The Story of the Golden Macaws from Texas
Hi! I'm Gary and I am a bird breeder that loves breeding the big parrots. Macaws, in particular. These goldens originated from a normal colored pair of blue and gold macaws that I raised from chicks. The goldens were a surprise after breeding the pair for 4 years, having normal colored babies. I have since been experimenting with the goldens to try and breed a true golden line - golden to golden.
As I have raised both male and female goldens, it appears that this is a recessive gene that just happened to get the right match. And there you have it, these beautiful goldens.
As you can see, the goldens are just as hardy as the normal colored macaws. We raise them together with their normal siblings. Some winters are quite cold, and the macaws don't seem to mind the cold temperatures or snow. We do provide heat lamps in extreme temperature, and they can always come in to shelter out of the wind or rain. They hatch in the same amount of time, grow at the same rate, and appear identical in every way, except color. They don't seem to notice that there are differences in color, either way.
If you need more information, please email "goldenmacaw@sbcglobal.net".