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Hi all, I bought these two magpies: red female,
blue male.
Then they gave two offspring, which I find beautiful.
Later on, I was told that both parents were not the same, and that I should stick to a colour and I chose red. I exchanged my blue male for two red males. I took them home. One of the males has some faulty little feathers on his neck, but what worried me most is that its beak is shorter and fleshier around the tips, and the eye ceres are markedly fleshy, coarse and thick. However, the markings on body and wings are good. Here is his head detail:
My female's head, beak and eye ceres look like this:
Why are they so different? Which one is better regarding the head, eyes and beak? Should I go back to my previous plan? Is the first couple good to start out? Should I keep from mating my female to this red male?
Thank you all
Marcos

blue male.

Then they gave two offspring, which I find beautiful.
Later on, I was told that both parents were not the same, and that I should stick to a colour and I chose red. I exchanged my blue male for two red males. I took them home. One of the males has some faulty little feathers on his neck, but what worried me most is that its beak is shorter and fleshier around the tips, and the eye ceres are markedly fleshy, coarse and thick. However, the markings on body and wings are good. Here is his head detail:

My female's head, beak and eye ceres look like this:

Why are they so different? Which one is better regarding the head, eyes and beak? Should I go back to my previous plan? Is the first couple good to start out? Should I keep from mating my female to this red male?
Thank you all
Marcos