Pied Starfinch cock

[MariusStegmann]

In the beginning of the year, I bought 2 young pied starfinches, thinking that they would be a pair. When they finished colouring up, I found that they were both hens. The one paired up with a pied cock that I had before, but the other hen was without a mate.

On saturday, I saw a nice starfinch cock that I could not resist.

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[lovezebs]

MariusStegmann

Congratulations!
A very handsome boy.
I have never seen a pied Star before.

[MariusStegmann]

Thx Elana. The pictures are not great, as I used my cellphone. I have 2 pairs of Star pieds. The other pair is incubating eggs or maybe has chicks. The only thing that I know for sure is that if I go look, they will abandon the nest.

[lovezebs]

MariusStegmann

Then don't look Marius

You'll see soon enough, when they pop out of the nest

Good luck.

[Sally]

MariusStegmann Congrats, he is a very good-looking boy! When I had Stars, they were fairly shy about nest checks, so I just had to be patient and see what came out of the nest.

[MariusStegmann]

Thx, I will curb my curiosity. Last year I had 3 clutches of starfinches that fledged during June, August and September. Only 2 chicks survived out of the 10 that fledged. The cold was too much for them.

[NRJ]

Very nice bird Marius,
Just wanted ask is the pied mutation dominant or recessive in stars?

I also have a pied cock paired to a normal hen , so was just wondering...

thanks

Neeraj

[MariusStegmann]

NRJ The experts say it is a dominant mutation. Last year I had a pied cock paired up with a normal hen. I had a very nice pied chick in almost every clutch. Unfortunately they didn't survive. The two that did survive had a couple of white feathers in the wings.

[NRJ]

MariusStegmann thanks so hopefully i will get some pieds too.