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Heres a few shots of chicks from two possible split to blue yellow backs.One is different is this a silver?These were taken a week or so ago.
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Parents i think.

or am i wishful thinking.

Beautiful birds. Please post some pics of the fledglings.

Your possible split Blues are now no longer possible or at least one of them isnt. At a calculated guess you have a Silver Hen, best of luck with the rest of your breeding

No idea, but I'll cross my fingers for a silver if that helps.
Good luck and look forward to seeing more pics in a couple of weeks.
LML

I would speculate silver as well.. though it's not necessarily a hen. Since both birds are yellow, and the cock is obviously DF being PB - it could be either a silver cock or hen.
I had a similar clutch last year, and this silver was in fact a Cock

Heres some photos taken today.

I found a website the other night and it had picking the difference in the mutations on skin colours etc. And it showed that Blues and Silvers the nodules on the beaks between the yellow nodules are white. But skin colours were subtle differences from Blues, Pastels, Silvers and Yellows. Can find the site tonight if anyone is interested.

AMCA26 wrote:I found a website the other night and it had picking the difference in the mutations on skin colours etc. And it showed that Blues and Silvers the nodules on the beaks between the yellow nodules are white. But skin colours were subtle differences from Blues, Pastels, Silvers and Yellows. Can find the site tonight if anyone is interested.

I have something like this on my website - was this where you saw it?
http://www.gouldiansgalore.net/babies.html

I will admit though I need to edit the information under Yellows - because only DF Yellow males and Yellow hens will hatch out pink like this. I have found that WB or LB SF Yellow males can trick you into thinking they are dilutes, and it isn't until they around the 7-8 day mark and you see their wings are pink that you realize they are in fact yellows.

Something someone else pointed out recently that I'm noting to be correct is SF Yellow male will fledge with dark beaks. DF Yellow males and Yellow hens will fledge with pink beaks.

Thats the one nixity. I have spent the last 2 nights looking and reading bits now and then. Nice website alot of info, as i am new to Blues etc.
Anyone interested worth looking at.

Good link that one.
One question.If the chick is yellow back/blue,does it have yellow or white nodules.I suspect yellow ?