Genetics is so awesome!!- UPDATE on light Star!! Mar 14

[kimberley breeder]

So this is my first year of dabbling in Gouldian Mutations after spending 5 years successfully breeding pure/normal Gouldians. I am finding it all very facinating!! I have a lovely SF YH Cockbird and a pure YH Hen (obtained from the Save the Gouldian research facility) and their first clutch this year has 4 babies- all look to be different colours!! Yellow, SF and 2 normal looking ones with slightly differnet tinges of green! I plugged it into the genetic forcaster and sure enough a yellow hen was possible from this pairing (I was more worried my YH Hen was in fact not pure..) I studied genetics at University and it just amazes me!!. I have 2 star pairs which fledged young a month ago and both pairs look "normal". 1 pair fledged 3 normal looking fledglings and the other pair fledged 3 that are different colours! 1 normal looking colour one fawning coloured one and a silver one which looks more like the colouring of a young Diamond! I now know which pair produce the 3 of different colours so Ill sell on any young from them split to fawn or cinnamon?

I have taken a few pics but Id like to get some better ones of the Stars when I can get someone else to take the photo and I can hold the birds better for comparison!

Can anyone tell me how to distiguish between the fawn and cinammon Star mutations?

[mattymeischke]

Hi KB,
Tiaris gave a good description here:
http://www.aussiefinchforum.net/viewtop ... 0&start=40

I think that light red tail is beautiful, and the subtle yellow body colour when in the sun is nice, too.

[kimberley breeder]

Excellent- LOL- I should have gone back to see if there were further comment after I added my comments-forgot I had even posted it!! Be interesting to see how mine moult out! Ill get more pics as time goes on!

[finches247]

Congrats on the young ones They look very healthy Nice Gouldians

[neshem]

love the stars! please post their pics when they after their molt,want to see their adult color thanks.

[kimberley breeder]

Hey all- remember my light coloured star fledgling from last year. Refer to pics above. Well it's turned out to be a hen and quite beautiful actually!!! I've tried to capture the colour of her but proving difficult as she's so active!!

She came from a pair normal in appearance. I have had fawn/ cinnamon s and yellow faced stars come from my 2 pairs! This little hen has been different from the 2 dozen odd birds bred in the last 12 months...

Could she be a yellow bodied hen???

[Craig52]

Nice looking bird but i haven't had much to do with star mutations,i think you go by the colour of the tail for fawn or cinnamon but not sure for yellow body.Tiaris will know. Cheers Craig

[finchbreeder]

She's a very pretty bird is all I can say.
LML

[Tiaris]

Been on holidays so just catching up. Yes, I'd say she's a cinnamon fawn hen especially given your mix of birds.