My lovely yellow goldens.

[ChikaInu]

 

[Zenmonkey]

New foliage.

Beautiful photo!

 

[Finchbreeder]

I've seen a few golden pheasants over the years, but never any Yellow ones like this.
Very pretty mutation.

 

[007Sean]

I've seen a few golden pheasants over the years, but never any Yellow ones like this.
Very pretty mutation.

I have 3 different color variations of Yellow Goldens. The bright yellow, Butter color and Tangerine color.

 

[ChikaInu]

Beautiful photo!

Thank you! She is a very pretty girl. I wish I had a larger aviary with tons of live plants and trees for them!

 

[ChikaInu]

 

[007Sean]

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How old are they now?

 

[Finchbreeder]

Your Goldens are absolutely beautiful Sean - I particularly like the top one.
While I am used to mutations in finches, canaries, quail and doves.
I have not kept Pheasants due to space constraints, so was not aware of these beautiful mutations.

 

[007Sean]

Your Goldens are absolutely beautiful Sean - I particularly like the top one.
While I am used to mutations in finches, canaries, quail and doves.
I have not kept Pheasants due to space constraints, so was not aware of these beautiful mutations.

The top photo is what a pure Yellow Golden should look like....the bottom photo is of the Tangerine but it only recently became Tangerine, it was the bright yellow color for about 4 years, it just turned that color with it's molt last year. The other, second photo, is how it's always been....a dilute Yellow Golden, who's parents are in this photo and are also parents of photo 1 and photo 3!

 

[Finchbreeder]

It would appear that it works with a mix of light and dark factor genes then - and darkening with age.
Red Zebra finches have the darkening with age effect too, particularly with the males.