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    Breeding

    On another zebra finch forum I am on someone recently asked the same question and was told ~9 days. However, my personal experience (which is still fairly limited) is more in line with Allan - some pairs will not produce at all but pair them with other mates and they are producing immediately. I do think that on average the process takes less time if the finches are in breeding condition before they are put together with a nest. In order to get them in breeding condition I provide them with daily portions of sprouted seed or eggfood and appropriate lighting for the month beforehand.
  2. Some of these chicks look BB to me - cheek patches and the lack of tail bars are typical of BB chicks. For the discussion below I am using the second pic. Pics can be deceiving though, so take my guesses below with some skepticism. I'm ignoring Isabel in the below discussion - I believe that Isabel is just a recessive (it is not common here) so mom was split to Isabel and ~50% of the chicks should be split to Isabel. Front Chick Appears NG BB/OB - It appears that the tail is buff rather than orange and the breast bars will be black. Here is a link to a photo of a similar looking chick: The description of fledgling BB chicks from efinch is: " Fledgling: Black Breasted chicks can be identified in the nest. They resemble females with buff cheeks and tail coverts. The tail lacks the bars. They look a little like Penguin Zebra finches. " http://www.efinch.com/species/bbzeb.htm Two Chicks on the Right These appear to be Fawn BB OB - they have the same cheeks and lack of tail bars as the NG BB chick above, but the tail appears orange instead of buff. I can really only see the tail of one of these chicks but the chest bars starting to show on both of them appear to be a mix of orange and brown which would be typical of Fawn OB. Two Chicks to the Rear on the Left I can't see the tails of these chicks in either pic, but I suspect that they are Fawn OB/BB. They don't appear to have the cheeks of a BB chick and I can't see tail bars in either pic, but the since it looks like they lack a tear mark, I suspect that they are there and are just hard to see because they are orange.
  3. Dad looks isabel (NOT the same as Florida Fancy - read http://www.efinch.com/species/ffxisabelzeb.htm) split black breast (based on elongated dots on flanks, thin tear mark and slightly enlarged cheeks/rust smudges over eyes). Mom looks isabel black breast (due to lack of tear marks - http://www.efinch.com/species/bbzeb.htm). Mom also looks orange breast or split to orange breast (but that isn't relevant to your question). Tearless chick is isabel black breast (which accounts for the lack of tear marks). Hen with tear marks are isabel split black breast. All are probably also split to orange breast (based on the phantom cheeks and overall wash of orange - http://www.efinch.com/species/obzeb.htm). I like the photo bombing normal hen. I'm still learning though and not as familiar with what is common in the UK - I'm in the US where FF, BB and OB are relatively common, Isabel is less common. Someone with more experience may have a differing and more accurate explanation. I have a similar looking mix of hens from a dominant silver split fawn, BB, CFW & OB cock and fawn split BB & OB hen (they produced a huge array of chicks - the CFW was a surprise though, I didn't know he was split CFW before breeding him).