how to identifying m/f in yellow mutation gouldians ???

sharath1 · Post by **sharath1** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:49 am

hello friends, i have a bit of problem in identifying male and female in yellow mutation gouldians can anyone guide me on this thank you

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:32 am

It's really the same as the Normal mutation only they will have a yellow body and no black. Can you post a picture?

sharath1 · Post by **sharath1** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:10 am

NO debbie i want to get one so i thought to do my homework

sharath1 · Post by **sharath1** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:14 am

but they say its quiet difficult in yellow mutation to identifying male and female. i will check out the tail pin feathers and belly part it will be darker for male if i am not wrong thank you

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:58 am

In Purple Breast, the males coloring will be darker and hen lighter just as in the Normal body gouldians also. White Breast can be a little trickier.
Good luck and please post with what you get

sharath1 · Post by **sharath1** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:26 pm

yes debbie i will surely post the pics thanks once again

MariusStegmann · Post by **MariusStegmann** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:35 pm

sharath1 To confuse further, I will show you some picture of Yellows. The orange head is a hen, (the guy that I bought her from said so), but to me she looks almost like a cock.

Cock on the right

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Cock bird

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Hen bird.

ac12 · Post by **ac12** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:27 am

When I breed them, I watch for a bird that sings = male.
I usually figure this out before they finish molting into their adult colors.

Most of my YB have not been as difficult to visually sex as some of my GB. For most hens I look for a mottled head and a faded/lighter breast color. But I have had GB hens where their colors were as dark as the males. And hens were the head color was not mottled. So going on visuals is not always reliable. So in the end, I relied on males singing and hens not singing, to sex the birds.

MariusStegmann · Post by **MariusStegmann** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:59 am

My sincere apologies in the middle picture, it is the hen on the right and the cock on the left.

ac12 · Post by **ac12** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 6:44 pm

Marius
It looks like the male is going thru a molt.

slwatson · Post by **slwatson** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:32 pm

I have to wait for mine to sing also. I purchased what myself and the breeder thought was a yellow female, and turned out to be a male because he was a delayed singer.

sharath1 · Post by **sharath1** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:51 pm

What about the pin tail. the males usually have longer tail feathers, cant we identify the male by this

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:59 pm

sharath1 wrote: What about the pin tail. the males usually have longer tail feathers, cant we identify the male by this

Sure can, only I've know a few hens that had very long tail wires.

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