Male or female? Watcha think?

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Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by budgy » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:57 pm

Hello! New here, spent my last few weeks reading a lot over here and finally registered. I'm happy to have joined this community of finch lovers :)

My first question for you is, as follows (sorry for my entangled phrases, i'm Romanian :) ): is this a male or a female gouldian? Sorry for the big picture, i forgot what was the tag for downsizing it in the mesage box.

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http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... SHZRUNPXMV - i don't think the img tag worked.

I am going to buy it together with its male cage-mate, which is the regular orange headed. Their cheap, anyway, like 65 both. I was told this is a female, but looking closely and judging by the amount of yellow it has on the back (described on the phone as greenish yellow :| :| ) i am inclined to think it is a dilute male. Or a OH-PB-YB female?
Here are both of them, with the male in the front. You can clearly notice the difference betwen the two shades of green (if there is green on both of them. call me color blind! :shock: ). The colors are a bit off due to the flash.
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http://cristyyyy.sunphoto.ro/amandine_g ... KWWLNDYWSZ - same here.

What is your opinion on this?

The male has a 2008 ring, but the.. female has a 2006 one. Is she still able to breed? And if so, for how much longer? I would like some splits for yellow.
50,000 % Cock, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Diluted
50,000 % Hen, Yellow Headed, Purple Breasted, Green Bodied
Quoted from the colors expectancy program. Does "diluted" means split to yellow? Or yellow bodied?

Ok, sooo many questions and so little space for more birds! :mrgreen:
Thank you all

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Re: Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by B CAMP » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:22 am

Welcome to the forum ,if you fill in your profile with where you live it makes it a lot easier to answer questions sometimes ,have you checked out the finch information center there is a lot of good reading there
http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/ ... _finch.php

I think the purple breast is male and the lilac is female,some of the other members will know for sure about the dilute etc
Bill

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Re: Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by budgy » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:11 am

Hello
I just filled the location in :) And yeap, I almost know that site just by memory!

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Re: Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by debbie276 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:01 am

Very hard to tell for sure from pictures but the one you think is a hen looks like a hen to me. The male is a SFYellow (dilute).
From that pair you would get Yellow and SFYellow males and Yellow and Green hens.
Good luck
Debbie
long time breeder of lady gouldians:
Green
SF Pastel (SF Yellow)
Pastel (Yellow)
Blue
SF Pastel Blue (SF Yellow Blue)
Pastel Blue (Yellow Blue)

GREAT articles on avian lighting:
https://mickaboo.org/confluence/downloa ... ummary.pdf
http://www.naturallighting.com/cart/sto ... sc_page=56

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Re: Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by CandoAviary » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:19 am

I agree, the hen is a hen. Beautiful pair. Welcome to the forum.

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Re: Male or female? Watcha think?

Post by budgy » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:01 am

Thanks
I will let you know as soon as they lay eggs...!

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