Yellow Gouldian feather color

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WesKnapp
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Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by WesKnapp » Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:27 am

I have an orange faced white breasted yellow back female, but I've now noticed maybe 2 or 3 small dark colored feathers I see mixed in the yellow feathers. Is this normal/abnormal, and/or can this give hints to genetic makeup, as I don't know who the parents are. Thanks for your help!

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Re: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by debbie276 » Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:43 am

If you post a picture it would help a lot.
Are your positive your YH.WB.Pastel is a hen and not a male?
There can be variations in colors. Not sure about dark feathers on a yellow body, though a SF Pastel male would be more likely to have darker feathers here or there.
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long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
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: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by WesKnapp » Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:17 pm

I had to take a video and wait for her to puff up while preening so you can see it in a screenshot easier. there are a couple of feathers in the tail area and one up by the head. I'm pretty confident it's a female.
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Re: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by debbie276 » Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:44 pm

I'm sure it's just a variation in color and not all that unusual.
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
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: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by WesKnapp » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:14 pm

ahhh so probably can't tell if SF or DF yellow, right?

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Re: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by debbie276 » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:29 pm

I would need to see the front, but hens are only ever SF, only males can be either.
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
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: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by WesKnapp » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:31 pm

can females be split to anything? I'll try to take a pic of the front when I get home.

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Re: Yellow Gouldian feather color

Post by debbie276 » Sun Jan 24, 2016 1:41 pm

Hens can be split to Blue if that's what you mean. Hens can have head and breast splits too
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
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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