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Hello there!
I just got a pair of zebra finches (Peep and Poe) and am trying to figure out which mutations they carry. If you could confirm or deny my guesses I'd be grateful. I'm new to bird genetics!
Well, I'm new to birds at all. I've only been a bird owner for about two weeks, but I've quickly fallen in love, hehe.
The female is only 2 months old; I got her from a clutch my mother-in-law's finches had, so I know what her parents looked like. I'm really not sure what her mother is, but I know her dad is obviously split to pied.
My male's background is unknown, but I'm pretty confident he's just a normal grey. From what I've read, I think the female is a regular CFW.
Here's some pictures!

Peep:



Poe:


Peep's mom:


Peep's dad:


Thanks for looking! It's good to be here!

I don't know much about Zebra finches, but I wanted to welcome you to the forum! There's lots of good reading at the Finch Information Center, linked at left, where you can learn tips on how to feed and care for your new pets.

I see you are from the DFW area. You might be interested in joining the Fort Worth Bird Club. We meet the second Sunday of each month at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens from 2pm to 4pm. We have two members (a couple) who are experts on Zebra finches, they raise and show their birds and win lots of awards with them. They probably won't be at the meeting this weekend, but they usually attend.

www.fortworthbirdclub.com

Thank you very much, Sally!
I'll look into the bird club.

Peep is a young CFW hen, still has black on the beak and black dusting on the head...that should molt away.

Poe looks normal

Mom looks normal

Dad is split to pied and split to cfw since he produces a visual cfw hen. Poe may also be split to CFW.

Thanks cindy! Is there anything that's telling you Poe may be split to CFW, or is that just an educated guess? Also, could Peep possibly carry pied since her dad does?

It is more of an calculations that he carries the CFW gene. A split to CFW can dhow white lacing on the feather edges on the wings.

Dad shows a split to pied white wing edges, white on top of the head and under the chin...he also shows the split to CFW split trait, the white lacing on the feather edges.

here is a page that is useful on genetics for zebras... http://zebracrazy.byethost13.com/Genetics.htm

Markers for splits..... http://zebracrazy.byethost13.com/Splits.htm