Black Cheek Zebras
- cindy
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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
Dante if the mom was a normal all the young would be
100% Normal/Black cheeked
Mom is split to BC since they produced a full BC.
100% Normal/Black cheeked
Mom is split to BC since they produced a full BC.
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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
Sam...your first clutch is full BC....they will not produce another color (your original question at the top of the thred) but you can use the offspring to make different mutations in combination with other mutations.Sam Ohio wrote:This was their first clutch...
http://www.efinch.com/species/bczeb.htm
http://www.zebrafinch.com/newzebra/BlackCheek.html
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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
Sam Ohio wrote:Will I ever produce other colors from 2 visual Black Cheek Zebras? I have produced a few female chicks and the one has Black cheeks and the other has more like the black bar on her face is smeared, I have a chick getting ready to fledge and I belief Its male because his cheeks are really black like the males and I don't remember the cheeks being so noticeable when they fledged before. Just wondering if there are other possible colors they can produce.
HI I have a pair of bc but the female does not have black cheeks is she still considered a bc female?


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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
If she were full BC, she would have black cheeks. If she is split, she may have feathering, or just a thicker tear mark than a non-BC hen. Do you have a picture you could post of her?Angeldov222 wrote:Sam Ohio wrote:Will I ever produce other colors from 2 visual Black Cheek Zebras? I have produced a few female chicks and the one has Black cheeks and the other has more like the black bar on her face is smeared, I have a chick getting ready to fledge and I belief Its male because his cheeks are really black like the males and I don't remember the cheeks being so noticeable when they fledged before. Just wondering if there are other possible colors they can produce.
HI I have a pair of bc but the female does not have black cheeks is she still considered a bc female?![]()
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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
HI no i do not have a pic i have to ask my daughter how to do it she has like a thick tear i guess u would call it, so she is not a black cheeked? she does not have full black cheeks like the male hasnelloyello11 wrote:If she were full BC, she would have black cheeks. If she is split, she may have feathering, or just a thicker tear mark than a non-BC hen. Do you have a picture you could post of her?Angeldov222 wrote:Sam Ohio wrote:Will I ever produce other colors from 2 visual Black Cheek Zebras? I have produced a few female chicks and the one has Black cheeks and the other has more like the black bar on her face is smeared, I have a chick getting ready to fledge and I belief Its male because his cheeks are really black like the males and I don't remember the cheeks being so noticeable when they fledged before. Just wondering if there are other possible colors they can produce.
HI I have a pair of bc but the female does not have black cheeks is she still considered a bc female?![]()
Im learning

2 cordon blues, Houdini and Baby Blue Girl
2 society finch, Mop Top and Coco
3 orange cheeks
14 zebra finch, Chipp, The Baby, Olivia, Chase, Buffy, Big Boy, Patches, Ghost, BC, 3 babies in a nest, 2 unnamed females
2 Gold breasted,
1 masked black rump, Mask
2 silverbills, Cinnimon and Spice
1 male betta
3 dogs, Blake, Bella and Brandy
SANDY
2 society finch, Mop Top and Coco
3 orange cheeks
14 zebra finch, Chipp, The Baby, Olivia, Chase, Buffy, Big Boy, Patches, Ghost, BC, 3 babies in a nest, 2 unnamed females
2 Gold breasted,
1 masked black rump, Mask
2 silverbills, Cinnimon and Spice
1 male betta
3 dogs, Blake, Bella and Brandy
SANDY
- cindy
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Re: Black Cheek Zebras
She sounds like she may be split to BC but a picture would help.
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