Aussie Finch Forum

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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