Gouldian head colour

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Jebtech95
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Hey guys just a random question what colour head offspring can you get if you breed a red headed split to blue cock to a black headed split to blue hen?

Both purple breasted ive had someone tell me that offspring might come out grey headed is this true? Cheers
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Gray heads are usual in yellow back birds. The gene that changes the green to yellow also changes the black head to gray.
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finchbreeder wrote: 04 Oct 2021, 17:07 Gray heads are usual in yellow back birds. The gene that changes the green to yellow also changes the black head to gray.
Any answer to what colour offspring
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head colour will be red as it is dominant,but could be black if red is split to black,wont be grey
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Or if they are both split to yellow things could get interesting.
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Red as it’s dominate or a dark red if spilt to black. Could also get black but a grey colour if the back of the bird is yellow. Hope it helps
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