Finches for sale

[Gary]

FOR SALE:


3 crested zebra finches (normals) £ 5 each
2 white zebras with grey on the head £ 2 each
(all zebs related and 05 bred)

1 close rung 05 visual normal African silverbill (must be split for isabel/choc) £5
1 close rung 05 isabel African silverbill £6
(related)

1pr of bengalese: Crested fawn cock and pearl hen £10
1pr of pied bengalese: choc pied cock and fawn pied hen £6

trio of red eared waxbills £12

1 black and white mannikin free to anyone breeding these

1 cock kakariki £7

Cornwall

[kenny]

hi gary while we are on the subject i have been breeding quite a few of bengies (crested )in this colour and as yet have not been able to get a poster with the mutations on can you help me out with the proper name of this colour mate.



kenhttp://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=52&stc=1

[Gary]

i would say a pearl ken, have you tried everything for pets for the poster also these sites
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bengalese/page15.html
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bengalese/page25.html

[kenny]

thanks gary

they look just like those in the pictures ,cheers mate

ken

[Waxbillman]

i breed bengalese much like that colour, they are knoe as red/grey bengalese, though like Gary said they could be pearls. can't tell easily until i see them in the feather

matthew

[Gary]

i would say matt that could be , but the pic doesnt give a good idea

[Gary]

ken a pic would be good for us

[kenny]

hi gary.

i will see if i can get one to put on for you ok

ken

[kenny]

hi gary/matt i finally managed to get a picture for you but you have probably forgot why i am putting it on here by now this is a plain head but both the parents are crested mutation i have another 2 like this both plainhead i did find 2 that where dead in shell so i bet they both had crests as that is the way my luck is at the moment even having to hand feed bengies!most unusual


ken
http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=107&stc=1

[dave85]

hey kenny,

Are you saying both parent to this one are crested? if so that would be why your having dead-in-shell, as you only need 1 crest to get crest and 2 crests either produce very messy crests or non-viables e.g. dead-in-shell.

So repair them to plainheads and you should get crests ok :P

Thanks
Dave H

[kenny]

hi dave
yeah i know what a dipstick! i am what i neant to say was they are both crest bred 1 with 1without what i was puzzled about dave was the colour as both the parents are very light in colour but all the young as you can see are that colour and i have been trying to get a picture of at least one of them for gary to tell me the name of the colour mutation as he has a chart and i was trying to work out how they came to be that colour,these are the parents an as you can see they are very light in comparison



http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=108&stc=1

ken thats the ones in the nest not the young java on top:grin: :grin:

[dave85]

hey kenny,

I see the parents are 1 fawn & white plain head x 1 fawn & white crested.

The chicks to me look grey, and even if they are pearl its recessive - so means both your pair are split for it, which may mean either they've both been bred from seperate pairs containing 1 of that colour or they are related.

Do you know the background to the parents?

Thanks
Dave H

[kenny]

hi dave,

i will have it written down somewhere i will have to look through my notes and see ,as soon as i can get alook at their ring colours i will know what to look for in my notes but they are both sitting again and i am away for 2 days tomorrow so i will have look then,i am not supposed to be on here at the moment i am being battered by a coathanger at the moment:grin: :grin: i know for sure they are not related

ken

[Gary]

yeah i would say grey or pearl

[kenny]

hi gary thanks like i have stated earlier i am going to have a look to see how it has come about.

ken