Society Finch -- What color is this bird?

Kane · Post by **Kane** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:38 am

This chick came from one of my fist clutches this season. Mother is fawn pied and the father is crested Chocolate Pied. I have never had a chick that looks like this before. Can anyone tell me what color it is? It's hard to see in the pic, but there is a hint of grey to the head wings and rump. The other birds in the clutch are 3 crested Chocolate pied and one fawn pied.

Thanks for the help!

Kane

wilkifam · Post by **wilkifam** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:05 am

Chestnut? Red Brown? definately pied

Ginene · Post by **Ginene** » Wed May 07, 2014 11:51 am

Pretty...I agree with Lori, maybe Red Brown. My Chestnuts are browner than this guy, but then again I am a newbie

Finnie · Post by **Finnie** » Thu May 08, 2014 6:18 am

Can anyone explain what a "red brown" is?

wilkifam · Post by **wilkifam** » Thu May 08, 2014 7:47 am

Finnie wrote: posts

http://www.northwestbengalesefinches.co ... ty-finches

wilkifam · Post by **wilkifam** » Thu May 08, 2014 7:49 am

Ivan is an amazing society finch breeder. His website is the one I linked to in the above message.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Thu May 08, 2014 4:06 pm

It's a Chestnut, not a red brown

Post by **finchmix22** » Thu May 08, 2014 4:39 pm

Keep in mind that the definition of the various color mutations varies by country/region. What we call fawn can be called a dilute or tan/beige etc. Chestnut can be light brown, red brown, etc. Fawn can mean a chestnut color too, depending on who is using the terms. It gets confusing. I try to stay with the terms used by expert finch breeders, such as on efinch or other reliable websites, like avianweb, finchsociety.com etc.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Thu May 08, 2014 4:51 pm

Well, they're in the US, so... as far as US is concerned, it's still a Chestnut Pied.

mayble · Post by **mayble** » Fri May 09, 2014 10:33 am

I would call it chestnut pied, but keep in mind that a)chestnut encompasses a pretty wide range of shades of brown, and b) its color will change a bit when it molts into adult feathers.
Either way, it's a cutie!

Finnie · Post by **Finnie** » Mon May 12, 2014 11:33 am

Well, I've been wanting a chestnut, and I asked Kane, and he is going to sell it to me!

Yippee!

Finnie · Post by **Finnie** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:11 pm

She is mine now.

I named her Carmel, for her soft brown color. We are just guessing that she is a girl, since she hasn't sung yet. I do think that she has molted, because she was looking a little patchy there for a while, and I saw extra loose feathers around the cage.

Here are some photos of her with a couple of others that I had in quarantine together:

Speaking of color variances, that self society on the left was sold to me (by a different person) as a "dilute". But to me it looks like the same color as Carmel. Could it actually be a chestnut, or would it be diluted from chocolate, making it only look like chestnut?

Justino222 · Post by **Justino222** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:50 pm

Absolutely beautiful finch finnie!! Chestnut or dilute, they r gorgeous. Congrats on your new member

Finnie · Post by **Finnie** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:39 am

Thank you, Justino.

Corkysgirl · Post by **Corkysgirl** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 3:54 pm

Finnie She's a really beautiful finch! Congratulations!

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