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I look forward to this section of the forum, but not a lot of activity usually. Would love to hear about what some of you are trying to accomplish with some of the different mutations.

hi well i am trying to devolp a white red cheeck cordon by starting of with pieds then trying to breed the more heavier pied and so on untill a white pops out it has been done before bout 20 yrs ago which has passed away now but no one seems to have any. any more these days 1 of me mates was the first to develop the white. i am nealy there another 1-2 generations and i should hopefully get it. a mate and myself are competing on to see who can breed them first. some people say why are you trying to breed a white one i say because i want to and to do it for me friend that died. i also wont to try and breed a white 28 parrot for him also as he was so close to producing 1 but passed away before he got to
thanks chris

Good luck!! We want to see pictures when this happens.

Chris,
Sorry to hear about your mate passing away. A great motivation to keep what he accomplished alive.

A CB wtih white cheeks would be cool.

Perth? Isn't that were the late Heath Ledger was from?

yes it was were ledger was from ill post some pics of me haeavy pieds soon
chris

here is a pic of me pied cordons

Eye Popeye, they look great! The white goes well with their blue.

yeh it does go well with the white and blue
so are there any1 else trying to create a new mutation or acheive something
thanks chris

Very patriotic of you to breed a red, white and blue bird.

franny wrote:Very patriotic of you to breed a red, white and blue bird.

Yes, in both Australia and the US!

hhe never really thought about the colours bening part of ourv flag colours
thanks chris

awww they're adorable.

very cool !!!

atarasi wrote:I look forward to this section of the forum, but not a lot of activity usually. Would love to hear about what some of you are trying to accomplish with some of the different mutations.

I'm new here - I just found out about this forum today, but the reason I became obsessed with Gouldians is due to the genetic diversity and the rather simplistic mendelian inheritance it follows.

I don't have a "rare" project underway, but I do have very specific projects that I'm working on.

Right now, my #1 goal is to produce BH, Lilac or White Breast, SF Yellow Blue Bodied Gouldian males.
I just think they are spectacularly beautiful.
I'm halfway there - I just got a candidate hen and male to be used in the F1 progeny I've got now, but it will obviously be at least a year or two before I have fledglings, and maybe 2+ years before I have established, molted adults.

Outside of this particular "project," my main motivation is to just breed strength into the mutation without line or back breeding, which I truly think contributes to a lot of the degradation of the mutations.. especially the blues today, of which the good ones are truly few and far between.

Here is a sample photo, a bird that belongs to a breeder by the name of Gary in Australia, I believe, of the BH, WB, SF Yellow Blue (Basically, a pastel bird with a lilac or white breast). The key is they have to be SF Yellow, because if they're DF Yellow that awesome charcoal head color will be wiped out :))

Nixity,

Welcome to the forum. Glad to see someone also interested in the genetics of Gouldians. I viewed your website at work. (the URL is missing an "L" in Gouldian). I stopped by the petstore and stole your idea of putting a lot of Bermuda grass at the bottom of the cage. My only question, is do you find the cocks will continue to add more grasses to the nest even after the hen is incubating?

Also, do you find Gouldians pairs as monogamous in an aviary type setting? I've read they choose different mates every year.