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Pet Store Birds

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:54 pm
by CaliforniaZebraFinch
Just curious....

I purchased my birds from a local pet store. Male, Penguin and Female, CFW. I want to know what types of babies they would produce. I used a genetic forecaster and these were my results:

50.0% Females >> Gray / Penguin ( Genotype >> Z , W ; pi+,pi )
50.0% Males >> Gray / Penguin , CFW ( Genotype >> Z bc+ , Z bc ; pi+,pi )

The only information I entered is shown in the image below.

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Is their still possibilities of other variations popping up, lets say for example a normal gray?

Re: Pet Store Birds

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:39 pm
by ac12
One thing that I have learned with zebras is you don't know what will appear. I have had birds that don't look like either parent. So if there was a gray back in the lineage, there is a chance that a gray may "pop up."

Re: Pet Store Birds

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:00 am
by lovemyfinch
Gary is right :D Even if we know their recent lineage, all bets are off when it comes to zebbies. They seem to hold onto their genetics stream much longer than any other species.

Re: Pet Store Birds

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:05 am
by L in Ontario
I agree with Gary and Janine - colours can come from out of the blue with Zebra finches... from generations back.

Re: Pet Store Birds

Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:22 am
by CandoAviary
Zebras can be full of surprizes :D
This pair
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has produced some like dear old Dad
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and then some that are white...some with grey saddles
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the most recent clutch
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Either black cheeks or whites...... who would of thought..................