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Is a silver gouldian a result of a yellow and one blue gene or double factor blue gene?

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

Beautiful goulds...are they yours?

Yeah they are. thanks

hi gunnar
i wish it was a bit warmer in my bird room i would love to keep birds as beautiful as yours they really are special

ken

They are so beautiful!

I only have 10 gould's (thus far) and my wife keeps telling me that I'm "done"... I say differently...

I guess I'll just have to start breeding and force the issue ;)