Two New Gouldian Fledglings

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Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by cindy » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:11 am

Two little ones fledged, looks like a silver again from the parents!! Both parents are also split to blue.
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by cindy » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:14 am

the parents...
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by debbie276 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:42 am

Pretty pair!
Your male looks like SF Pastel aka SF Yellow

best of luck
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by finchandlovebird » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:55 am

Precious fledglings :!: =D>
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by lovezebs » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:47 am

cindy

Congratulations!

They are (like all fledglings) SUPER cute. I love the first little guy. Is that considered white, or silver?

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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by finchmix22 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:52 pm

cindy
Congratulations! the father is gorgeous! I love the red head with yellow back! And split to blue back you said? Wow, so those babies will be beautiful when they color out in to their adult feathers! Great looking family!
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by MiaCarter » Mon Mar 02, 2015 1:39 pm

Congrats!
The first baby is so lovely! OMG, I'm in looooove!

And the second baby has such a sweet almost mischievous look to him! Adorable!

Dad is stunning!
Mum is really lovely too. I love the white and yellow combo.
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by Sam007 » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:15 pm

What a lovely little family. Congratulations! :mrgreen:
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by Ginene » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:36 pm

Beautiful babies, Cindy!!! I can't wait to see how beautifully they color up :) My Blue is longing for a pretty silver hen...maybe some day, you can ship me one and a hen for my handsome Nico too ;)
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by cindy » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:54 am

debbie276 wrote: Pretty pair!
Your male looks like SF Pastel aka SF Yellow

best of luck
Thank you Debbie, still learning the gouldian mutations!

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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by cindy » Thu Mar 05, 2015 12:56 am

finchmix22 wrote: cindy
Congratulations! the father is gorgeous! I love the red head with yellow back! And split to blue back you said? Wow, so those babies will be beautiful when they color out in to their adult feathers! Great looking family!
Thank you Debbie, the darker baby is a blue back... so happy, my first BB!!

Their first clutch they gave a BH WB GB and a silver (showing white in the breast area)

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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by lnlovesorange » Thu Mar 05, 2015 4:47 pm

cindy They are GORGEOUS!!! The babies and the parents. I see a family like this and think "this isn't fair" to have all that beauty in one family, it's just ..... unfair!!! So beautiful. Good luck with these beauts!!! Deffinitely want to see them all colored out!!!
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Re: Two New Gouldian Fledglings

Post by Teagarden » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:19 pm

All beauties! Amazing how quickly they grow. Please post photos when they get their adult colors.
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