ZEBRA FINCHES
THE production of matched pairs of exhibition zebra finches for the show bench is full of challenges. And yet there is a certain type of fancier who takes the challenge one step further. In the pied zebra finch the normal ground colour and markings of the zebra finch are broken up with white plumage. The colour standard for show birds asks for birds to display an idealdisplayed, although anything between 40-60 per cent is in practice acceptable. As with other exhibition pairs, the cock and hen should mirror each other for size, type and - crucially, in the case of pieds - in markings.
