Sea Green Gouldians

19 Dec 2010, 20:40

finchbreeder, he was the only one. Have just been told he is a SF Euro Yellow. So the father is a DF Euro Yellow which the Hen was Normal and they produce all Euro Yellows. Could be a JACKPOT. Not sure on what is around of these here. If anything changes i will post.

20 Dec 2010, 07:59

Well at least you have his name now.....Jackpot!
It might be worth contacting the breeder again and seeing if he/she has any hens available from similar lines

30 Dec 2010, 18:24

The sea green gouldians I have seen are brilliant aqua blue on their back and the hens are very similar to blue gened hens. Very light cream/yellow belly with aqua green backs. Sea green are par blue as a blue gened bird cannot show yellow and have white/cream bellies. If you have access to Guide to gouldian finches ABK publications you will see photos of what I mean. The photo of the hen is not so good but they are a pretty bird. Test breeding these birds to blue gened birds was carried out by the Lowes which they refer to a sporties.(parblue) The photo of your bird looks more like a s/f european yellowback to me than seagreen.

31 Dec 2010, 14:46

Bgould, thats what i was told. And a few posts up i mentioned i know he came from a dirty yellow cock which must be the DF and he hen was a normal green. Also have a dirty yellow hen which paired up to a DF Yellowback and produced 2 yellow hens but dont know if they are Yellow or the Euro Yellow? Will have to take some photos and get them posted as well.

31 Dec 2010, 15:18

Bgould wrote:and the hens are very similar to blue gened hens.

Are you saying you can see when a hen is split blue? Are you able to describe or better still pics?

31 Dec 2010, 16:00

No you can't tell when a bird is split for blue. There are no visible markings that I am aware of. The seagreen hens that I have seen in person are very similar to a Blue hen in appearance possibly with more soft lemon to cream colouring on belly. Unfortunatly I did not take any photos when I visited this breeder thats why If you have a copy of the ABK revised edition of Gouldian finches and mutations their are photos on page 84 showing what I mean. But the photos in this book isn't a clear photo. They are much better in real life.

31 Dec 2010, 16:07

Damm, I thought you might be on to something that enables a visual clue to split blue birds.
Now, where did I put that ultra violet light? ;)

31 Dec 2010, 20:16

I have a hen which has a cream belly with a flick of lemon or yellow at the top.her back is a greenish blue.She came from a blue cock and a split to blue hen.Well that is what I was told the parents are.She was the only survivor from her clutch.

31 Dec 2010, 21:41

Thats different gomer, and i am still thinking about it while writing this. Trying to picture it. Cream on the belly you would say a Blue Back and not Green Back.

01 Apr 2011, 00:29

I have had this hen pop up and a male also. They are 3 months old, clutch od 4. Two chicks look normal green back and 2 are developing seagreen? Especially the hen.
Parents are cock- BH LB GB and Hen- BH PB GB the cock may be /blue
pictures on this link.. I still haven't figured out how to post pics directly here :/ Any iimput about this mutaion please enlighten me. Seems here in the states not much feedback.
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