Nest feather of Lizard canaries?

[Drover]

Hi,Wondered if anyone could answer a puzzle I have.About 5 years ago I kept a pair of Lizard canaries in my collection,I successfully bred three rounds that year.One thing that struck me was that in the nest the chicks were all yellow clears which puzzled me because I just thought they would be lizard like,then at their first moult they adorned the lizard markings,so I assumed that was the norm that like some other species of birds they don't take the adult plummage until they do their first moult.I lost the hen that winter and never replaced her and sold the stock.Now the real puzzle for me is,that recently I looked at pictures in books and on the internet browsing about Lizard canaries and have come across a couple of pictures with Lizard's feeding their chicks in the nest and their chicks have the Lizard markings in the nest?
So
A)Do lizard chicks in the nest have Lizard markings or should they be clear?

B)Are the pictures wrong and an artist just assumed what the nest feather would look like and got it wrong or was my pair of Lizards unusual?

[kenny]

hi drover
i am sorry i cant really help on this as i have never had any experience of lizard canaries,but there is a website dedicated to them if you follow the link they may be able to help...my theory is that as you say they have superimposed the markings on the chicks for the book to make them look like proper lizard chicks

http://www.lizardcanary.co.uk/lizard_glossary.html

ken

[Drover]

Hi Kenny,thanks for the reply,cheers i am going to have a look at that website and see if i can find out anything from them and possibly contact them,it's not important but its just one of those things that if you don't know it bugs until you find out.I will reply here if i find anything else out.TA Lee.

[Drover]

Hi,just been on lizard forum and it seems the lizards younge do have the spangles and caps in the nest.The extinct london canary had the spangles in nest then moulted them out clear leaving only the fight and tail feathers black.It seems a lizard canary hatching clear and then moulting to spangle is un-heard off:-o .I wish I had enquired about this when I had them and could have done more to look into them:oops: .Maybe there was a natural explanation to it.I don't think I will find out now.1 mystery solved another created:???: .