Help about this gouldian male

ilmillu · Post by **ilmillu** » Wed May 11, 2011 1:05 pm

I know its a male cos of the singing, well my first worry is his tail was like that in the picture from when i got him and second problem is his beak been turning black lately. thanks all help is appreciated.

Finchman1 · Post by **Finchman1** » Wed May 11, 2011 5:22 pm

He is in breeding condition that's why his beak is turning to black!!

bugaboo5 · Post by **bugaboo5** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:19 am

Finchman1 wrote:He is in breeding condition that's why his beak is turning to black!!

But my impression was that the beak of a male will turn bright red when he is in breeding condition? Not black?

I'm sorry I can't be of much help. I can't explain why your singing male has a beak that is turning black. I thought only females showed this kind of behavior. How old is this bird? Could your Gouldian possibly be a singing female?

Good luck.

colorin · Post by **colorin** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:54 am

my males beaks were as red as a cherry. As far as I know, only hens will have black beaks

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Tue May 24, 2011 5:50 pm

Some hens can twitter but it is not like the song of the male .
That bird looks like a male but the beak looks like a hens..
Maybe a picture of the belly and a clearer picture of the neck collar would help

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Wed May 25, 2011 9:39 am

I had a couple males get dark beaks like this - it seems to be a genetic thing, because the males that had the darker beaks were full brothers, and it did seem to be in correlation to coming into breeding condition.

ilmillu · Post by **ilmillu** » Thu May 26, 2011 5:02 pm

thanks tiffany, finally someone that shared same experience.

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