Aussie Finch Forum

will have 2 check it out, speaking of the q.f.s. is anyone here a member? and do you guys think it's worth joining?

Yeh, I'm a member.....well worth it .....cheap as chips, lots of good people willing to share heaps of info......great newsletter/magazine.....havent been to any of the sales or functions or even met any of them.........still worth every cent spent though

I'm a member as well, don't get along to many meetings but the sale days are great and people are very nice.

Definately sounds worth it, thanks for the info guys.

There are far more positives than negatives joining an Avi Club
You can gain many contacts to enable you to buy birds and also sell excess stock.
Locating other people with like preferences will also enable you to exchange blood lines which hopefully stalls inbreeding.
Most clubs produce a monthly magazine or info sheet which lets you know what is happening as well as articles on on other peoples experiences.
The aviary visits are very very good, sadly these are getting harder to organise but produce a wealth of ideas.Many years ago when I first started an old long gone avi gave me sound advice.
"When visiting someones aviaries look at the birds by all means BUT take note of the management methods as that is where you learn from"
This is great advice and people develop different methods which at times really assist.
All in all if you can brush club politics aside they are great value.

Regarding white fronts anyone able to help me work out what these 4 young ones are?

There father was a DF yellow purple chest (must be split white) mother was white front normal (both red head). All 4 seem to me to be the same sex if they are male they must be single factor as mother was normal.

At first I thought they might be all males but there bellys seem quite light and can't make out any blue on back of there necks. However there heads to seem much more red than other female yellows I have.

Sorry not the best pics of them hard to get them to sit still.

According to the Gouldian Genetic Forecaster
25% Male >> Red (Head) - White (Chest) - SF Yellow (Body)
25% Male >> Red (Head) - Purple / White (Chest) - SF Yellow (Body)
25% Female >> Red (Head) - White (Chest) - Yellow (Body)
25% Female >> Red (Head) - Purple / White (Chest) - Yellow (Body)

They are probably well coloured hen birds. I have noticed a difference in the chest and belly colours on my normal backed birds......even with birds from the same parents. I have one normal hen with chest and belly colours that are a lot deeper than any of her siblings.....shes a keeper for sure! ;)

When the birds are yellow you won't really notice a difference in the degree of yellow on the bellies between the two sexes; at least I don't.
In this case I would base it off the mask.
If the mask is blotchy and appears to be diluted or not a full sized mask, you probably have a hen. The other thing you can look at is the tail spires, the halo behind the head (SF yellow males will be pearlescent blue) and the bib, though being WB you might have trouble seeing the faint grey tones to it on the males.

You have some beautiful goulds