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pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:29 pm
by Oshtay
she comes from a normal grey dad, and a saddleback pied mother. Her siblings look to be normal greys. what do you think??
Thanks! Taylor
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Re: pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:38 pm
by kenny
hi
its a pied normal female by the looks of it any zebs with white where it shouldnt be is usually a pied


ken

Re: pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:03 pm
by waxbill lover
I think its a pied fawn. The tail isn't black, its more of a fawny colour.

Re: pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:52 pm
by Oshtay
It's definately different from it's siblings. The tail seems very dull and muted compared to the crisp black and white of the others. I'll try and get a better picture to compare

Re: pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:11 am
by Vargur
Normal grey pied. (split pied)
fawns have much lighter beak color, not black/dark grey.
And the feathers would be fawn.
Sometimes a normal grey can have a brownish feathers.
Its more visible when the birds are young.

Image
Vargs - Fawn/split pied chick by Elma_Ben, on Flickr

But he is a cutie :)
congrats on your chicks!
=D>

Re: pied fawn?? I think??

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:22 am
by Oshtay
Great! Thanks everyone. I'll post more pictures when they feather out.
Taylor