![]() ![]() The sides will be a more pronounced gray. The gray show female will have a cream-colored belly, the tail bars will be with black and cream lines. The characteristics of the show gray male will be to have a back as dark as possible (slate gray) and uniform, a white belly, an intense orange cheek color contrasting with the coat of the bird, chestnut brown sides adorned with regular white round dots, black and white tail tiles strictly aligned horizontally. ![]() The competition gray must have a very good size and type, of course the designs and colors will also play a role in the final score. ![]() You may see brown traces on the back of the bird.Ī gray with an overflowing tear (traces of eumelanin) towards the beak and/or a belly of "hot" color (cream) can be used for a black face strain.Ī very light gray can also be used for a pastel or pale back strain. The color of the cheeks and flanks will be more shimmering. The males that will emerge from such a mating will all split the brown mutation (mutation related to sex), we will notice the effect of phaeomelanin (melanin orange) brought. Only the females of this mating will be kept because they will not be able to split brown and will therefore prevent you from endangering in the long term the purity sought of your strain of gray. The mating will preferably be a gray male on a brown female (of a dull brown color tending towards gray, in short "a bad brown"). Indeed, in the event that the color of the cheeks and flanks become too dull or melanized (black) following a selection pushed towards the slate gray color this coupling becomes conceivable. Grey x brown mating can be done under certain conditions and for a specific purpose. However, competition birds may also be used for breeding.Įxample of work subject : A male with a cream or even brown belly can be used in a mating which will aim to obtain a good female. There is a need to distinguish between competition gray and working gray. A lore protruding from the top of the eye. Streaks (zebra) rising up behind the cheeks. Break between the back and the head (head, back and tail not aligned). Uniform slate gray back color (ideally until blue reflection). Belly color tending towards white for the male and cream color for the female. Chestnut-brown sides with round white dots (male). The most intense orange cheeks possible (for the male). Area between the beak and the white tear line (without eumelanin rejection). Stripes (zebra) extending from the chest to the lower mandible of the beak (no white area under the beak). Regular breast pattern, from one side to the other and 3 mm wide. Tear line width equal to the width of the eye. The breeder will look to obtain gray of a very successful type and size. The following are the detailed characteristics that the breeder will seek to approach and gather in gray : The selection of gray will be made on the type, size, designs and color of each part of the bird (back, belly, cheeks, flanks. The young obtained will need a period of time to perfect their development, they will be kept a few months before making a selection to be either exposed or/and the next breeding season. Care should be taken to never introduce a mutant zebrafinch or a split mutation in order to keep a pure strain.įor the differences between the male and the female it may be advisable to build two strains: One that will bring together the birds having the qualities required to make a good male and one that will bring together the qualities of the females. As a general rule, gray reproduction does not pose any particular problem, laying, brooding and feeding will be carried out without problems. ![]()
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