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The blue on that bird looks stunning though!
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Craig52 wrote: 07 Aug 2020, 00:38 No worries BLUES, I was just suggesting that cobalt can't just appear out of nowhere it needs a dark factor in the back to make a start.
Good luck and would love to see some pics when they moult out. Cheers Craig
agree. with no dark factor genes it isnt a cobalt. it's something else. it does look nice though.

calling it cobalt just confuses things as all cobalt from lovebirds, budgies to quakers need dark factor. that's eventually how mauve birds are made.

as for the photo the hue on the beak is blue so I feel the camera has picked up some blue reflected in there somewhere
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agate mosaic canaries, agate yellow mosaic canaries, red zebs, self bengos and goldfinch mules.
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If it was a Budgie - it would be a voilet sky. Violet is a gene that can be light or dark - mother has bred her 1st mauve goldenface budgie this past breeding season. Then due to an accident damaging the roof of an avairy lost him and 2 of his sibblings and another 7 young that were only 5/10months old over a period of 10 weeks till the hole was discovered. Devestating to next seasons breeding.
Back to the Gouldian - whatever he is he is stunning.
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my next breeding project will be hecks
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shnapper20 wrote: 13 Apr 2022, 13:31 my next breeding project will be hecks
Nice. How many pairs are you starting with?
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3pr mostly unrelated
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