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triple black zebras

Post by 608duj » Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:04 pm

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Thought I would revive this topic. Anybody else doing these ? Pictured are boys from last years hatches, no surviving triples yet.

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by wildbird » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:48 pm

Very pretty birds. They look larger than regular Zebras. Are they as big as English Zebras?

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Post by 608duj » Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:02 pm

They are larger all around than the wild type. The hens from these pairings are even larger and fatter, too large to survive in the wild, very slow off the ground.
I have only seen the English in photos so can't say if these are comparable.
The FF birds I got from Laura Ragas in Louisiana were all large birds and their babies are too. Most of these are at least 1/2 from her breeding.

I like a 2xblack with orange cheeks more than the 3xblack because of the contrast. I very much like the BC fawn, anybody have these ? Also working with FF/OB combinations towards the Orange bird.

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by lovezebs » Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:08 pm

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Nice looking birds.

We don't have the darker birds around here.
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Re: triple black zebras

Post by Stinch » Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:19 pm

Lovely birds you got there.

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by 40whacks » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:50 pm

608duj wrote:
blk zebs.JPG
Thought I would revive this topic. Anybody else doing these ? Pictured are boys from last years hatches, no surviving triples yet.
I have friends working with 3B programs......and I've started the chase as well.......

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by Fraza » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:39 am

Really. I've finches you have there never seen one with a full black belly
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Re: triple black zebras

Post by Fraza » Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:40 am

And I know one show breeder and his zebras are huge aswell for some reason is there something you can feed them
FINCHES I HAVE
Bengalese
zebras
Java sparrows
Silver bills
java x beng hybrid



PETS IVE HAD
dogs
Fish
Cocktiel
Doves
Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
Stars
Heck’s
Canary’s

My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader


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Re: triple black zebras

Post by 608duj » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:16 pm

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these are last years babies set up now for the breeding season

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by Flight Feathers » Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:42 pm

Beautiful birds! I am currently trying to breed black faces as I have a black face and a black face pied.
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Re: triple black zebras

Post by cindy » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:19 pm

Triple Black is a combination of BB, BF and BC.... if you add ob to the mix it is like taking a step backwards... orange and Black work against each other and orange wins... try to use full or split BB, BC, BF

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by cindy » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:29 pm

Flight Feathers wrote: Beautiful birds! I am currently trying to breed black faces as I have a black face and a black face pied.
BF is dominant, it is strongly recommended not to breed dominant to dominant, you can end up with young that have issues...you need one bird that is dominant in the pair to give you dominant mutation offspring.

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by cindy » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:35 pm

for the FFOBBB the more orange you introduce into the line the more orange you will see in the young.

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Re: triple black zebras

Post by cindy » Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:36 pm

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Zebra, Gouldians, Java, CBM Shaft tail & Grasskeets


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Re: triple black zebras

Post by Flight Feathers » Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:35 pm

cindy wrote:
Flight Feathers wrote: Beautiful birds! I am currently trying to breed black faces as I have a black face and a black face pied.
BF is dominant, it is strongly recommended not to breed dominant to dominant, you can end up with young that have issues...you need one bird that is dominant in the pair to give you dominant mutation offspring.
My BF and BF pied are both males and I have read about the factor that can leave chicks dead in shell which is why I wouldnt attempt breeding BF to BF. I have the BF pied paired to a normal hen and the BF paired to a pied CFW. :)
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