Dilute green baby?
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:30 am
Here's the chicks from the latest clutch of my gouldians. I thought all of them would be normal green chicks with purple or white breast since both the parents split for white breast.
But this morning I checked the nest and saw this 4 chicks almost fully feathered. 3 normals but the other one is very strange .
A dilute green?
I don't know, I saw lots of dilute green chicks, but never see any dilute with this light, almost yellow-grey colour. But this is obviously not a yellow since the beak is black. The parents are both BH GB, the grandparents are the same. so how can this happen?
I also have a double factor yellow cock in the cage, so I wonder if the chicks are from him. but even when that happen, all the chick must be dilute(male) or yellow(female), why I have normal chicks here?
Any ideas, guys?
But this morning I checked the nest and saw this 4 chicks almost fully feathered. 3 normals but the other one is very strange .
A dilute green?
I don't know, I saw lots of dilute green chicks, but never see any dilute with this light, almost yellow-grey colour. But this is obviously not a yellow since the beak is black. The parents are both BH GB, the grandparents are the same. so how can this happen?
I also have a double factor yellow cock in the cage, so I wonder if the chicks are from him. but even when that happen, all the chick must be dilute(male) or yellow(female), why I have normal chicks here?
Any ideas, guys?