White but stripy tail

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White but stripy tail

Post by hayley87 » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:35 pm

Is it normal for a white female zebra finch to have faint stripes across its tail, as all pictures ive seen of white ones are completely white?

(the parents are normal male + fawn female)
New to finches - pair of gouldians and two female zebras
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Post by L in Ontario » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:38 pm

One of the parents may have some pied-ness as a recessive gene. Perhaps it showed up as a strippy tail in that offspring...?
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