Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

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Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by Moon » Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:44 am

I have a paired male and female.

The female has white markings on her head which I have on all my other males except one. A cream colored belly and a lighter grey.

This male has red/brown eyes. I've watched for signs of illness, but research said that only wild finch have these colored eyes.

I'm very confused. There were other birds and types of finch in the cages, I was told I was getting an established pair, but I am wondering if I didn't end up with a bad breeding.

I really wish I had found you guys before buying. Either way, I'll still be keeping my birds. I just want to know if I can breed the males eye color to the females patterns and if these are mixed birds or not. If my birds are sterile, perhaps I can locate other birds who need companions and still maintain the pairing ratio I've read about.
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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by cindy » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:22 pm

the zebras will have different color red to amber eyes.... pictures of your birds will help us ID mutations.

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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by Moon » Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:47 pm

I haven't been able to figure out how to upload personal photos from my phone and I don't link from other websites like photobucket. I plan to get photos of both birds later today.
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1 female lovebird : Harley Quinn
1 male lovebird : Nightwing
3 Bantams : Ollie, Nibel, and Obi
2 Starlings : Inee and Messy
1 House Sparrow : Bat-Chat
1 Blind Pigeon : Blinky

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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by cindy » Sat Sep 24, 2016 2:16 pm

go to Post Reply, there is an option to load picture (chose file)

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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by Moon » Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:00 pm

Female Zebra Finch

Zebra Male Finch

According to what I was told.
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1 female lovebird : Harley Quinn
1 male lovebird : Nightwing
3 Bantams : Ollie, Nibel, and Obi
2 Starlings : Inee and Messy
1 House Sparrow : Bat-Chat
1 Blind Pigeon : Blinky

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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by cindy » Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:10 pm

top is male, bottom hen, hen is a normal pied

Can't see the entire body of the male, he looks normal gray

These can be bred together.

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Re: Zebra Finch Male Eye Color

Post by haroun » Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:08 pm

moon hi red eyes looks that one of his parents is a sexlinked mut type i forgot witch one exactly CFW&LB or fawn line your male is split of a sexlinked mut

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