Black Cheek Zebras

Sam Ohio · Post by **Sam Ohio** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:55 pm

Will I ever produce other colors from 2 visual Black Cheek Zebras? I have produced a few female chicks and the one has Black cheeks and the other has more like the black bar on her face is smeared, I have a chick getting ready to fledge and I belief Its male because his cheeks are really black like the males and I don't remember the cheeks being so noticeable when they fledged before. Just wondering if there are other possible colors they can produce.

Birdy · Post by **Birdy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:22 pm

I have a black cheek hen who has yet to produce a black cheeked chick, hah. You never quite know what other mutations they carry.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:00 pm

A true visual BC pair pictured here

Should produce BC young, all young have full black cheeks.

Birdy, what do you have your BC paired with? BC is recessive, if you are pairing the mom with a normal you will get offspring that look like normals but carry a wider tear and they will be split to BC.

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

Bluebonnet · Post by **Bluebonnet** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:12 pm

Cindy, those are some beautiful black cheeks. I really like the looks of them.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:15 pm

Thank you Linda, I have enough offspring from two pair to make about 5 pairs and some extra....I could send you some!!!

Bluebonnet · Post by **Bluebonnet** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:29 pm

Well, as tempting as that is, I've already got too many zebras.

But they sure are pretty!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:34 pm

LOL!!! I think I to many as well!!!

Thank you, again!!!

Sam Ohio · Post by **Sam Ohio** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:39 pm

I have pics but can't seemed to get them to load I even tried to resize them to 200 pixels , can anyone give me some advice I've loaded them before and didn't even have to resize....

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:43 pm

I resize them to 448 x 336 px in paint or Microsoft Office picture manager. Others use photobucket

Birdy · Post by **Birdy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:54 pm

cindy wrote:A true visual BC pair pictured here

3-24-2011 BC Dad handsome dude.jpg

3-24-2011 BC mom, very gentle and calm.jpg
Should produce BC young, all young have full black cheeks.

Birdy, what do you have your BC paired with? BC is recessive, if you are pairing the mom with a normal you will get offspring that look like normals but carry a wider tear and they will be split to BC.

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

My BC, Tori, is paired with a cream male. I have always called his colouring cream out of habit, but he looks more like a CFW...ish. His genes have thrown me for a loop before - I have another of his chicks whose mutation remains a mystery, even after posting pics here.

Their first clutch, all three appeared to be greys though none reached adult moult, sadly. No evidence of black cheeks that i could see. No illness, just a series of unfortunate events. In this clutch, there's a white one with a grey head and back, and fawn cheeks, (no idea of mutation) two appear grey, and the youngest one isn't feathered out enough to tell yet, but appears similar to this white and grey chick who fledged today. Not a black cheek among them, but I haven't been able to see the youngest two for a bit. The nest is rather small, can't get a good view.

I tend to screw up the nomenclature of mutations sometimes, but I know for sure that this hen hasn't produced a BC chick yet. Still, she makes some pretty chicks!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:58 pm

You won't get a full BC out of them...If only one parent is BC you will only get splits. The gene is recessive, if one prent carries it the offspring will be splits....you need a full or another BC to get full BC.

You can take one of the offspring from you pair and match it with a split to BC or full visual BC to get BC.

Sam Ohio · Post by **Sam Ohio** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:47 pm

Here are pics...... First is the babies from 2 previous clutches , second is the parents. Forgive my ignorance but I haven't had a regular grey pair for a long time is that what your telling me the first pic the bird on the left is ?? a normal female?

DanteD716 · Post by **DanteD716** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:49 pm

Top pic, left normal, right black cheek hen

Bottom, black cheek male and normal hen (possibly lightback)

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:56 pm

The mom in the bottom picture may be a split...the patch is there but not complete...so she may be a split which would explain the wide tear on the female offspring in the top picture...

This might help.

Father full BC x female split to BC

50% Black cheeked
50% Normal/Black cheeked

You may get offspring with wide tears and others with full patches.

DanteD716 · Post by **DanteD716** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:21 pm

She must be split if that BC hen in the top picture is her daughter

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