, can i get excited yet?

Post by limeslide » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:43 am

Your finches look beautiful! :) Keep Gus, makes the name unique. :)
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