white headed gouldian finches

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greeneyes
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white headed gouldian finches

Post by greeneyes » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:00 am

A buddy of mine has 2 white headed yellow bodied gouldians, I was wondering what color mutations do I have to breed so that I get a white headed gouldian finch.
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Re: white headed gouldian finches

Post by debbie276 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:35 am

The Black Head Pastel (yellow) gouldians have white heads because they can not produce the black color. So just breed BH Pastels :wink:

Here's a couple of links to learn the gouldian genetics:
http://www.finchinfo.com/genetics/lady_ ... /index.php
http://www.gouldiansgalore.com/
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: white headed gouldian finches

Post by steve » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:23 am

greeneyes

I bought 5 young Gouldians when I started out, at that stage the just looked like Sparrows, no colour, once they moulted a month back I ended up with one of these WH YB Gouldians.

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