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[S. W. Houston]

As you may have read in Help Me Identify a Bird , I have just taken in several Finch, a total of five birds.  One female, and four males.

 

Got a new cage for them, LOTS bigger than the one they were in, and want to move the female and the original male parent, to the new

cage, where they might breed. 

However, I don’t know how to tell one male from another, they are all about the same size and coloration, and I need to identify the older male bird, given that the other three males, are offspring of the original pair.  How do I identify him ?

Have a good Day !

PS:

Forget EVERYTHING I said in those other Posts about giving these birds away, after being with them for just over a day, NO WAY am I giving them up now!

[Nancy]

Hello,

It sounds like you are enjoying your new "family".  I don't know much about them, but if you "Google"  Zebra Finch - there are quite a few sites that deal with the care and breeding of Zebra finches.

 I did learn that males have a red beak and an orange cheek patch while the female has an orange beak and no cheek patch.  The young birds have a black beak until they get older and change to adult color.

Good Luck and Enjoy!

Nancy