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Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:29 pm
by love4finches
This is a baby from a plain old CWF pair. A girl BUT no eye tears. Otherwise all white, slight grey on head and buff tale feathers. So is she a CWF/white, white/CWF or something else? My pics stink. These are the best I can do. She has bonded with a CWF male.

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:11 am
by cindy
The dusting on the head and the faint tail bars shows she had CFW in her blood, possibly a split. The lack of a tear could be that one of her parents are a white split.

If either of the parents are split to white you will get either males or females CFW/white and CFWs. The white gene removes the tear.


25.0% Females >> CFW / White
25.0% Females >> CFW
25.0% Males >> CFW / White
25.0% Males >> CFW

Are both parents Continentals....black barring on the tails or lighter like the offspring pictured?

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:11 am
by love4finches
Don't have any info on the parents. She was a gift. It's hard when you do have the geneology but without any info impossible, I know.

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:27 am
by cindy
Most likely she is a CFW/white.

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:32 am
by hardroumli
Hi,
Where can someone learn about the genetics and codes for zebra finches?

Thanks.

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:52 am
by cindy

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:37 pm
by ac12
I have a male penguin that always has a WHITE hen like that in each clutch. I don't remember if the tail has bars on it.

Re: Sooooo confused. What is she?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:56 am
by hardroumli