I bought a new BH normal gouldian hen. She caught my eye because she has excessive blue on her neck and back areas near the tail base. I'm hoping she is split...
Hello Catherine, I have never noticed that an excessive amount of blue near the tail on a Normal Gouldian is an indication of a split to blue-back bird. It may...
Thank you, Laraine, for your help! When I first glanced at this hen, I thought she was a blue hen. The back of her head is entirely blue and so is half of her...
Group, Please consider taking the current and only poll listed for this group. With 750 members we should be able to get a good snapshot of some interesting...
Hello Paul, You are most welcome. The science behind it is that you are not actually looking at blue pigmented feathers on a blue-back Gouldian. It is the ...
Hello Catherine, Yes, the best of luck to you and all your birds. Laraine www.ladygouldianfinch.com ... From: Jadestar09@... To: GPA101911@yahoogroups.com ...
Cathrine, I have seen that only once in the 16 years I've been breeding goulds. It happened to be a BH PB SPLIT/BLUE HEN. This hen had a VERY blue sheen to her...
Cindy, thanks so much for your post! I am excited to find out if my new hen is, indeed, a split. She is a very nice large hen and her coloring is unique. I ...
The Stars will be fine with the Gouldians. I would hesitate to put Shafttails in with them, as they can be a bit aggressive in a confined space. Depending on...
I'd put in stars, I had 2 shaftails in with my goulds and something attacked babies and I found them on the bottom of the cage dead, I think it was the...
Behalf Of *Jeannie White *Sent:* Wednesday, October 04, 2006 9:27 AM *To:* naturalbird@yahoogroups.com; Eileen McCarthy *Subject:* [NB] FW: [METAlist]...
I used to keep 1 pr of shattail, 1 pr of owls, 1pr of red headed parrot finches, and 5 pr of gouldians in a 4wide x12long x 7high flight, and they all did...
Aaaah, but that's in a big flight - 48 square feet. Chi is putting his in 6 square feet - big difference. Better safe than sorry. I used to house all the...
I have two pairs of star finches, a pair of shaftails, ans several pairs of gouldians in my mixed flight. This is a breeding flight. I ahve never had any...
Take out their seed source late at night and first thing in the morning place a dish of eggfood on the bottom of the care with some seed sprinkled on top....
Friends, Amigos: I am getting various breeding ideas together and setting up my paperwork for this coming breeding season. I have some theories, some proven...
Hi David I put my birds together by color but they have there own idea on who they want to breed with. Often I have to change males because the female will...
Hi, Rev. Cummings! Setting up breeding pairs is an individual choice as well as a genetic one and I can only speak to my preferences. Hopefully, some of the...
Michell, Thank you so much for your response. In our group we have several who have Goulds and know not one thing about them. I think he bought like 30 from...
Years ago I would carefully pair my birds in separate cages. Got tired of all the work; now most are all together in large flights. I let them choose their...
Gail, Do you have any concerns about interbreeding using this method? , , , ,Frank *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| "To sin by silence, when they...
Sorry, it would have been better to use the word "inbreeding." , , , Frank ... From: Frank Carbone Jr. To: GPA101911@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06,...
Thank you Paul! I truly appreciate your feedback! ... From: Paul Anderson To: GPA101911@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:44 PM Subject: Re:...
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