PIED CORDON BLEU PHOTOS

[wildbill]

hi all
might like to take a look at these photos. have several pairs. hard to get good photos ...shy birds

[wildbill]

should be cordon bleu - might try to get a better photo later showing the white feathers on the wings and back

[wildbill]

in that particular aviary there are two pairs of cordon bleu's. the pair in the photo's are grizzle pieds and have 3 young. all young appear normal. that is until they molt. it is at that stage their pied markings come through. so it's a bit like a lottery - you can get young with some white or near full white birds.
at one stage i did have set pieds. with set pied what comes out of the nest - is what you get.

[debbie276]

Very nice!

[lovemyfinch]

Lovely

[wellingtoncdm]

Awesome birds! What country are you from?

[dfcauley]

That courdon is stunning!!!!

[Queen_Bee]

They are lovely! I have normal RCCBs and just love them, but yours are something quite special!

[Ursula]

Wow! Very pretty!!!

[MRobinson]

Lovely! Thanks for sharing the pictures

[annague]

Simply stunning... they look like someone sprinkled powdered sugar on them.

LOVE them! (Oh how I wish they were available in the US!)

Thanks for sharing their photos with us!

[wildbill]

thanks for the feedback. it's a bit hard getting better shot of the finches as most are feeding young. i've had to take these through the wire. i will give you some-idea on the pied cock colouring.
these are 4 pieds and 3 young in this aviary. all birds look pretty much the same

[finchmix22]

Bill
Those are amazing! You have such unique finches. I wish we could have pied cordon blues and pied fire finches here in the U.S. Although, I still love both of my regular rccb's and fires.

[wildbill]

pieds are ok - but it's hard to beat the colour nature intended

[finchmix22]

I prefer the natural colors too, but that cordon blue is so pretty! Did you breed for pieds on purpose or did the mutation just show up?