Gouldian Colours determining the sex of offspring

[Mickp]

I'll breed the hens so long as you supply your own carrier pigeons

[Pete Sara]

its basically the same thing that was on quantum a few months ago , when they visited the gouldian research center...where they changed the head colours to see the results......pete p.s it does explain the abundance of males....its worth the listen.....p

[Darren_T]

Hi all. Is this the show that everyone are talking about ???
Or is there more information else where ?
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2589683.htm

[Diane]

The catalyst story is one of the links that started the discussion, but the link in the first post
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/st ... 524731.htm
is a radio broadcast, very interesting listening.

[Mickp]

there is also a mention of it on the 'savethe gouldian' website in one of Sarah Pryke's articles. cant find the link at present though

[GregH]

This is what you're after http://www.savethegouldian.org/index.html. Sarah's papers are all under the research link NOT the articles.

I'm a firm believer in female choice determining sex rations in birds.

[finchbreeder]

Very interesting.
Have always had nests and perches at various heights so was doing the right thing without even knowing it.
LML

[Mickp]

thanks GregH, I couldnt find it for looking yet have read it more than once while on the site