Hi guys, I have just finished creating a page on my website with nest cam photos of my Gouldians nest-building, mating, egg laying etc…. Since they are infra...
That's great! I hope we will get to see pix of the entire breeding process as it unfolds. Peeking into the box is no comparison to seeing them when they...
Thanks everybody for vsiting the page. I'll try to add more pictures when i can. Can you tell me ... Nita, the camera I am using is called Monicam. I would get...
Thanks for the info. I'll have to do a search and check it out. Nita www.nitasnest.homestead.com www.pommies.homestead.com www.furbaholic.homestead.com ... ...
Hi all, This is Francisco(Passaic,NJ) and im looking for a female Gouldian to buy. I has a Baby from last DEC.2003. He is not ready to breed yet, but i want to...
Hi Maxine, I hope you are still in this group. Where are you? I have one bird,5 month old RHWBYB male has Red line. I am not sure I would sell him or I would...
Hello Group and Fumi, We are in Australia Fumi and we specialise in the redlines as pure choice as we find these redline birds sell before anything else. As an...
Maxine, Thank you for your beautiful photos. I did not know you're from Australia. Seemed your select breeding gave you a good progress. Your red line is thick...
Hello Maxine I am intrigue by the definition you have gained with the red line in your Gouldian Finches.(I would hesitate to call it a mutation but that is...
HELLO GROUP, I THINK REDLINES ARE DEFFINATELY AN ATTRACTIVE BIRD AND DEFFIANTELY WORTH SELECTIVELY BREEDING FOR THIS TRAIT, IT IS JUST PERSONAL PREFERENCE...
Thank you Maxine. I printed your breeding experience of Redlines. It took 5 years to get such vivid red line! I don't know what to do for mine. I have never...
Hi Guys, my first post :) I was wandering around my local bird shop last week and noticed selling greenbacks split to australian recessive yellow and i saw 4...
Hello Fumi, ... Yes I have some red lines in my stock. There was a discussion some time back, on one of the lists, and the birds are seen in America, the UK...
James, Thank you for the photo. Did you try to reproduce redlines or you just wanted more BHWBGB? The photo shows the son has better redline than its father's....
Hi Fumi, ... No I have not tried to improve the red line. The reason for this mating was to produce BH WB. The Son has more colour than the father. Both the...
Hi Dirk, I am wondering if you know or could find informaiton which would tell me if the blue Gouldian feathers require more keratin for production by the...
Hello Winnie, Bleu feathers are caused by the absence of yellow luteïne in the cortex of the feathers. It has nothing to do with a different feather structure...
Hi, There are indeed different type of feathers. I am afraid that we cannot compare the peacock feathers with those of the gouldians and other bird species. ...
Winnie ... Indeed different families of birds have developed different way of producing colours. There are even species with true green pigments. The method...
In a message dated 6/1/2004 9:16:05 PM Central Standard Time, sbankvet@... writes: Indeed different families of birds have developed different way of...
Winnie asked ... To tell the truth, I cannot remember exactly and I do not have the reference at hand. They were non avicultural species, so not something we...
Winnie asked ... The green pigment is called Turacoverdin, you can find that pigment in the feathers of ( f.i.) Ithaginis or Rollolus, Jacana etc Dirk Van...
I just wanted to let everyone know what the birds looked like now (that had the white tipped feathers). I did not change anything in their diet. So whatever...