How do you tell the difference between the baby zebra finch and the daddy zebra finch?

Question

see when the babies hatched we let them stay in with their parents for awhile now we can't tell the difference. I mean does the dady have a darker beak or certain marks or what? I need advice quick.

Answer 1

Once the beaks has changed from black to orange on the females and red on the males, it is virtually immpossible to tell adults from young in a colony of zebra finches. The best way is to put small plastic split rings on the chicks so that you know which are the babies when they are ready to be split from Mum and Dad.

Answer 2

all baby zebra finches look like the mom then about 1 1/2 months or so if have a male in the clutch,,it'll start getting the black markings and then the bright orange cheeks will slowly appear but until then they all look like the mom so give it a couple of months and how do i know this,,we raised them for awhile.....

Answer 3

It depends on how long a “while” is. The adult male Zebra Finches will develop orange/brown patch son their wings with white spots and usually a very pronounced “blush” on their cheeks.

If your babies are grown up males along with the daddy, then…. well…. Have them draw straws : )

Answer 4

Well the babies may very well have black or dark beaks. Also the babies wont have their organge cheek patches yet making them look like little girls. Also you can watch his behavior and watch who it is who follows the female around the most.

Answer 5

The babies are usually born with black beeks...if they all have turned orange, you are out of luck...The male has an orange breast spot. The babies won't display adult colors for a while.

Answer 6

Its the color of the beak, if it is orange its the baby, black, its the daddy.

Answer 7

you cant unless they have a distinguashing mark on them