Possible Outcomes for Zebras

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Lithium
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Possible Outcomes for Zebras

Post by Lithium » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:15 pm

If I bred a male Black Cheeked Zebra Finch to a female CFW, what would the babies look like?

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Re: Possible Outcomes for Zebras

Post by cindy » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:48 pm

CFW is sex linked your hen if not paired with a visual or split to cfw will only give you split to cfw males.

Black cheek is recessive, your birds would be split to BC....they would be gray with a thicker tear, a bit of black feathering from the tear into the orange cheek.

http://efinch.com/species/bczeb.htm Roy's picture....
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your outcome from breeding a males BC to a hen CFW

50% Normal /Black Cheeked Chestnut Flanked White Males
50% Normal /Black Cheeked Females

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