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crested dark eyed white societies

Post by wellingtoncdm » Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:56 pm

Is it OK to breed dark eyed white societies together? What about crested to crested?
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Re: crested dark eyed white societies

Post by L in Ontario » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:14 pm

I've only heard that 2 crested's should not be bred together. Haven't heard anything about not breeding like colours.
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Re: crested dark eyed white societies

Post by jamezyboo21 » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:18 pm

My friend has bred dark eyed white societies together with any problems. The babies have always came out healthy and bigger then the parents. I don't know bout the crests though. I don't have any birds with a crest. He does but i dont think he has a pair of crested societies.
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Re: crested dark eyed white societies

Post by wellingtoncdm » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:01 pm

I have been told that dark eyed whites from fawn pied/marked white parents are more likely to have eyesight problems than those from chocolate pied/marked white parents. I also was told that breeding crested to crested would still only give you 50% crested. Is that true?
I would like to try to develop crested dark eyed whites and don't want to breed poorly sighted or inferior societies. Anyone with experience on this or suggestions?
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