Blue gouldians

GOULDYGIRL · Post by **GOULDYGIRL** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:15 pm

Donna she is beautiful and she's going to absolutely LOVE her new home. I truly believe that the blues are a lot stronger now then when they were first introduced. If I get a blue it will only be one and I would definetly never breed blue to blue, I'd find a another color that carries the blue to breed to. I think that's all you have to worry about.

Best of luck with her~

Renee

BirdCrazy · Post by **BirdCrazy** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:26 pm

The more I look at her picture Donna I think so too. In the hens their "mask" is quite large and makes a lot of people think they are black headed when they aren't. I even had a friend with a regular red head that showed the red even and she thought it was a black head. Your hen would look spectacular next my male who is the same coloring! I too think she will be just fine if you do breed her. I wouldn't worry about any of it at all. I agree with Renee and think they are stronger than maybe they first were.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:52 pm

Did the breeder of your Blue hen tell you the genetics of the parents? That would tell you her head colour.

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:56 pm

L in Ontario wrote:Did the breeder of your Blue hen tell you the genetics of the parents? That would tell you her head colour.

IF I remember correctly he said that the hen looked like her and the cock was a normal black head. I think......

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:18 pm

Does that mean both parents were black heads or was the mother hen red possibly?

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:26 am

shoot.... I am not sure what he said.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:32 am

Not a big deal if you can't email him and ask - you'll find out soon enough when she finishes her moult!

I would be very happy with her either way - black or red head. (pssst - I think I just might have 2 baby blue gouldians out of 3 hatch in a clutch a few days ago)

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:42 am

L in Ontario wrote:. (pssst - I think I just might have 2 baby blue gouldians out of 3 hatch in a clutch a few days ago)

ahhh Liz.... that would be wonderful

exoticgouldian · Post by **exoticgouldian** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:13 pm

My experience with blue gouldians are 50/50. Both good and bad. I have several blue cocks and 2 blue hens right now. I had 2 of my earlier blue hens die while molting and I had no clue what was wrong with them. I also had a hard time getting the blue males to get in the breeding mode, they really took a long time to pair up including my Pastel male.

Right now, I have created 2 blue bloodlines. I created blues from pairs where both cock and hen are split to blue. I heard the blues would be stronger that way. The blue babies are getting colored up and hopefully end of this year i can going to experiment blue cock with blue hen since both cock and hen's parents are split to blues.

I currently have BH WB BB hen paired with BH Lilac breast yellow back split to blue(Single factor) set up for breeding, i just set up the cage, so lets see how it goes. I hopefully can create one of these which is a black head WB silver.

Blues are very stunning though, I am not really fond of silvers.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:30 pm

I love all the mutations! That one in your pic has an amazingly coloured head

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:41 pm

That's funny - this is exactly my project bird as well.
Though it should be noted that this is a SF Yellow white or lilac breast blue bodied male.
It has to be SF and has to be White or Lilac, otherwise it will be pastel - and this is the only way (being SF Yellow) to get the head charcoal like that instead of beige/off-white.
:)

I believe this is Gary's bird in Australia.. I think that's his name anyways!

MLaRue · Post by **MLaRue** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:23 pm

Donna,

I just want to say something about the Blues. I find them to be very hardy. I think when people don't have luck with them, they don't have strong genetics. I don't think nutrition is the answer. I've offered Cod Liver Oil and Wheat Germ Oil on their and seed and have them do just as well without it.

I find them to be long lived too. I have some in my aviary that are 5 years old.

If you want to offer Cod Liver Oil and Wheat Germ oil both can be bought at our local health food store. I use the Carlson brand of CLO and the brand they offer for WGO. Both are very good.

Here is a picture of one of my favorite males!

http://www.betterphoto.com/Premium/Gall ... 3485&mp=V1

Misty

dfcauley · Post by **dfcauley** » Tue May 12, 2009 5:36 am

Thanks Misty. He is very beautiful. Can't wait to see him in person....

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Tue May 12, 2009 5:38 am

He is georgeous Misty.