This morning I got a fun surprise when I took a good look at my clutch of Gouldians.
First I should say,this is my first pair of Gouldians, and I got them in a fairly haphazard way. One was obtained through Craigslist, it's hen had died eggbound, and the college boy who was selling the bird knew his age (18 months, more or less) but nothing about his genetic history. The bird is a RH, White breast, normal green. The hen I bought at a bird fair from a guy who colony breeds them and keeps no records, but his birds looked very clean, shiny and sleek, and energetic compared to most of the rest that were there. She is a RH, Purple breast, normal green.
My surprise this morning, when I finally got a really good look at the babies with all their back and wing feathers opened up is that 3 of the 4 are the typical olive green color, and the other is going to be a blue! At least that's how it looks to me. The bird is just a plain grey all over, no trace of green.
So if this baby is blue, I guess that means both my red head green birds are split to blue? Cool!
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Societies, Gouldians, RC Cordon Bleu's, Orange-Cheeked WB's, Spicies, Red-Throated Parrot Finch, Blue-Faced Parrot Finch, Forbes Parrot Finch, Lavender Waxbills, Shaft-Tail Finches, Fire Finches, English Zebra Finches, and Buffy, the Lone-Canary-Hen-Who-Sings.
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.~Elana~
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Thanks, Elana!
Rebecca
Societies, Gouldians, RC Cordon Bleu's, Orange-Cheeked WB's, Spicies, Red-Throated Parrot Finch, Blue-Faced Parrot Finch, Forbes Parrot Finch, Lavender Waxbills, Shaft-Tail Finches, Fire Finches, English Zebra Finches, and Buffy, the Lone-Canary-Hen-Who-Sings.
Societies, Gouldians, RC Cordon Bleu's, Orange-Cheeked WB's, Spicies, Red-Throated Parrot Finch, Blue-Faced Parrot Finch, Forbes Parrot Finch, Lavender Waxbills, Shaft-Tail Finches, Fire Finches, English Zebra Finches, and Buffy, the Lone-Canary-Hen-Who-Sings.
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Re: Gouldian surprise
That is a really wonderful surprise!
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Egret
Congrats on such a cool surprise! Good way to start out!
Congrats on such a cool surprise! Good way to start out!
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Re: Gouldian surprise
I knew one of my parents was split to blue but didn't know about the other.....I also had a surprise just the other day too...2 blues and a green!
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