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I have had this little yellow-faced hen for several years now. She was the only yellow from a pairing of a red hen and what must have been a red split/yellow male. I have never had a yellow male to put with her, but now she has a new mate!

I moved her to a new cage, leaving her former mate with the weanling to raise. When I introduced the new yellow male, she ignored him, but he was absolutely hilarious--singing and dancing and carrying on. I had to speed up the whole process because she was starting to lay eggs again while still with her old mate. I had taken out the nest, so she was dropping them to the floor. It's only been a few days in the new cage, and she is already in the nest. Now, since sperm can stay viable for up to 2 weeks, if she had already recently mated with her former mate, the babies will be his. If she hasn't mated recently, then any eggs will be by the new yellow male. Paternity test, anyone?

This is not a very good photo of the pair, they both look better than this, but he is very camera-shy--most of the photos I took turned out to be just an empty perch, or a yellow blur.

Sally they are VERY pretty birds.

Super I guess if all the babies have yellow heads then we know who the Daddy is.
What is the genetic percentage that they would have red face even if the yellow is the dad?
With the red face mate what were the offspring? All red face?

Such a handsome pair! Very nicely done Sally! I hope they give you many healthy babies!

Lovely couple. Best of luck with the "whose your daddy game"

I think with both parents yellow, I should get 100% yellow, and with the former red mate, all babies were red, so I should be able to tell 'who's your daddy' by the colors of the babies.

Awesome Sally! I really enjoy the yellow Stars, especially the Isabell yellow Stars. Congratuations on your new pairing.

congrats Sally, hope all goes well with the pair.
while I have both red & yellow stars in my aviaries I find that he yellow is (to me) a more attractive bird.