Albino & Lutino Gouldian Finches

[sgreen91]

Hi everyone, does anyone know some good websites to find out more about these specific gouldians/info about the genes etc of these specific ones.

[finchbreeder]

http://www.gouldianfinchplanet.com/?p=1 Try this one.
LML

[sgreen91]

Thanks for the website. It looks great though I don't seem to have access to any articles/blogs that people talk about in the comments. Not sure how to go about getting access

[natamambo]

The Lutino and the Albino is the same gene. It is sex linked recessive so hens can't be splits and a cock with two "ino" genes wil produce all split sons and all ino daughters when paired to a normal.

Body colour will depend on source / base colour of the bird which is the ino. Green based birds will be yellow, blue based birds already have an absence of yellow so will be white.

[sgreen91]

Cool. That's really interesting. I've been reading a lot of internet sources and a couple of books about gouldian genetics. This is by far the most interesting for me. I have also heard most are genetically weak.

Thanks for telling me this!