Confusing about Java finch mutation

HoangQuan · Post by **HoangQuan** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:12 am

Since my java hen died, my cock's been alone for months. So I decided to find him a mate, and I ran to the bird store. I saw 2/3 type of Javas there: normal gray, fawn, and white. I don't like white much, so I tend to bring home a fawn, but I saw there 2 type of birds with the same bronze brown colour, one is pretty dark, and the other is very light(the head colour almost turn into light yellowish brown). I just want to ask, is that kind of colour call fawn(no matter how dark or light the bird is?)

Mattias · Post by **Mattias** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:50 am

Hi!
there is a lot diffrent colours but Fawn och Cream is the once you talk about I think.
check this link
http://www.javafinch.com/coulor/colour.html

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:58 am

They are all beautiful - I would have a very hard time deciding on one if they were all in front of me.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:09 am

I keep seeing them here on kijiji for $20 each. I would love to pick some up, but I wouldn't know where to put them

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:15 am

I used to own Javas years ago. They have such personalities. The site Mattias refers to I use to reference a lot. If you go to the home buttom on the top right it will take you back to the index, this guy has a ton of advice and knowledge about Javas.

Enjoy them, congratulations.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:27 am

lovemyfinch wrote:I keep seeing them here on kijiji for $20 each. I would love to pick some up, but I wouldn't know where to put them

More cages!!

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:31 am

L in Ontario wrote:
lovemyfinch wrote:I keep seeing them here on kijiji for $20 each. I would love to pick some up, but I wouldn't know where to put them
More cages!!

I need a bigger house.

Or....I could always build the boys an igloo and use their bedrooms

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:42 am

lovemyfinch wrote:
L in Ontario wrote:
lovemyfinch wrote:I keep seeing them here on kijiji for $20 each. I would love to pick some up, but I wouldn't know where to put them
More cages!!
I need a bigger house. Or....I could always build the boys an igloo and use their bedrooms

What? You don't have an igloo in your backyard all year long?

If I saw Javas for $20 each on Kijiji local to me - I'd have to snap up a pair!

(*Going to check Kijiji right now!*)

HoangQuan · Post by **HoangQuan** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:57 am

What? You don't have an igloo in your backyard all year long?

If I saw Javas for $20 each on Kijiji local to me - I'd have to snap up a pair!
(*Going to check Kijiji right now!*)

With 20$ I can get 3 javas here.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:45 am

We can get them for $15.00 here. I'd love to get some but I would have to disguse them and sneak them in past my husband as zebras!!!

Nipper06 · Post by **Nipper06** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:53 pm

There are lighter and darker Fawn Java mutations, as some people have said, but also keep in mind immature Fawn Java Sparrows are lighter in color. When I got my Fawn as a newly-fledged baby, it was very light in color with no head markings.

Here are some photos of my Javas from the 1990s. I got all 3 as young birds and tamed them all. They would fly to me when I called them!

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L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:25 pm

They were beautiful and amazing Ron!

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:45 pm

Is it true that they have to be housed on their own? There is a breeder here, in St-Jerome, that almost always has them for sale on kijiji. I might try and get a pair or 2 in the future.

Nipper06 · Post by **Nipper06** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:31 pm

Janine,

I think in a cage, Java Sparrows should be housed only with other Javas. They aren't necessarily mean but they are big compared to many other finches so they might intimidate them. I think in an aviary, they are more compatible with other finches.

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