Head color on Gouldian

Meagan83 · Post by **Meagan83** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:32 pm

This is Marco

He is close to a year and I have noticed for a few months now that his head feathers are 2 different colors. He completed his big boy molt months ago. What's the deal with this?

Does anyone else have this happen?

Meagan83 · Post by **Meagan83** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:34 pm

More pics because he is so handsome

Singing his heart out to the ladies next door

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 7:46 pm

He is very handsome

Sure do wish I could be of help with the question.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 10:39 pm

To me it looks like he may have just retained some of his baby feathers. I'm not sure why, but this happens often with BH birds in their first molt..

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:27 am

Is my monitor right in that he has a yellow tipped beak, so he's genetically a Yellow Head? I tend to agree with Tiffany, next molt they should molt out.
Beautiful bird, best of luck

Meagan83 · Post by **Meagan83** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:58 am

Yeah, he's a genetic yellow head as was his mother. I paired a yellow head male to a black head that was a genetic yellow head and all I got was more black headed genetic yellow heads. The forecaster predicts wrong in this case

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:27 am

Your yellow headed male must be YH/BH then

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:32 am

Very nice!

Meagan83 · Post by **Meagan83** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:10 am

nixity wrote: Your yellow headed male must be YH/BH then

Tiffany, I did not even think about that!!!

I dream of Yellow Headed Yellowbacks,

but it does not seem like it will happen at this point since Marco's momma is retired. Not many breeders I know have Yellowheads and if they do, they are always male

Meagan83 · Post by **Meagan83** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:23 am

I find it interesting how you never seem to really know a Goulds genetics until you watch their offspring color in. Even if said bird is from your own line of birds, perhaps one parent was split for something and the other was not. Then the offspring may inherit something you never knew was there

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:17 pm

Marco is a beautiful bird

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