Hi from South Africa

[MarkDaleSalida]

We have an aviary and our Diamond Firetails keep producing yellow mutation clicks. Will this continue to happen or is there a chance they could produce red tail babies

[Craig52]

Depending on what the adult birds are, yellow or split yellow. If yellow they will only produce yellow but if they are split for yellow reds they can produce either.
I'm quite jealous that you are even producing yellows as they are quite rare here in Aus'.
The mutation is autosomal recessive and quite easy to work with.

Cheers Craig

[noah.till]

G'day Mark, welcome to the forum, and good luck with your yellow diamond firetails
Thanks
Noah Till

[Brisbane_Finches_333]

Welcome to the forum Mark!

[finchbreeder]

Welcome to the forum. Do you have other finches beside the Diamonds?
LML

[MarkDaleSalida]

Hi all our Diamonds must be split because both are red tails, but we are new at this. I must say we think the yellow is gorgeous but not so much demand in SA. Also have a pair of double bared finches, some Gouldians, a long tail grass finch and a hecks. We have some mannequins there are 5 and one is being beaten up by the others. They are currently separated.

[MarkDaleSalida]

Yellow Diamond Firetails

[finchbreeder]

How many young have your original pair of reds produced? And how many of them are yellow? You are correct, both parents if red, must be split to produce yellow.
LML

[MarkDaleSalida]

The fourth clutch have just fledged. It looks like two reds and two yellows. Their first attempt at breeding saw one die, one drown and one escape. The one that escaped was definitely a red. After modifications to the aviary the next they abandoned the next clutch a week after they hatched. With the last two we have removed the hen immediately they hatch as she prevents the Male from feeding and he starts building a new nest. He raised the 3 yellows and is now doing a sterling job with the latest 4.

[finchbreeder]

They sound like a prolific pair so you must be doing everything right. If we make the assumption that the one that died and the one that drowned were both red that would = 5 each red and yellow and would still be an exeptionally high percentage of yellows from a pair of splits. The normal expectation would be one in 4 visual yellow chicks. One in 4 pure red chick and two that like mum and dad are visual red but split yellow. If you were in Australia people would be beating a path to your door to get their hands on these chicks.
LML