Three whites and the oddball

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Three whites and the oddball

Post by Raleighwheels » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:28 pm

All four of my zebras are out and about today. The dad is a phaeo and the mom is a white. This is their first clutch, and they are doing a great job. All my zebras seem to like nesting in the larger food dishes instead of the nests I place around the cages. I love my little oddball the most.
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Re: Three whites and the oddball

Post by finchmix22 » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:55 pm

Congratulations! They look adorable!
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Post by KarenB » Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:58 pm

Those whites just look so cuddle worthy! Too dang cute!
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Post by DanteD716 » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:27 pm

The oddball chick appears to be a fawn Isabel
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Re: Three whites and the oddball

Post by Raleighwheels » Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:46 pm

Thanks everyone! I think I may keep the oddball one, depending on the sex of it. As bad as it may sound, I may get away from white zebras. I've found that all my males love plucking the white females.

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Post by MiaCarter » Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:15 pm

Aw, they're so lovely!
I quite like the oddball too! Very cute.

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Post by MariusStegmann » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:51 pm

Put some white feathers in the cage, and they will stop plucking the whites.
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Post by cindy » Sat Sep 06, 2014 2:44 pm

Your offspring "whites" look Florida fancy, the silver is likely a Florida Silver.

Florida Fancy is Co-dominant. If the fawn turns out to be a hen then dad is split to fawn. Do you have a picture of mom?

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Post by Raleighwheels » Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:39 am

Here's the most recent picture of the mother.
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Re: Three whites and the oddball

Post by Raleighwheels » Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:33 pm

A bit of an update...

The whites turned out to be white females. Here is a picture of the oddball finishing up with the last bit of his molt.
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Post by vienneparis » Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:28 pm

He's a good looking fellow :)
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Re: Three whites and the oddball

Post by lovezebs » Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:12 am

Raleighwheels
I absolutely love your baby Budgies.
I happen to have Budgies on the brain right now, just got a toddler Budgie a couple of days ago and just learning the ropes.

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