Aussie Finch Forum

Hi all,

Apologies regarding the photos, they were the best I could get with the sun shinning and after resizing the photos. This chick was produced from a BH PB GB (Normal) cock bird and a BH PB GB (Normal) hen.
In the flesh the chick appears pure white. Now I do have lots of chicks from yellow pairings to compare to as a visual reference, and they are already showing the yellow colour (Unlike this chick). This chick does not have the same colourings as the yellow chicks do. I also have a hand full of SF YB/Blue chicks that are already showing the olive green markings on their back and again are not white like this chick.

All of my mutations are in separate flights, as are the normals.

Im thinking this chick may be a Silver? That being the case both of the NORMAL parents must be split to Blue/Yellow?

Any thoughts?

Is it possible the parent hen has been with another male in the two weeks before she was put with this particular male? She could have been carrying a fertilized egg from another cock, then when paired with the BH the rest were fertilized by him. But even that wouldnt account for the difference you are seeing when compared to others with the blue mutation in their line.

The chick looks very much like an Australian dilute back with its dirty cream colour infact i would lay odds on it that it is so long as you can guarrantee the hen hasn't been mixed with a EY cock at any stage as BB said. Craig

I agree - recessive dilute most likely.

Yes, it seems that both parents are carrying the Dilute gene recessively. Babies are a creamy colour then moult into something that looks similar to a single factor EY/Pastel.

When very young, Dilute babies' eyes may have a reddishness, similar to albino eyes but not as obvious.

Thanks for all of the feedback everyone, that looks like the most likely scenario.

Let it moult out to be sure
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