my female zebra finch

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:37 am

I dont know where the pet shop got her from but she is the only one i have seen. i been to 6 petshops and 2 breeders and she is the first. She has black cheeks and a black chest and im so excited. will there be more of her kind if she breed with a normal or any other colors?

Post by **Hilary** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:04 am

Can you post a picture? She sounds beautiful!

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:12 am

i will try to catch her if i can and get the pic, lol.

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:59 am

ok i finally got a few pics of her. what do you think she is? i have no idea what she might be. her face is black and her chest is partially black.

Post by **Sally** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:22 am

I don't know anything about them, but there is a fairly new mutation called black-cheeked Zebras. Maybe this is one of them.

mickp · Post by **mickp** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:23 am

I dont have any pics of my black cheeked zebs, but thats what she is, the males are gorgeous. when/if she breeds you should get a mix of blacks & normals from her, then if you got a black male pair that with her just once and use any young from that pairing with unrelated birds. will take some time & patience but you should be able to breed yourself a family of them.

some people wont like me saying breed the mother to a son but so long as it is only once then it is ok to do

jamezyboo21 · Post by **jamezyboo21** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:45 am

Cool i was was hoping that was what she was. I know she has paired up with the biggest male in the cage n she may be getting ready to lay eggs because she has picked a nest to stay in and she does go in the nest more then she use to. hopefully there will be eggs soon.