zebra colour

whitecharmer · Post by **whitecharmer** » Mon May 12, 2008 5:42 am

Hi,
I have a hen zebra that i always thought was a White, but recently i noticed that she has very light markings on her tail. They are the same pattern as a normal zeb only very very faint. She has no other markings at all, not even tear marks.
Does anybody know what she could be?
I cant get a picture of her at the moment as she's sitting on eggs and doesnt come out too often.
I appreciate any help. Thanks.

SamanthaL · Post by **SamanthaL** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:25 pm

She is most likely a Chestnut Flanked White like most of mine.
Here is the best pic I could get for you of mine.
Yes I know she is bald I brought her home that way.
I hope this helps you find out what kind you have.

whitecharmer · Post by **whitecharmer** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:57 am

Thanks, She looks very similar to yours only she is whiter and her tail markings are lighter. I know when i bought her she came with her brother who is a lightback.

SamanthaL · Post by **SamanthaL** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:08 pm

You are welcome I am glad I could help you.
She is real white it's just the pic that is making every thing darker.

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed May 14, 2008 5:34 pm

i have a female just like yours that you are describing and she too has the lighter markings. i just thought she was white and the stripes on her tail were just a little whiter.

hilljack13 · Post by **hilljack13** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:55 pm

I have a white female just like the one SamanthaL posted. She is a black cheek actually but she has the same tone of makings on her tail feathers. There is a picture of her in the gallery!!

BTW whitecharmer...love that avatar!!!

williep · Post by **williep** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:38 am

Well, I'm not too sure of the colour without seeing it but I do know that the fawn mutation cuases the breast color to change to a tan (fawn) color.

whitecharmer · Post by **whitecharmer** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:05 am

She finally let me take a picture of her but unfortunatly the tail markings dont show on the picture where they are so light.

whitecharmer · Post by **whitecharmer** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:43 pm

All but one of her six babies has fleged now so i got some pics of them.
As far as i can tell, there is: 1 black cheek, 2 fawn pieds, 2 whites and the one that hasnt fledged yet. That one i dont have a clue what it is. It has pied markings on a grey body with what looks like grey cheek patches.
The dad is a pied black cheek.

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:03 pm

Congrats on the new fledglings.