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Shaft-tail genetics
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:09 am
by atarasi
I have a pair of normals. It appears that one of the chicks is fawn. I thought that all this time it was a society until the bib appeared. I thought only a fawn can be produced with a fawn and a normal that is carrying the fawn gene. I guess I'm wrong, right? Just a little shocked it's not a society.
Re: Shaft-tail genetics
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:55 pm
by dfcauley
I have had those surprises before. I thought I had shaftails and they ended up raising two society finches one time. I guess they laid eggs in the wrong nest.
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:35 am
by williep
atarasi, it might be that your "normal" pair are actually splits for fawn which can produce fawn offspring. I've found that happen quite often as breeders who use the split breeding practice end up with a lot of excess splits which are then sold as normals and we end up buying them. Where did you acquire the pair?
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:39 pm
by atarasi
Sorry Willie, I guess I missed your reply...
I purchased this pair from a pet shop. <gulp> I know. I know. It's a mom and pop shop and they buy their birds from other local breeders. The cock has a tan leg band and know now why the breeder put that on him. There was a fawn hen in the cage. For all I know, my pair are brother and sister. I could be wrong because the leg bands are different. The hen has a blue split leg band and a green aluminum band that is crimped. The cock just has the tan split band.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:05 am
by williep
Well, either way you ended up with a fawn which should be good news. Around here they sell for about $15 a pair more than normals.
I've found that pet shop birds are sometimes related as they normally originate from the same breeder, this is especially true when the pet shop is quite small. Whenever I buy a bird from a pet shop I normally try and swop the one with an existing pair or buy another pair from another petshop. If the shop only has 6 birds it's looking for trouble but if there are 20+ the odds of getting a related pair are so slim.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:57 am
by atarasi
You're probably right. There were about 15 birds in the cage. At first I thought it was a society finch. Would have preferred that actually.
Re: Shaft-tail genetics
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:33 pm
by lea
maybe i can ask here
what i will get, if i'll pair fawn male+isabelle female?
thanks
Re: Shaft-tail genetics
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:58 pm
by cindy