Hexes?

susan.keith · Post by **susan.keith** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:15 am

I went to Melbourne today to see our bird friend and I asked him what hexes were as nobody here new and he told me that they were the shaft-tails(which I dont think he knew they were called that) but he said they were a native to Australia(Queensland I think) and that they would breed with the zebras!!! I'll try and see if I can find more information on this. Well thanks for listening, Susie.

susan.keith · Post by **susan.keith** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:34 am

Tammie B, you were right, the spelling is hecks and they are the shafttail. Are they native to Australia?

tammieb · Post by **tammieb** » Fri May 04, 2007 11:09 am

Check out the info on the species page of FINCH INFORMATION CENTER.

http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/ ... sfinch.php

Yes, they are native to AU. I hadn't heard they would breed with Zebras though.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:48 pm

hi susie my avatar is a picture of my male hecks
ken

jave*finch* · Post by jave*finch* » Tue May 08, 2007 8:33 am

the can hybridize with a zebra only if its the last bird it will mate with because the birds testosterone rises.