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Hello guys. I was reading about zebras and it says that to know the sex you have to look at the beak. The cocks beak is dark red and the and the hen is orange. When i bought my zebras the sales person told me they were a hen and a cock but when we study them they doesn't act like hen and cock . I am posting a photo to see what do you think. The cock is on the right and hen on left. If you need another photos tell me. Thanks

Hi Gaviota!

Looks to me like you have a hen and a cock, and that they are Florida Fancy zebras.

The florida fancy has supressed black markings and the orange markings remain at full strength. It is mainly all white. It might have a slightly buff underbelly. They also might have some slight orange lacing around the primary feathers.

It's hard to tell without a full photo, but if your bird is mostly white, without black markings, and still has full strength orange markings, then they are most likely Florida Fancy.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong

Jeannette

Thanks Jeannette, here are two separate photos to see if its a hen or cock.

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7099/picture0868mo.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/9448/picture0876sm.jpg

I think the cock is a penguin and that the hen may be a CFW. But yes, they are a male-female pair.

Crystal wrote:I think the cock is a penguin and that the hen may be a CFW. But yes, they are a male-female pair.

Gaviota wrote:

Crystal wrote:I think the cock is a penguin and that the hen may be a CFW. But yes, they are a male-female pair.

CFW ? What it's that means?

Hi

What a pair of cuties! I agree - looks like a hen and a cock. She has classic female mutation markings, probably Chestnut Flanked White (=CFW). Also, the male will crow (sing?) and the female will only beep.

You might just have a nice healthy hen with a strong beak colour, or a cock with a slightly weaker beak colour. The colours do vary a little - wait, I'm going outside to compare my 18 Zebbies - back in a tick... Yep, there's slight variation in the intensity of the red of cocks I got from different breeders.

Stephanie

Thanks, Crystal!

I stand corrected. I dont have much experience with penguin color strain.

Jeannette

From the picture in the post, it really is difficult to tell what the mutations are; I only suspected penguin & CFW pair because I had seen the other full body shots in the gallery. :)

Looks to me like a CFW hen and a penguin male also. They are gorgous! Congrats.

I read all the replies but I didnt see anyone state the obvious - that we know from the photo that they are hen and cock because the cock has orange cheeks! To my knowledge, the only hen to display colored cheeks is the black cheek (and gray/fawn cheek mutation).

Gwynne