Strange looking gouldian fledgling

[longtailfly]

Strange new youngster???

I have had the same colony of Red headed gouldians for 5 or 6 years.
Once (occasionally twice) a year I will purchase and introduce a new pair of birds into the mix.
Over the years the hen red head colour, cock fuson bar, and hen chest colour have improved.
During the season I will get a few really nice looking black headed hens from the breeding group.
Clearly I have some split birds in the mix.
I do not have have problem with this as it happens in the wild and nine times out ten the Black headed hens are crackers!
One of my focal points is maintaining a nice horizonal fuson bar with a straight purple chest demarcation line.
Anyway, back to the odd fledgling.
Unfortunately The other two gave up and I am down to one.
The young bird is a gunmetal or graphite grey not the usual drab green and oyster yellow.
Any thoughts anyone???

[Diane]

Without seeing a pic it sounds like at least a couple of your birds are also split to blue. Blue gouldian young are grey. If you take a look at the last pic in this profile the 3 young in the middle of the pic are blues.
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