TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 What colour greenfinch is this ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
russ2012 328 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 looks like an isabelle to me but not 100% sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,663 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 f**k off Socks no its not a Tippler !!.............i can see you lurking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,663 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Must admit i still find it so difficult to tell the difference between these little birds if that picture had said what colour is this canary i wouldnt of batted an eyelid !......what is it body shape ? head shape or what ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Its just a greenfinch. Bit bigger than your canary. New shed up now mate, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted January 2, 2015 Report Share Posted January 2, 2015 Must admit i still find it so difficult to tell the difference between these little birds if that picture had said what colour is this canary i wouldnt of batted an eyelid !......what is it body shape ? head shape or what ? Yes to both mate,body,head and beak shape,a canary is a upright sort of bird in general with it's head held high and a more slender beak,the greenfinch sits as it has it's shoulders hunched and is generaly more squatt in shape and is heavy around the head (bit like an american bulldog is to a british bulldog prehapes) and has a heavier beak for breaking into the bigger seeds they live on.Look at your goldies up against your glosters and your'll see there more dainty and move in a different way,subtle but recognizable if you get my drift .But sitting and watching the birds is the only way of really finding out the differences a sort of time spent thing but well worth it thing i recon That looks very light to be a silver but i don't know to be honest but a nice looking bird all the same mate and you must think me a right so and so and i will measure them soon so help me god 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 29,663 Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 That makes sense yep.....forgetting the Goldies colouring its not difficult to tell them apart from the canaries.........in a performance to show bulldog type of way is a good analogy i like that 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slip lead 862 Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 I've hatched a few greenies over the years with colour mutations,and all have got lighter in colour with every moult. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Right lads today I found out the breeding. Shes a silver hen But a poor silver. Cheers TUFFTY 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Omanyra 2,518 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Put it with a good normal coloured cock bird Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Why not sliver? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Omanyra 2,518 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Put it to a silver and you will get a lot of silver coloured offspring, but you will loose type and size, the colour will also get poorer putting back to the normal will strengthen, help keep the size and give better colour But if you want short term gains of lots of silver put a silver cock to it, another decent option is to put a normal cock split for silver I've only ever kept lutino and cinnamon greenies and have never paired lutino to lutino or cinamon to cinamon Edited January 10, 2015 by Omanyra 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TUFFTY 1,476 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 So both colours together makes the size smaller. Any other problems with this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Omanyra 2,518 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Probably not if you just want to breed some birds 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slip lead 862 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) I've got some normal cock greenies you can lend if your in need Tuffty, just let me know. Edited January 11, 2015 by slip lead Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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