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Hi there, I'm considering breeding my black face male to my normal hen, would this be a good idea? Would I be better to breed him to my fawn hen? Pic below of my normal hen. Anyway, if I did breed him to my normal hen would I be able to get black face babies? And I'm guessing I'll get normals... how do you tell black face and normal hens apart?

Flight Feathers
Hi yes i's the best way to do . u breed BF to regular Grey or Fawn hen and u will got BF for sure
BF grey X Reg grey = 50% BF grey,50% Reg Grey the sex doesn't matter .

fawn is sex linked
BF grey x Reg Fawn = 25 % BF GREY/FAWN cok, 25 % grey/Fawn cok ,25% grey hen , 25% BF grey hen
you can differentiate regular BF from grey by body color
in bf hen the chest and the belly color are same as body color , same for the area between the beak and the tear drop and the front .
bf grey

normal grey
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ur hen is regular grey split to pied

from e-finch :
Black Face females have only subtle differences from normal hens and are easily passed over. The white between the tear mark and the beak is gray instead of buff white and there is often an extension of gray down from the breast. The tail bars are similar to males.
black face yellow beak

Thank you!

U re the welcomed

haroun wrote: ur hen is regular grey split to pied

Can females have splits ??

And does this mean all normal babies will be split for pied too?

Flight Feathers wrote:

haroun wrote: ur hen is regular grey spied to piednte

Clack an females have spiets ??

The answer is yes and no. In reality it depends on mutation's type
Dominante mutation like BF neither the male nor the female can split for it
Recessive both can split for like pied f.e
Sexlinked mutation like fawn, cfw, lb only male can split for, the female is mutant or regular
Of corse you can have a combo for three kind in the same bird especialy in the male
Like a Black face split for pied and split for light back (bf/pied/lb)
Hen could be only for same combo
Bf split for pied (bf/pied)
Bf split for pied and light back (bf LB /pied)

In general manner
Regular or dominante /recessive/sexlinked male
Regular or dominante /recessive female

Flight Feathers wrote: And does this mean all normal babies will be split for pied too?

Bf x grey /pied
50% BF
50‰ REGULAR GREY
DIVIDE PIED BY TWO
BF 25%, 25BF/PIed
25%regular, 25 %regular grey /pied

haroun haroun you are just a savour in zebras u know every outcome of a pair lol wish I knew

Thank you!

I'm pairing my BF with my CFW. I figure I'd only get CFW males and BFs

Fraza wrote: haroun haroun you are just a savour in zebras u know every outcome of a pair lol wish I knew

Hi mate, still considering my self as newbie lol. Donot worry wwith practicing and reading u will inderstand mutation inheritence

haroun yep maybe but at the moment I’ve got loads of bengis and society’s