Zebra Males all have orange patches?????

[ranchnanny]

Here is another question. Do all Zebra males have cheek patches? Can they be fawn colored? Oops that 2 questions.

[Mynard]

hi Sherry most male Zebs have the orange cheeks and some have fawn colored cheeks as well,heres a link http://www.efinch.com/species/lbzeb.htm
Roy has some great stuff
MODS-hope its ok to post that?

[6finchfriends]

My saddleback is totally white except on his back. No cheek patches at all. At first I thought he was a society/zebra cross cuz he's bigger than the other Zebras.

[ranchnanny]

Ok here are pics the white zeb I was told was the male but HE laid 2 eggs. The fawn zeb on top was the female but now I am not sure.

[nelloyello11]

Your fawn looks like a hen to me. It is possible that they are both hens, as hens will lay eggs without a male present; they just won't be fertile obviously.
If you were hoping for a male/female pair, you might be able to exchange one.... Or just get two new males to go with them, as they are both very pretty

[Vargur]

Your fawn is a hen.
If it was a male, then it would have breast bars and flank spots.
And of course- cheeks
And If your white laid an egg, then its a she.


I would not put male(s) in that cage, because of risk of aggression.
If you want chicks, then you would have to exchange
one of the females for a male.

All males have cheeks.
Except for white birds, some pieds and dominant silver and D.cream.
(dominant silver/cream male birds have white or very light colored cheeks,
no color)



here is my white male

Frosti by Elma_Ben, on Flickr

very red beak

here is one of our fawn females we breed

Vargs - Fawn/pied fugl undan Agna og Agötu by Elma_Ben, on Flickr

And our cute Fawn Male

Sibru Agni by Elma_Ben, on Flickr

[tobyneilson]

To tell a male white zeb,their beak is a darker orange

[ranchnanny]

Well Thank you all so much for the information. I guess I will leave the girls to do their thing but I am disapointed that I don't have a male... I have so much to learn......

[Justin-2-finches]

We are all still learning!

Especially with zebra's, there are so many mutations... i love them.