... Whisper and Alfalfa have at least one viable egg! Alfalfa is my crested male, so I'm hoping like crazy to get some crested youngsters from him. :-) Whisper is a white female, and has successfully raised a clutch in the past. Alfalfa is, to the best of my knowledge, a new parent. I'm watching them as closely as I can. So far, so good, but at the first sign of any problem, I plan to move the eggs to my societies so that hopefully I don't lose it/them.
I just love seeing a little heartbeat! :-)
According to the zebra finch genetics calculator, there's about a 50/50 chance of a youngster being crested, so, in theory, half the clutch should be crested, if I'm reading it right. :-)
http://zebrafinch.info/colours/genex.asp#
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