It's great reading the posts from the Gouldian fraternity your passion is great especially those on this Forum.
Maybe it's the reason you are so successful
But out crossing any specie should be the normal direction anyway. If you add new blood lines you will continue
with type and size.
One thing that does ruffle me is when people state that if breeders weren't so greedy then more would have a
chance of having access to them. Demand creates the price!!!!!
Before those that don't have them start getting ruffled just think about the situation. How much money did the seller
lay out originally.The time and effort required to be successful which then enables a surplus to be made available.
As for putting money ahead of the birds,isn't those that do the extras for the birds breed the most.
The Blue Gouldian is interesting in the way it evolved, from memory the first Blue appeared around 1982.
The person set up the establishment similar to those in the UK at the time.
For good or bad it was discovered that there was the likelihood of big Dollars being made,similar to the Lovebird boom.
Over the next maybe 10 years+ greed took over and little thought was even considered about out crossing.
Maybe the knowledge wasn't there. Result inferior birds were going on to the market and massive losses were experienced.
Some of our most successful breeders totally failed and bailed out. The bad reputation had began and continued like wild fire.
Different theories and opinions were exchanged and are still being exchanged.
In the mean time some serious breeders were trying to work out how to protect their investment and get decent stock on the perch.
Those that went back to basics are now the successful ones and are putting good stock on the market.
You don't have to be too smart to work out those that have made that effort. They deserve good prices for good stock, if you
want to pay cheap prices so be it but check the quality.
One thing that must be said about the original breeder, he may have breed so many Blue Gouldian for maybe the wrong reason
but because of his methods we at least had the weak stock to be improved to what it is today.
And finally I still prefer the normal coloured Gouldians with a slight weakness for the White Breasted ones though.
Sometimes the anticipation is half the fun. 
