Gouldian finch with pink tail feathers?????

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Gouldian finch with pink tail feathers?????

Post by Jossi » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:30 pm

I have a yellow back gouldian that have pink tail and wing feathers... Im kind of new on the yellow goulds and I have been looking around a little and to se if I could find that on someone else. But I havent found any yet... Where does that pink come from? Is it common? Its hard to capture it on photos, but it is very prominent in real life. Its not a pale red, it is really pinkish.
Im just curios to where she got it from and if it is something woth breeding on, or if it is considerd a flaw? She is still quite young, so Ill se how the colours progress further in to her adulthood.

Maybe, its a stupid question... :roll: but these yellow backs are new to me, Im more used to the normal ones, that comes without surprice colours :mrgreen:

The photo is not the best, Ill try to take a better tomorrow:)

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Post by 6finchfriends » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:34 pm

I don't have Gouldians so I'm no help to you but I think she's beautiful and exotic looking!
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Post by Christopher Smith » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:32 am

That's how mine looked when they bathed in the color fed canary water.

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Post by ranchnanny » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:34 am

Oh I love that color. No doubt it will change :(
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Post by finchman101 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:14 am

kinda looks like she's been dipped in pink dye??
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Post by lovemyfinch » Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:43 am

I have to ask. Is there anything pink in her cage now, or where she came from? I ask this because I had bought one of those flavoured cuttle bones for my cockatiel, it was pink and after 2 days of rubbing against it so was his tail #-o
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Post by debbie276 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:44 am

Never saw that before. :shock: Makes me think she got into something red. :)
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Post by Jossi » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:08 am

Yes she is really pretty :D
No there is nothing red around here... and she has bathed many times and its still there. I dont feed my canaries any colour enhansing product either...
As you say, it looks like she has beet sitting in pink dye... I dont know what it is. she was like that when I got her and I have had her for maby six weeks... Do you think the breeder have coloured her :shock: So its not real then? I didnt se anything she could have gotten it from when I picked her up :(

I hope it stays... its very pretty :lol: And I also hope its nothing dangerous :shock:

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Post by debbie276 » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:26 am

she was like that when I got her and I have had her for maby six weeks... Do you think the breeder have coloured her :shock: So its not real then?
It may be that she got into something at the breeders. When she molts and those feathers fall out she may not get new pink feathers. Will be interesting to see, do let us know.
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Post by Jossi » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:37 am

Yes Ill keep you posted :D
She is pretty anyway, so its not that big of a deal if it goes away... I just thougth she were soposed to look like that :roll: Silly me :oops:

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Post by summert85 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 11:01 am

Yea, agreed. Never seen pink in Gouldians. BUT she is a beauty!
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Post by BigBear0007 » Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:50 pm

Was she in an aviary with any red birds?
Like canaries that were being co our fed?
She probably ate some of it and she turned pink.
It will molt out eventually.

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Post by Jossi » Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:16 pm

BigBear0007 wrote:Was she in an aviary with any red birds?
Like canaries that were being co our fed?
She probably ate some of it and she turned pink.
It will molt out eventually.
She wasnt when I picked her up... they had gouldians and budgies, but not in the same aviary. Im sure she got the colour somewere but cant figure out were... Guess it goes away later on.

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