Normal not so normal

[lestra]

I got 2 normal Gouldian girls (a red-headed and a orange headed), they are from purely normal stock as my neighbour like me feels preserving the gene pool is important.
He had no boys so found me a boy from another breeder. I found out Today that all her Gould's have a recessive gene for white chests sigh. I wonder what I will get when they breed?
Which girl should I put him with?
Now I am hunting a normal male with no recessive mutation genes. I have no interest in mutations in any finch, I just want normals so that I know I am doing my part to preserve these stunning birds.

[Tiaris]

If you pair 2 birds which look normal but carry the white-breasted mutation gene (splits), they will produce roughly 50% splits, 25% white-breasted, 25% normals. The normals and splits will be visually indiscernable from each other.
Even mating your splits to normals will produce roughly half each of splits and normals - again both will look identical so the splits will not be able to be identified & all should be regarded as possible splits.

[vettepilot_6]

Mutations have their place but if you want to breed pure normals I would on sell the male which has the white chest genes in it...otherwise sooner or later you will end up with mutations that you might not have wanted...

[finchbreeder]

Or put an add in the swap section of the forum and swap him for a pure normal. Sure someone will be willing.
LML