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Looking to see if the experts here can tell me if the chick on the right is a dilute, I see a difference in color and lighter nodules and beak.

Parents are both black head yellows so they can get yellows, dilute, or green hens.

Thanks

Parents are both black head yellows so they can get yellows, dilute, or green hens.

So your male is a SF Pastel AKA SF Yellow? Nice combination
Have you tried going to Tiffany's site and compare pictures? Could be very helpful
http://www.gouldiansgalore.com/mutations.html

debbie276 wrote:

Parents are both black head yellows so they can get yellows, dilute, or green hens.

So your male is a SF Pastel AKA SF Yellow?

I agree with Debbie, as SF yellow back male can produce this combination with a yellow back hen, but a DF yellow back male cannot.

If I had to guess, I would say the left is a dilute and the right is a yellow hen.

Yes debbie male is a SF Yellow, and I've been to that website and learned a lot but still difficult spotting a dilute that's why I was asking.

Brian, from what I see from that website debbie posted yellows have ligher eyes than this. But I might be wrong.

The baby on the left is a normal and the baby on the right is a Dilute or SF Pastel Green (SF Yellow) - that would be my guess.

At 2 weeks old now I can see the one on the left is a normal and the one on the right a yellow, either DFYellow male or Yellow female. Nailed it Tiffany! Thanks

Can you post an updated picture?

That is amazing! How can you determine gender and color at this age?????


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