white breasted gouldian from purple breasted parents
- Asym
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white breasted gouldian from purple breasted parents
My first giant (7 babies) clutch of gouldians are moulting into their colors. I have recently noticed that one has a white breast. It will be redhead green back white breast. Is it safe to assume that the white breast is recessive and both my purple breast parents carry the white recessive gene?
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Re: white breasted gouldian from purple breasted parents
If you have a white breast offspring from two purple breasted parents, then yes, both mother and father bird would have to be split for white breast for you to have any white breast offspring from such parents.
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Re: white breasted gouldian from purple breasted parents
Both parents must be split to White Breast to have a WB chick.
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Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
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SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
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GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)
GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56