What color will babies be?

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What color will babies be?

Post by Dbearden » Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:29 am

New babies (2) of Gouldians- mom is yellow with lilac breast; and dad is green with red head and purple breast. One baby has dark skin and the other light skin, so I’m thinking one of each color???

Thanks!

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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by Fraza » Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:17 am

Dbearden I’m unsure but I know that with zebra finches a black skin chick will be a black breast etc

But a pinks I’ll be a white,fawn etc
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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by Flight Feathers » Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:55 am

Fraza wrote: Dbearden I’m unsure but I know that with zebra finches a black skin chick will be a black breast etc

But a pinks I’ll be a white,fawn etc
Black skin can be normal and black face and ccfw too.
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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by haroun » Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:03 am

paul-inAZ Can u help please

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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by haroun » Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:11 am

Dbearden
i'm not a gouldian specialist but bellow a usefull link
http://www.finchinfo.com/genetics/lady_ ... colors.php

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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by debbie276 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:36 am

All males will be SF Pastel and all hens Green barring any hidden genes
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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by haroun » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:00 pm

paul-inAZ debbie276 thank u very much

@Dbearden u got answers from our gouldian specialists

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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by haroun » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:02 pm

Fraza that was about gouldian :mrgreen:

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Re: What color will babies be?

Post by Fraza » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:28 pm

haroun wrote: Fraza that was about gouldian :mrgreen:


Ano Yh haha I thought hay the darker Gouldians would be black skin like the black zebras lol
FINCHES I HAVE
Bengalese
zebras
Java sparrows
Silver bills
java x beng hybrid



PETS IVE HAD
dogs
Fish
Cocktiel
Doves
Hybrid cherry x Bengalese
Stars
Heck’s
Canary’s

My favourite is COCO my grey pearl society cock been here since the start my flock leader


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