What colour gouldian young?

[framed]

When I bought my gouldians they were normal uncoloured young, 2 pair of them have now bred and I am wondering what head colour I should expect from the young?

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Pair one has fledged 3 young

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Pair two has fledged 6 young.

I dont have any black headed males and I am hoping that some of these young will be black headed males, does anyone have any suggestions what colours I should expect from these 2 combinations.

Thanks
Framed.

[Steven]

You got a nice bunch of gouldians there I am not a gouldian expect but we have a lot of members on here that know about them so you should get an answer soon

[Page0044]

You will fine it hard to get a good answer as it depends on the head colour of your birds parents as a lot of people mix the colours in there breeding,

[Mickp]

there is a genetic forecaster available for gouldians. dont have a link for it myself as I dont use it. hopefully someone can provide the link

[Mickp]

give this link a try

http://www.finchinfo.com/genetics/lady_ ... /index.php

[Page0044]

That a great link Mick, some great info

[Mickp]

glad to be of assistance. there are other sites available for genetic forecasting, will post the links as I find them

[framed]

Thank you very much for the link, looks like it's still a bit of a lottery.
I guess it just adds to the suspense not knowing what the young will look like.

Thanks
Framed.

[gomer]

I think you will get red heads.

[Page0044]

You will get both but depends on weather the males are DF or SFto what percentage you get and sexs