ZEBRA FINCHES of AUSTRALISA          

TO GAIN MAYJOR AWARDS AT OUR SHOWS ITS RECOMMENDED THAT EXHIBITORS JOIN THE ZEBRAFINCH SOCIETY  WHICH YOU CAN ON LINE www.zebrafinchsociety.co.uk BY PAYING WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD OR PAYPAL            

THE ABOVE IS AN IDEAL DRAWING OF THE PERFECT SHAPE AND MARKINGS REQUIRED FOR YOUR EXHIBITION NORMALS ZEBRA FINCHES

 HENS SHOW FAULTS CAN BE MORE OBVIOUS ESPECIALLY FAINT CHEST BARS, FLANK MARKINGS, POOR TEAR DROPS, TAILS DROPPING, CHESTY FRONTS, FLAT HEADS, SPLIT CHEST ARE AMONG THE MOST PROBLEMS.SOME LIKE NORMALS & FAWNS LOSE THE WHITE UNDERSIDE WHICH IS DUE TO BREEDING TO MANY DARK BIRDS THERFORE ONE SHOULD INTRUDUCE A LIGHT BIRD SUCH AS A CFW TO BRING BACK THE NATURAL WHITE APPEARENCE. SOME ZEBRA FINCHES SUCH AS CFW's DO SUFFER FROM SHOWING DARK FEATHERS ON THE CROWN OF THE HEAD THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM SHOW FAULT.

RING SIZE E

TO FIND OUT FURTHER THE CORRECT STANDARD OF EACH MUTATION ZEBRA FINCH GO THE ZBRA FINCH SOCIETY WEBSITE www.zebrafinchsociety.co.uk

THE SIZE OF THE PAIRS IS NOT IMPORTANT AS NO SET STANDARD SIZE HAS BEEN LAID DOWN BY THE ZFS WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE CLOSE MATCHING OF BOTH COCK & HEN.

CAGE LABLES: SOULD PLACED ON THE FRONT LOWER PART OF THE SHOW CAGE AT THE CENTRE.

HERE IS THE STANDARD FOR CFW, FAWNS, & PIEDS WHICH ARE MOST COMMON FOUND AT OUR CLUB SHOWS

THESE BIRDS MUST BE SHOWN IN PAIRS (COCK & HEN) APPART FROM CLUBS WHICH DO OFFER SINGLE CLASSES, HIGH WYCOMBE CBS  DOES DO THIS WHICH HELPS INCREASE THE ENTRIES IN A SHOW AND TO ALLOW EXHIBITS TO ENTER THEIE SPARE BIRDS. 

ZEBRA FINCHES LIKE OTHER FOREIGN BIRDS CAN MOULT AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. TO BREED THESE BIRDS WHEN YOU JOIN THE ZFS THE CLOSE RINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JANUARY FROM THE SOCIETIES SUPPLIER. THEREFORE EXHIBITORS ARE RECOMMENDED TO TAKE THIS CHANCE EARLY TO BREED WITH THEIR BIRDS SO AS TO HAVE SOME YOUNGSTERS THROUGH THE MOULT FOR EARLY SHOWS. SOME BIRDS MAY NOT PORDUCE YOUNG UNTIL MID SUMMER THATS IS WHY ITS RECOMMENED TO TRY EARLY IN THE YEAR.