Silver gouldian
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- CocoFiber Craftsman
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Silver gouldian
Is a silver gouldian a result of a yellow and one blue gene or double factor blue gene?
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- Nestling
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A silver is a yellow body (can be single or double factor depending on sex and chest color) and a double Blue gene. Single factor Blues (or splits) will still make use of both red and yellow carotenoids and will not effect their appearance. With the silver bird you have a double factor blue (no carotenoids used in feathers) and a Yellow factor (masking of the structural blue in the feathers) resulting in a loss of most of the colors in the bird. In the Males you can get a single factor Yellow and a double factor blue, resulting in a Pastel or dilute blue, if this bird has a white chest color it will appear silver.
Hope this helps,
Gunnar
Hope this helps,
Gunnar
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