fawn bichenos

finch master · Post by **finch master** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:03 am

hi all quite a few have never seen a fawn bicheno on this forum so here are a few photos,hope you like them
sorry for delay here are the fawn bichenos photos
paul

any comments good or bad are welcome

GOULDYGIRL · Post by **GOULDYGIRL** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:11 am

They are very pretty, thanks for posting them. I've never seen a owl so far in person in any color.

Renee

franny · Post by **franny** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:03 pm

Very pretty! I've seen the normal owls, but not the fawn. Nice!

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:55 pm

Ooooooh.....they are very pretty looking birds! I would love to have some of those too.....can never have too many Owl finches!

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:02 pm

yes, they are beautiful. Thanks for posting pictures as I have never seen that mutation before.

Post by **Sally** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:52 pm

Beautiful mutation. It looks like the double bars are brown in color, rather than the black or very dark brown that is normal.

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:52 pm

They are beautiful Paul. Thanks for posting the pics.

Do you know how they bred to those colors? I'd be very interested in learning. I plan to adopt some Owls in the near future.

gomer · Post by **gomer** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:23 am

That is one fine looking bird.Its build is very good.To me it looks show quality. Thanks for sharing that.

finch master · Post by **finch master** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:58 am

BillD wrote:They are beautiful Paul. Thanks for posting the pics.

Do you know how they bred to those colors? I'd be very interested in learning. I plan to adopt some Owls in the near future.

hi
no bill i don't know how these colours are breed in to the owls but when they first came to the uk a few years back from Belgium they were £350 a pair full hen split cock. they seem to be bigger in size than the normals.
hope you get some in your country soon
paul

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:11 am

it would be very interesting to know the genetic history of this mutation.
I certainly like it

fincher · Post by **fincher** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:34 am

hey mickp im pretty sure we have the fawn double bars or cinnamon pretty sure 1 of me mates has got a couple pairs. i have got a pied double bar but its only a litttle bit on it not much at all.

the fawns do look nice

thanks chris

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:02 am

guess I'm going to have to get a pair now, she who must be obeyed saw the pics and fell in love. so hard for me to buy any more birds though

my mind is working overtime now, if I get a pair that she likes wonder how many pairs that I want can be snuck in at same time

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:07 am

Lol....I like the way you think MickP!

Now that your loving wife is "infected" with the Finch bug...take full advantage of it!!

BillD · Post by **BillD** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:29 am

finch master wrote:
BillD wrote:They are beautiful Paul. Thanks for posting the pics.

Do you know how they bred to those colors? I'd be very interested in learning. I plan to adopt some Owls in the near future.
hi
no bill i don't know how these colours are breed in to the owls but when they first came to the uk a few years back from Belgium they were £350 a pair full hen split cock. they seem to be bigger in size than the normals.
hope you get some in your country soon
paul

ouch.. that's a hefty price, but I think well worth it. I hope to find out about their genetics. I'll go do some research. I think I would prefer that color over the regular Bicheno's, but I still would like to have some, either way.
thanks for the info..

williep · Post by **williep** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:10 pm

Wow, nice pics. interesting you mention that they look bigger than the normals. That is really intriguing as the fawn mutation often causes smaller birds in other species.