Aussie Finch Forum

hi guys i have a male gouldian finch yellow back who has the lilac coloured breast with a red line seperating his lilac and his yellow belly. is definately a male as he loves to sing and does his court ship dance. just coming out of his first moult know. just wondering how much this little guy woulg be if i where to breed and sell thse rose breast goulds

My male White Breasted Red Headed Gouldians(normal back) all have the red line between yellow and white.
I thought that was normal.
While on mutations, I have some pied Fawn Javas are there many of these around.

they are pretty common . it actually been lost in most birds in captivity. all wild birds have this redline sepperating the purple and the yellow . because most birds have lost this trait they are trying to put it back . i had goulds about 5 years ago 99% had the red bar.... as far as i know there the same as normals but someone out there is itching to prove me wrong.....pete

ok so is the rose breast common

as for the rose breasted i dont think there are in any in oz at all , but u never know it was a mutation they were working on in the usa. but as for the red line under that its pretty common....pete http://www.ladygouldianfinch-ca.com/gou ... inches.htm they have a little on it here. hope it helps...pete

any pics we can see????

Jarryd

sorry guys its not very good quality. i took some pics with my camera put the birds back in the avairy and then realised the dog chewed the cored a few months back so what we have done is took a photo with my sisters phone off of the camera. you can still see the difference but very poor quality

That would be an australian yellow gouldian. I bred a few myself last season that are identical to that. The australian yellow mutation can sometimes have a dirty white breast. I haven't been breeding australian yellows long enough to know if that is desirable or not.

the pic is just a bad pic it is def not dirty white its lilac also known as rose breasted. its like my females chest just not as dull