Replacement for my lost fawn finch, a white Society finch!
Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:37 pm
As I previously posted I lost my Fawn Pied Society hen the other day. The other night my daughter told me there was a white Society finch at Petsmart. Today I went to Petsmart to see for myself and had to have her! ( a she, I think)
I observed the cage for quite some time and was able to pick out one singer, the others, including this one did not sing, so I assume for now she is a she, but we all know how that goes.
I have not named her yet, suggestions would be appreciated.
From what ive been reading, this one is not an Albino due to the dark eyes, but rather what is called White Pied even though there are no other colors but white.
From Zebrafinch.com "THE ALL WHITE "Dark eyed" SOCIETY------Believe it or not, the Dark eyed White Society is not a self, even though it is all white, it is a pied bird. Thats correct, the Dark eyed White Society is actually a Pied Society, which does not have any colored patches. These all white birds are produced whenever heavy Marked White Society finches are bred to each other. Often two heavily Pied "Marked Whites" will produce 25 to 50% all Whites in a nest. If two Dark eye Whites are inbred the majority of the offspring will be Solid Whites, but not all. Often times crossing two all White will produce an occasional Pied offspring."
I observed the cage for quite some time and was able to pick out one singer, the others, including this one did not sing, so I assume for now she is a she, but we all know how that goes.
I have not named her yet, suggestions would be appreciated.
From what ive been reading, this one is not an Albino due to the dark eyes, but rather what is called White Pied even though there are no other colors but white.
From Zebrafinch.com "THE ALL WHITE "Dark eyed" SOCIETY------Believe it or not, the Dark eyed White Society is not a self, even though it is all white, it is a pied bird. Thats correct, the Dark eyed White Society is actually a Pied Society, which does not have any colored patches. These all white birds are produced whenever heavy Marked White Society finches are bred to each other. Often two heavily Pied "Marked Whites" will produce 25 to 50% all Whites in a nest. If two Dark eye Whites are inbred the majority of the offspring will be Solid Whites, but not all. Often times crossing two all White will produce an occasional Pied offspring."
