Mutations among yellow golden pheasants

[Tony K T]

that's correct I have been to a place and they said they had f2 reds and f2 different stock and I asked for the paperwork and they showed me there...reds came from china..right on the paperwork

Did you see a difference in the F2 birds?
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[Arbor]

See there is no F1 yellow golden or mutation anywhere.That is where people get lost.The F anything status derives from wild caught birds.Birds caught from the wild have F1 status and their young get the F2 and so on.That's where I refer to the red golden.
In N.H.,Tony.

Edited post to correct - F2

F anything does not mean derived from wild caught, it merely means derived from a controlled breeding.

 

[Tony K T]

Edited post to correct - F2

F anything does not mean derived from wild caught, it merely means derived from a controlled breeding.

It's usually referred to wild caught.Well I should say for pure birds.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[birdman55]

well actually nevermind...i know someone else will comment...the f2 stock i seen which came from san diego zoo, and place in china, and another zoo in
ohio were very similar to the well known breeders that i bought from...however i was 15 ft away due to biosecurity which is understandable...
the pens for a five pack of birds was 15 by 24...and half of it was under a roof with sides on it the other half was open to the ailments and had grass on it
so i didnt get to handle the birds..which i would have liked to to see exactly what tiny difference might have been...i wish i could have a closer look
but as i get a better repore with the breeder im sure they will let me handle there birds...they did have mixed goldens and would not sell any
because they didnt want to sell the imperfect batch...it was a mix between a yellow golden and a silver golden..so picture the silver golden...
just with a yellowish orange cape...and i have seen silver goldens that would just blow your mind...very bright...and from the same breeders
i have seen silver goldens that have cinnomon colors in them...which they had a silver golden that had the cinnomon colors like brown on it and
cinnomon colors on the bird...still looked like the silver golden but had different features on the bird..so i do believe there is a reg silver
golden which is very bright and then there is the not so bright silver golden with brownish colors on the bird not normal to the very stricking
silver golden attributes...

 

[Tony K T]

They should have stood taller then regular red goldens.And the body is a little longer.Or should I say sleeker?
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[birdman55]

huh I will pay more attention when I go back over there ill weigh my birds after the winter and then ill weigh theirs and compare the two in height and weight
this is what they look like when they arnt so friendly with each other

 

[birdman55]

Same bird with two normal yellow goldens


The colour of the bird is nearly the same, except the cape.

I actually just got off the phone with the owner of those birds...and he believes that the female was carrying the trait and then passed it along to the male which is that one....so he is now trying to breed true the yellow feathers.....his name is randy and hes located in the Midwest in the united states...and lets just say someone bought one of those birds off him for high dollars...