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Hi guys,

I bred a male FF and phaeo female together and got those two. I'm wondering if the orange will become more prominent after their adult molts?

I don’t know but I just wanted to say they are really nice zebras

I'm pretty sure that they have already molted, so they are just going to stay like that.

Hi@Raleighwheels theoricaly with that breeding combo you couldn't have Phaeo's but only
FFsplit for BB.
And yes it's so odd to have a ff with that cheek patches they should be red instead of that fade orange
Could be Fawn cheek factor is running there. Can u past pics of the parents

The parents..

Still molting, but here's some recent pictures. What do you guys think? The male has some very light orange coloring on the top of his head.

nice birds there the young male is stuning and cheeks are more red now . i suspect that one of the parents is only sfff as you got that grey hen mean sfff hen .
concerning the pheao you can have lots variant of this mutation i can say it depends directly on the kind of BB used witch can varigates from simple grey bb to full red headed BB .
i ll upload my phaeo pics asap i can say they were not same when some appears to be sim^le isabel other has very marked orange back and head
btw can u upload a pic of that male's tail bars

Sorry about the messy feathers, he wasn't a fan of being caught.

Beautiful birds!

really nice birds

Raleighwheels wrote: Sorry about the messy feathers, he wasn't a fan of beingmore ught.

Yep the tail bars are specific of Bb so that matime s phaeo. May be he will got more orange infew weeks. Those phaeomelaninic mutations took lots time to show

Raleighwheels those are my phaeos, different types of head colors