Aussie again..............but what is he/she?

[Blossey]

here are some more pics of Aussie cos i love taking pics of him cos he is sooooooooooo purty ;D oh but while I'm here, i always thought aussie was a whiteface male but..........................he/she has barring under tail, he is 8 months old and doesn't talk properly, or whistle anything, but on the same hand he/she does not screah like a female either and is as norty as a hormonal male!! But can be as sooky as a female, and i thought males did not have any facial markings in whiteface and also my baby seems to have shades of cinamon. Just would be lovely to know. Oh and he used to love the mirror, but now he's used to it cos he's there every day anyway so he just walks up and down watching himself, and then he'll get tired of that and fly through the house screaching and running away from me Ok, on with the pics






Blossey

[hillcresttiels]

At a guess and from what you describe Aussie is more likely to be a hen as a male would have started singing repettiive mating tones by now and her description is a
Whiteface Pied cheers
Frank

[Blossey]

Really? wow. We all assumed aussie is a he by the behavior. Do you think it may be that ive had aussie from only a cpl of weeks old and has been hand reared and never realy around any other birds?? as to why no talking or whistling?? As ive bred tiels before and always picked myself as a good pick of male and female in tiels and also the females sound different in their squeaks. Like my cpl of females use to have a really serious screach like. Aussie just has a simple squeak and thats it. He is a very quiet bird except when it comes to me, he will call for me with a singular squeak until i whistle back at him so he knows where i am.
I am realy unsure. I'm not going to breed him/her as i can't where i'm living now (even though it is a stunning looking bird and i would get divine chicks)its just nice to know. Also with the rebelious behavior, i would put up with it if it were male, as it could be simple hormones, but a female i spose could just indicate that it is a more dominate bossy type of bird.
Aussie displays behavior from both sexes realy which makes it hard to pick. But thanks for your input, i do appreciate it as any input is better than none.
;D
Thanks


Blossey