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Gouldian head colour
Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 16:58
by Jebtech95
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
Re: Gouldian head colour
Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 17:07
by finchbreeder
Gray heads are usual in yellow back birds. The gene that changes the green to yellow also changes the black head to gray.
Re: Gouldian head colour
Posted: 04 Oct 2021, 20:34
by Jebtech95
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
Re: Gouldian head colour
Posted: 05 Oct 2021, 10:27
by garyh
head colour will be red as it is dominant,but could be black if red is split to black,wont be grey
Re: Gouldian head colour
Posted: 05 Oct 2021, 16:52
by finchbreeder
Or if they are both split to yellow things could get interesting.
Re: Gouldian head colour
Posted: 06 Oct 2021, 08:39
by Gympie birds
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