Hi Guys
I bought a pair of Gouldians on the weeked. They were sold simply as "Yellows", however I suspect they are Australian Yellows. Would I be correct? Thanks for any assistance.
Are we AY's
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TheFinchMan101
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The yellow head cock is definately AY but not sure about the other 
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Also agree with TiarisTiaris wrote:Looks to me like the one with the green streaking on the back is AY (& needs his bill trimmed with nail clippers). The other one looks like an EY WB to me.
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Dal
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Thanks for the replies guys. The thing that is throwing me a bit with the hen is the patchy/broken yellow head colour. I would expect (with my limited genetics knowledge) that she would either have a yellow head or be pale/white headed (indicating black-headed). ???
As for trimming the beak on the cock bird; excuse my ignorance, do I just take the very tip off using standard nail clippers?
Thanks, Dal
As for trimming the beak on the cock bird; excuse my ignorance, do I just take the very tip off using standard nail clippers?
Thanks, Dal
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Tiaris
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With the beak just trim the longer mandible to the same length as the shorter one.
The broken head colour is just the yellow mutation's version of poor head colour. If it was a normal bird (purple-breasted with green back) it would have a very "dirty" head colour with mostly black broken by small bits of yellow.
The broken head colour is just the yellow mutation's version of poor head colour. If it was a normal bird (purple-breasted with green back) it would have a very "dirty" head colour with mostly black broken by small bits of yellow.
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Alistair
Hi, another opinion for what it's worth, the cock is an Australian Yellow, why anyone would determine that the hen is not by your pics is anyones guess, I have found that the hens have far less green on them, sometimes none.
As I understand it the Australian Yellows arn't Yellow in the nest but the Co-Dominant / Sex linked birds are, so mate them and see if you get any visual yellows in the nest which would be Single factor Cocks or Yellow Hens.
I'm a little shakey here as I've never actually bred any Australian Yellows yet, this is my first year and I'm only breeding to normals to try and increase the size and vigour as most of what I've seen for sale were a little inferior.
In all probability you do have a pair of colored Australian Yellows which feeds back into my observation that this Mutation tends to be a little weaker than it should be, because of the tendancy of breeders to maximise the dollar despite the fact that these birds are reasonably cheap.
Yours aye, Alistair.
As I understand it the Australian Yellows arn't Yellow in the nest but the Co-Dominant / Sex linked birds are, so mate them and see if you get any visual yellows in the nest which would be Single factor Cocks or Yellow Hens.
I'm a little shakey here as I've never actually bred any Australian Yellows yet, this is my first year and I'm only breeding to normals to try and increase the size and vigour as most of what I've seen for sale were a little inferior.
In all probability you do have a pair of colored Australian Yellows which feeds back into my observation that this Mutation tends to be a little weaker than it should be, because of the tendancy of breeders to maximise the dollar despite the fact that these birds are reasonably cheap.
Yours aye, Alistair.