Male or female? Watcha think?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:57 pm
Hello! New here, spent my last few weeks reading a lot over here and finally registered. I'm happy to have joined this community of finch lovers 
My first question for you is, as follows (sorry for my entangled phrases, i'm Romanian ): is this a male or a female gouldian? Sorry for the big picture, i forgot what was the tag for downsizing it in the mesage box.
http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... SHZRUNPXMV - i don't think the img tag worked.
I am going to buy it together with its male cage-mate, which is the regular orange headed. Their cheap, anyway, like 65 both. I was told this is a female, but looking closely and judging by the amount of yellow it has on the back (described on the phone as greenish yellow
) i am inclined to think it is a dilute male. Or a OH-PB-YB female?
Here are both of them, with the male in the front. You can clearly notice the difference betwen the two shades of green (if there is green on both of them. call me color blind!
). The colors are a bit off due to the flash.
http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... KWWLNDYWSZ - same here.
What is your opinion on this?
The male has a 2008 ring, but the.. female has a 2006 one. Is she still able to breed? And if so, for how much longer? I would like some splits for yellow.
50,000 % Cock, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Diluted
50,000 % Hen, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Green Bodied
Quoted from the colors expectancy program. Does "diluted" means split to yellow? Or yellow bodied?
Ok, sooo many questions and so little space for more birds!
Thank you all
My first question for you is, as follows (sorry for my entangled phrases, i'm Romanian
): is this a male or a female gouldian? Sorry for the big picture, i forgot what was the tag for downsizing it in the mesage box.http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... SHZRUNPXMV - i don't think the img tag worked.
I am going to buy it together with its male cage-mate, which is the regular orange headed. Their cheap, anyway, like 65 both. I was told this is a female, but looking closely and judging by the amount of yellow it has on the back (described on the phone as greenish yellow
) i am inclined to think it is a dilute male. Or a OH-PB-YB female? Here are both of them, with the male in the front. You can clearly notice the difference betwen the two shades of green (if there is green on both of them. call me color blind!
). The colors are a bit off due to the flash.http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... KWWLNDYWSZ - same here.
What is your opinion on this?
The male has a 2008 ring, but the.. female has a 2006 one. Is she still able to breed? And if so, for how much longer? I would like some splits for yellow.
50,000 % Cock, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Diluted
50,000 % Hen, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Green Bodied
Quoted from the colors expectancy program. Does "diluted" means split to yellow? Or yellow bodied?
Ok, sooo many questions and so little space for more birds!
Thank you all