what to expect colour wise

[karlisa]

ok then thanks finchbreeder,i always ring my babies but i only keep one pair now so i know whos'what.just fledged yesterdaya red split and a yellow fawn....very happy!!!

[Craig52]

010.JPG

This mutation is very strong not like blue gouldians where you pr a split to a colour or breed a blue to a normal to get splits to breed with.
In saying that with the painted mutation you can breed colour to colour and breed back to normals to outcross for vigar and new blood lines. An interesting part of breeding colour to colour is that it lightens the back colour of their young compared the parents. Red fawns can be become pink but yellow fawns are a little lighter but not much.
The bird in the pic was the result an accidental mating of two red fawns back 20 years ago, it survived for 5 years and bred many young.

[finchbreeder]

Well that is good news. Have seen pictures of some "pretty pink" red fawns that were for sale on this side of the country.

[Craig52]

dilute backed yellow painted firetail-(still carry black fronts not brown).JPG

This is a yellow to yellow fawn mating result, not much different though.

[finchbreeder]

The yellow looks more fawn than the red. Both very pretty birds.

[Craig52]

The yellow looks more fawn than the red. Both very pretty birds.

Haha, yes the red one has a bit of freezer burn.