2017-2018 zebra breeding season

[Fraza]

Flight Feathers to be honest I’m really confused I’m thinking light back but he’s grey on the head and around the belly area but then the wings are like this fawn colour, also there’s an orange tint to the flanks then finally his tail like this

So am struck could it be saddleback or is this completely different am guessing loghtback like the mother or saddleback???

[haroun]

Updates, to weaning

[haroun]

Black breast

[haroun]

I others fledglings

[Flight Feathers]

Flight Feathers to be honest I’m really confused I’m thinking light back but he’s grey on the head and around the belly area but then the wings are like this fawn colour, also there’s an orange tint to the flanks then finally his tail like this

So am struck could it be saddleback or is this completely different am guessing loghtback like the mother or saddleback???

Saddle back is a heavy pied with only a patch of color on the back making a saddle shape. So if you have a gray saddleback the bird has only got a patch of a grey on its back and the rest of its body is white. Light back has a pure white tummy and very pale in colouring. I don’t think your finch is light back and it’s definitely not saddleback. Does it have breast barring yet? If so is there any orange in the breast barring?

[Flight Feathers]

Updates, to weaning

Wow so many! Cute! Do they like exploring and stuff? Mine always do although I usually shift them to a smaller cage until they’re weaned. It’s fun watching them fly around the aviary tho.

[Fraza]

Flight Feathers okay so it’s most likely to be B.B.

[Flight Feathers]

Flight Feathers okay so it’s most likely to be B.B.

Yes that’s about the only one I can think of. Does it have tear mark ? Or signs of one coming through?

[Fraza]

Flight Feathers it’s tear marks are massive like the Dad they join up as a V there’s that big but I thought B.B. has no tear drops maybe I will have to wait till next month or something

[haroun]

Updates, to weaning
[/quohygienic found o many! Cute! Do they like exploring and snight Mine always do although I usualwill hift them to a smaller cage until they’re weaned. It’s fun watching them fly around the aviary tho.

How did know it, yesterdaymorning when i made my first checking round, i found two cheeks and their dad outside lmaking some exercises, cuze the night before at subset i don't close properly the cage door.

I moved them to a new large cage because they're 10 now , and it s hygienic matter, some of them are getting pop, and dad starts to chase other males si thzy will more distance to him

[haroun]

Flight Feathers it’s tear marks are massive like the Dad ill they join up as a V there’s that big but I thought B.B. has no tear drops maybe I will have to wait till next month or something

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WITH the V join tear drop mark do those tears marks make a semi circle under the eye, now your bird is split for BC for sure, and yes it could also be split for BB , we will wait till huq full molt

[Fraza]

haroun yea we will have to wait it’s strange to tell never had one that looks so simple but then can’t work out maybe it’s going to be a normal

But I’ll update a pic if something changes eg a cheek patch comes through

[haroun]

Fraza i just realize one of my BC had same tail color as yours, all black and tiny white line at the extremity
Note this cheek its father is British split for BC

[Fraza]

haroun Ohright really that’s good news then am getting even more exited did yours end up colouring up nice after his first molt

[Flight Feathers]

Flight Feathers it’s tear marks are massive like the Dad they join up as a V there’s that big but I thought B.B. has no tear drops maybe I will have to wait till next month or something

Yeah bb has no tear mark so probs not B.B.