Aussie Finch Forum

Oh I see didn't read it right

Hi Gary

Any further progress and pics of full coloured birds?

Have been making steady progress wth these birds. Have produced my first yellow fawn which is colouring up nicely. Weather is a bit unfavourable for chasing the birds around the aviary at the moment, but will endeavour to do so when it is a lot cooler.

Here's a few pictures of where the fawn painteds are at.

Nice bird Gary.(for a mutation - lol)

But I am waiting for pics of your young grasswrens.

Regards, Case, Tauranga, NZ ( and Ing and I are off to Cape York next months)

Just love that yellow fawn makes the yellow so much nicer great work there Gary

Hi Gary
really amazing birds, great job!
Are you sure the yellow one is just fawn+yellow and nothing else? I ask this because yellow mutation is known also in many other grassfinches, it turns red into yellow and leaves black and brown untouched, but in your birds (fawn+yellow) the the fawn in the back is strongly reduced, that is in my view a completely unexpected and surprising result for such a combination.

ciao
Dimar

Hi Dimar,in the normal painted the back is not brown,it is a wash of brown and red and therefore when fawn is introduced the back colour fades to a more pinkish colour.
In the yellow mutation the back has a brown yellowish wash through the brown and when the fawn is introduced,it becomes a sandy colour.The black on the chest stays relatively black for some reason,where in most fawns it turns to chocolate brown,hence my theory dilute backed mutation. Craig

And I thought I didn't like Yellow Painteds. Well I sure like this one. Great looking birds Gary. Congratulations on the results of all your hard work. And thanks for the pics.
LML

Great Painteds Gary and Nice Pics Well Done for breeding them up.