I Know There Bc(Poss Fawn) But What Sex?

[SarahR 70]

Me and my dad recently bought (about 2 week ago) 3 new finches.

 

1 Fawn Hen and 2 of (we assume) her chicks.

 

the problem we have is one of the chicks has male breast bar.....but no other male markings, mum does have slight male makings (faint flanking? on her belly) and the other chick had none (just BC)

 

(the normal grays in the background were titch and his friend, dad tried to mix them but they didn't get along)

Here is a Pic of mum, i know she's a she as she laid an egg in the cage while the chicks matured a bit)

 

Chick 1 (BC hen i think)

 

Chick 2 (i think hen with male markings)

 

And both of the little ones

 

Thank you

Sarah~

 

 

[Faracat 27]

I would think that it's more likely that chick 2 is male, but hasn't fully feathered up yet. My young males have always tended to grow in the breast bar before the flank markings anyway.

[SarahR 70]

thank you

 

me and my dad keep debating weather or not its a male or female, i guess we will just have to wait for them to fully feather up

[MrMe3257 28]

Chick 1 definitely has Black cheek genes and Chick 2 just needs abit more time to feather up as its showing the throat stripes that males have.

[Ozzy747 25]

Deffo a young male colouring up!. You'll soon hear it attempting to sing!

Scott

[SarahR 70]

cool me and my dad both agreed that weather it is male or female, he will be a lovely bird and should have some nice offspring when hes old enough

[norfolk flyer 208]

Sarah,

           If they are the young from those two, your hen is split for BC and your male is split for BC and fawn,

 

The two young are both split for pied,

 

Hope this helps,

 

Trevor

[SarahR 70]

the male in the cage was just in there temporarily

 

he isn't the farther, we don't know who the father is as we bought her with her 2 chicks

 

we know they have BC in them and also fawn, mum looks like just a fawn.

 

the mum has now paired up with one of my pied males

[SarahR 70]

the unknown one is now coloring up, he is a fawn BC and looks after his sister all day