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Hello, I'm posting this for my sister, who had gotten three zebras a couple years ago.

She has a white hen, and presumably two cocks...that is until one of the presumed cocks started to lay eggs.

All three are kept in cages approximately (L/W/H) 1.5-2.0 feet in all dimensions.
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About them: (the numbers refer to the yellow table on the species list on the F.I.C.) All three look EXACTLY like the ones shown on the species page.

"Noel" (#11) [Has a dark-orange beak, orange cheeks]
"Orange-Beak" (#13) [light-orange beak]
"Snowy" (#15) [light-orange beak]
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Orange Beak and Noel are in one cage, and Snowy in another. For quite some time, we thought OB and Noel were cocks. It is a fact that Snowy is a hen, due to her laying infertile eggs, in which we normally remove and discard them.

In the last few days, 2-3 eggs have been discovered in OB & Noel's cage. We were told by a local pet store that OB & Noel were cocks. Now, in the last few months, Noel has beaten and plucked OB, but we thought is was as normal as "The Odd Couple." Noel is also very..."chirpy."

As of today, we are suspecting that OB is a hen, and the one that laid the eggs. Right now, there are no plans of breeding them. We just would like to know, who is the cock, and who is the hen?

What is the F.I.C? (Sorry, it's early here.) If Noel has orange cheeks he's definitely a cock, and as I understand it for most zebra mutations no orange cheeks means a hen. If you're getting eggs, I'd say OB is definitely the hen.

Hilary

Thank you for the information, Hilary. The F.I.C. I was referring to was the "Finch Information Center" link to the left.

nightranger wrote:Hello, I'm posting this for my sister, who had gotten three zebras a couple years ago.

She has a white hen, and presumably two cocks...that is until one of the presumed cocks started to lay eggs.

All three are kept in cages approximately (L/W/H) 1.5-2.0 feet in all dimensions.
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About them: (the numbers refer to the yellow table on the species list on the F.I.C.) All three look EXACTLY like the ones shown on the species page.

"Noel" (#11) [Has a dark-orange beak, orange cheeks]
"Orange-Beak" (#13) [light-orange beak]
"Snowy" (#15) [light-orange beak]
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Orange Beak and Noel are in one cage, and Snowy in another. For quite some time, we thought OB and Noel were cocks. It is a fact that Snowy is a hen, due to her laying infertile eggs, in which we normally remove and discard them.

In the last few days, 2-3 eggs have been discovered in OB & Noel's cage. We were told by a local pet store that OB & Noel were cocks. Now, in the last few months, Noel has beaten and plucked OB, but we thought is was as normal as "The Odd Couple." Noel is also very..."chirpy."

As of today, we are suspecting that OB is a hen, and the one that laid the eggs. Right now, there are no plans of breeding them. We just would like to know, who is the cock, and who is the hen?

no one seemed to answer the question and it was a year ago..but the answer is noel is a gray cock orange beak is a grey hen and snowy is a cfw hen!