Yellow gouldian

canucky2 · Post by **canucky2** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:33 pm

I have a pair of yellow gouldians. I don't know from where, and so I know visually they are yellow. They had a clutch of five. Four of the five are feathering up (juvie feathers) yellow and the other one is pure white. It is so pretty. Why is it white.... would it be a silver baby?

If it is silver, does that mean the parents are split to blue or just one is split to blue. I am confused. Can some clarify it for me? Thanks

Corinna

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:38 am

A silver has both the blue and yellow gene. If only one of the parents is split to blue, then there isn't a chance for a silver. Maybe you have a DF yellow and the other one is SF.

canucky2 · Post by **canucky2** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:41 am

are double factor and single factor yellows visually different? I don't know if the birds are split to blue or not. They look yellow, that's all I know.

atarasi · Post by **atarasi** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:07 am

Sometimes. A SF yellow can be just as yellow as a DF. The SF has a light blue around the back of his head, whereas the DF will be white.
Not all SF yellows will have the same amount of yellow.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:57 am

Females can only be SF yellow. Looks like you might have a silver baby - wow!

canucky2 · Post by **canucky2** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:22 pm

so the male has a bit of light blue around back of his head. SO then he is a single factor.... and she has to be a single factor, so maybe they are both split for blue? crazy

Hélène · Post by **Hélène** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:22 pm

Your babies are lovely wow I hope for you that you have a silver that would be great
Hélène

Ravyn · Post by **Ravyn** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:39 pm

Either way, those babies are beautiful. I'm almost tempted to beg you to sell them to me ;D

No more birds till I move. No more birds till I move. No more birds till I move...(I gotta convince myself)

ShaneW · Post by **ShaneW** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:54 am

To Produce a silver, they both have to be split to blue.

nixity · Post by **nixity** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:09 pm

canucky2 wrote:I have a pair of yellow gouldians. I don't know from where, and so I know visually they are yellow. They had a clutch of five. Four of the five are feathering up (juvie feathers) yellow and the other one is pure white. It is so pretty. Why is it white.... would it be a silver baby?

If it is silver, does that mean the parents are split to blue or just one is split to blue. I am confused. Can some clarify it for me? Thanks

Corinna

In order to get a silver hen, or a silver male, you would need to have two birds that are at the very least split for blue body.
It gets tricky when you start discussing SF versus DF because this varies depending on the breast color of the offspring.
My guess is that you father bird is DF Yellow since you did not produce any normal hens or any dilute offspring.
This would mean this could either be a Silver hen, or a DF Yellow Blue (Silver Male).
If the bird was SF Yellow Blue, with a purple breast, it would be visually Pastel (Aka Blue Dilute, or Powder Blue, depending on which nomeclature you prefer).

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