Yellow goulds

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bernd76287
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Yellow goulds

Post by bernd76287 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:46 pm

Hallo!
I read an interesting article about the colors goulds can have.
A 2 factor yellow cock has lost the blue color and also all phaemelanin and eumelanin. This is right!?
Sometimes it would be possible that a bird occurs , which hast only lost the blue color. See my painted gould. I think it must look like my picture.
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I found a female under my birds with yellow-green feathers on the back. The yellow belly is very intensive, nearly orange. What do you think . its normal?
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Re: Yellow goulds

Post by nixity » Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:05 pm

I have never heard of a yellow gouldian that had masked structural blue but could still fully produce melanins; the two go hand in hand.. the reason why the blue is masked is because of the melanin suppression.

The only real "exception" would be a SF Yellow male which only partially suppresses the melanins; but they still cannot fully manufacture them.

I don't see the yellow on the back feathers at all of this hen. She just looks like a normal green back to me :)

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Re: Yellow goulds

Post by Total Finch » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:10 pm

belly looks like mine seems fine
Keep in mind im only 11!
Birds:
2 Budgies
2 Gouldians
May Get:
4 more finches
I happen to have a graphics tablet so if you need a bit of help in an image I will be glad to help.

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