Hand fed zebras of different mutations

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:04 am

Two Eumo CCFW and a CCFW (Continental Chestnut Breasted White)

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:08 am

BFBCCCFW and a BC CCFW
(black face black cheek continental chestnut flanked white and black cheek continental chestnut flanked white)

Also hoping for hatchlings of Dominant silver and Crested Dominant silver.

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:55 am

Very nice!

Post by **delray** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:33 pm

Awesome

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:52 am

Thank you Debbie and delray!

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:37 am

Cutie pies!! I really applaud you for hand feeding. I can't picture it being an easy task at all

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:10 am

They are fairly easy to feed out once past that tiny first 3 or 4 day stage.

Below is a picture of handfed javas I feed out after the breeder sold the parents to me and discovered upon pulling the parents that they had young in the box. He gave me the young, very easy to feed, I have been hand feeding birds off and on for over 30 yrs, the newer smoother formulas like Roudybush makes it very easy to do.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:29 am

Thanks Cindy, that actually doesn't look too hard. The only birds I have ever hand fed were rescue doves from the garden and they were quite a mission to feed. They take food completely differently to a finch.

Looking at your pic above and seeing how the finches beg and then feed from a syringe actually gives me some hope that I can do it someday if need be

lnlovesorange · Post by **lnlovesorange** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:51 pm

cindy They are beautiful!!! I hear you are the expert Zebra Mutation Guru around here!! I dont know if you saw any of my posts, and I'm pretty sure MiaCarter Nailed, it, but was wondering what you thought. My male looks like a NG, and my female is a CFW. They currently have 4 fledges, 2 of which are gray (kind of a "ruddy" or "messy" gray, and the white, on them isn't pure white) and the other 2 are brown. I thought of this b/c they almost look to be the coloring of your first set of photos, so I'm asking are those in your first photos actualy WHITE just the lighting isn't great, or are they kind of an off white brownish color? Just wondering, what you think mine are, althougth like I said Mia seems to think my father bird was split to fawn and I'm getting fawn's.... bought him from a pet store so no way of knowing the parentage. Thanks Cindy, and they are beautiful!!! Do you keep them tame when you hand feed? I know some people do it just to keep them alive, and then put them back into "bird world" so they don't stay that way. I would love a tame finch!!!! I'm hoping to get one (not my fledges, as they are learning quickly to fly away from me from their parents!) Congrats, and thanks for sharing these lovely photos!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:31 am

I did see both you topics and commented on them

I broke down the sex linked genes for you and how they work

MiaCarter · Post by **MiaCarter** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:54 pm

Oh Cindy, they're lovely!
So adorable!
The black cheeks in particular are quite stunning. I can't wait to see them when they're all grown up!
I looked up the Eumo CCFWs and the males are very stunning as adults!
(http://www.bzandbc.com/sw-store/images/ ... 213816.jpg)

I had a question for you too!
Can a male be split to CFW ---and--- fawn?

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