My seagreen Gouldian

Christopher Smith · Post by **Christopher Smith** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:21 pm

I produced a gouldian hen this year that I think is a seagreen. It's really hard to get her true color in a picture. But I tried to get her next to some other birds so you can see the difference.

I also produced this guy. You can't tell from the picture but he is HUGE! He is atleast 20% larger than any of my other birds.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:26 pm

Wow - verrrry interesting birds you have there! Would you share with us the genetics of the parents of the 'seagreen'?

FeatherHarp · Post by **FeatherHarp** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:28 pm

What lovely photos....the colors are amazing!

GOULDYGIRL · Post by **GOULDYGIRL** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:33 pm

Beautiful!!! I'm getting more and more facinated by Gouldians.

I believe our member Tiffany has a seagreen hen as well. Maybe she'll share a pic?/

Renee

cartel · Post by **cartel** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:37 pm

The hen is for sure a different colour.Sea green

I could'nt tell you

,maybe it's the pic,my eyes.or the cpu screen.But the male has some nice colour,you should try and size also him up also along side another G.So we can see the size diff.

Christopher Smith · Post by **Christopher Smith** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:41 pm

L in Ontario wrote:Wow - verrrry interesting birds you have there! Would you share with us the genetics of the parents of the 'seagreen'?

Father: YH-PB/W-GB/BLUE

Mother:RH/YH-PB/W-GB/BLUE

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:02 am

GOULDYGIRL wrote:Beautiful!!! I'm getting more and more facinated by Gouldians.

I believe our member Tiffany has a seagreen hen as well. Maybe she'll share a pic?/ :wink:

Renee

Yes I did have one for a period of time. I basically had her on "loan" from Lainey to try to do some test breeds.
As it turns out, I won't be able to breed her as soon as I had hoped, so Lainey has taken her back to pair her up with one of her OH, PB Normal males just to try to get some babies out of her and see how they are.
This bird was also a true mutant that just cropped up out of a pair of true producing OH, PB Normals. No splits (that she is aware of) in the lines, and none of the other offspring from the line have produced anything of the sort.

Lainey has her again now, but here are some pictures of her from when she was at my place.

I find this color really does not show up properly when you photograph them - but I definitely see a similar back color in your hen, I see that she probably looks similar to this hen I had.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:35 am

Christopher that yellow male is beautiful! I would love to see a picture of him next to another gouldian to compare size.

summert85 · Post by **summert85** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:10 pm

wow! all i can say it they are beautiful birds.

summert85 · Post by **summert85** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:12 pm

how old are they? have you found them mates yet? i wonder what the offspring will look like.

readingfc · Post by **readingfc** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:22 am

I would love to have gouldians here in the UK but I have heard that because they are quite delicate birds they would need to be inside in the winter - is this correct?
All my birds stay outside, even when it snowed this year!

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:27 am

readingfc wrote:I would love to have gouldians here in the UK but I have heard that because they are quite delicate birds they would need to be inside in the winter - is this correct?
All my birds stay outside, even when it snowed this year!

I am sure gouldians would not survive that cold weather. They need to be kept in warmer climates . Mine are all kept at temps between 65-85 degrees.

BirdCrazy · Post by **BirdCrazy** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:41 am

I notice a difference in the two seagreen ones presented here. Christopher's has the lower breast color of a blue but Tiffany's has the lower breast color of a green. Interesting huh?

readingfc · Post by **readingfc** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:13 pm

dfcauley wrote:
readingfc wrote:I would love to have gouldians here in the UK but I have heard that because they are quite delicate birds they would need to be inside in the winter - is this correct?
All my birds stay outside, even when it snowed this year!
I am sure gouldians would not survive that cold weather. They need to be kept in warmer climates . Mine are all kept at temps between 65-85 degrees.

Yes I thought that was right - they do sell them over here and I can only imagine (and hope) that the owners take them inside in the winter

Christopher Smith · Post by **Christopher Smith** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:39 pm

BirdCrazy wrote:I notice a difference in the two seagreen ones presented here. Christopher's has the lower breast color of a blue but Tiffany's has the lower breast color of a green. Interesting huh?

The belly color of my hen is not like a blue in real life. It's a subdued yellow color. The belly of a blue has no yellow to it at all. It tends to be sort of a cream color.