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Zebra babies

Post by andalcam » Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:37 pm

I paired a CFW male with a white female. I have no idea of the parentage of either bird so I'm not sure about any splits. It is my understanding that all males will be Normal split to White Chestnut flanked white and all females will be Chestnut flanked white split to White. Will i be able to tell the males (normal grey) from the females (CFW) while they are still in the nest or are all babies the same colour before getting feathers? Thanks!
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Re: Zebra babies

Post by nelloyello11 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:07 pm

Is your white female a CFW, very pied, or actually white? CFW females have the grey/black tear drop and very very light tail bars. It may also be possible that she is just very pied, and not actually white.

The babies should look different in the nest. In my experience, normal greys will have dark black/grey skin and lighter mutations have lighter pinkish skin. They will probably have feather tufts when they hatch too, and these will probably be different colors for the normal grey and cfw chickies.
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Re: Zebra babies

Post by andalcam » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:20 pm

Gosh, I don't know if she is a white or a pied. i just checked the nest and 2 chicks out of 4 eggs have hatched so far. Both chicks have dark skin with long white fluff. I am just anxious to know what colour they will be.
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Re: Zebra babies

Post by cindy » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:50 pm

here is a picture of CFW females

http://www.zebrafinch.com/newzebra/New_ ... FWhens.jpg

this has a description of fledglings

http://www.efinch.com/species/cfwzeb.htm

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Re: Zebra babies

Post by andalcam » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:07 pm

Thanks Cindy! I have 2 CFW hens, but the hen in question is pure white with no tear mark. I was thinking she is a white but now wonder if she is a pied. I was wondering if I would be able to tell the CFW's from the normal greys in the nest box before the chicks get their feathers. :?
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Post by cindy » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:31 pm

I am not sure about that but according to the article I posted the link to you may be able to tell as the pins come in. Look at section titled Fledglings.

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Re: Zebra babies

Post by Justin-2-finches » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:42 am

Yes you can tell very easily between a CFW and a NG as soon as they hatch.
You are right about offspring too

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