breeding blue gouldians help

[Wirla]

I have normal gouldians which have been breeding without any problems
wanting to get into blue gouldians. Are there any special requirements to breed these or will they breed just as easy as normals
providing im going try blue to blue only
Looking forward to your response before i invest in a few blues.
Thanks

[elferoz777]

Opinion will vary greatly on this one.

Advice....dont breed blue to blue. Get splits or out cross to normal to get your own splits going.

[garyh]

In my opinion,blue to blue is not recommended as the blue strain is still not strong enough,i know of breeders that have tried only to breed really small unhealthy birds,stick to blue to split,garyh

[Wirla]

Thanks
Would you recomment blue cock to split blue hen
or both cock and hen to be split to blue
still learning
Thanks

[garyh]

It doesn't matter what gender is blue,just so long as one is,i breed a lot of blue hens to split cocks,if you breed split to split you end up with a lot of possible split blues,that then have to be proof bred to see if they are splits or not,to much mucking around ,garyh

[Wirla]

Thanks for the help
so If i put 1 blue to 1 split blue
possble off spring could be blue, split blue and normal
is that righ?

[finchbreeder]

No. Any offspring must have a Blue gene because the Blue parent only has blue genes to pass on. Therefore Blues and split blues will be all you can produce. This is why the recommendation to use this combination. No waste with possible split blues turning up. But split to split beats no blue blood at all.
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