YB Fledglings

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YB Fledglings

Post by Prism » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:49 pm

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Here are my new yellow fledglings. Their heads look lighter than I remember on last year's YB. One of those turned out to be RH but the other was YH; both were females. Mom is RH/PB/GB and Dad is RH/PB/SFYB. I was expecting all red heads. How was the YH even possible? Any guesses on these two?

I have checked out the forecasters but didn't breed the parents so am backtracking genetics on them too based on their babies.
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by debbie276 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:37 pm

In order to get YH chicks both parents have to have a YH gene to pass on so parents would need to be YH or split to YH
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http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by finchandlovebird » Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:48 pm

Very pretty little fledglings. Good work =D>
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by Sam007 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:02 pm

Looking great! :mrgreen:
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by lovezebs » Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:03 am

Prism

Wow, those are so pretty. Have they moolted yet, or are these baby colours still?
CONGRATULATIONS!

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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by KarenB » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:40 pm

We need a reverse genetics calculator; plug in whatcha got, and it will give you possibilities of how it got there.
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by debbie276 » Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:57 pm

I thought Tiffany had started a reverse thingy on her web page, http://www.gouldiansgalore.com/
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SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
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SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)

GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by KarenB » Sat Jan 17, 2015 11:17 pm

debbie276 wrote: I thought Tiffany had started a reverse thingy on her web page, http://www.gouldiansgalore.com/
Fabulous!
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by Prism » Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:51 pm

lovezebs

These are there baby colors. The parents are both RH but have had a YH before too.

@debbie 276

Thanks for the link. Now I know they are both girls.
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Re: YB Fledglings

Post by nixity » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:33 am

My first question would be are you sure mom is RH?
Is her beak red or yellow? If yellow, she's OH - this is confused often!

If they are both, in fact, red, then as Debbie has already said they must be both split for orange :)

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