Sex of cockatiels

[macawvic]

Hi everyone,

I have two cockatiels which I am not 100% sure of their gender. I am near certain that the pearl is a cock as he is incredibly vocal and was singing the 'cock' wooing tune this morning.


This is the pearl pied. I am not certain of its gender.



They are both around 6-7mths of age. Can anyone provide any insight into their gender?

[jeremy]

sorry Tim, i am no expert on cockatiels so i can't help you there but nonetheless, they are beautiful birds

[macawvic]

Thanks, Jeremy. They are both nice healthy birds but their pearl markings as really quite dodgy.

[billspets]

hello tim
being so young i it is hard to sex them (9 months old is the normfor sexing) if the pearl starts to lose the pearling then it is a male as 99% of the time the males dont have the pearling
i am not sure if the pearl pied is the same tho i belive frank wopuild be the best to put the question to
hope this helps
regards
bill

[Blossey]

I reckon it's a cock.


Bloss

[hillcresttiels]

Hi Tim I'm 85% confident the Pearl Pied looks like a cock If you look closely on its back the pearling is starting to disappear and when mature these 2 Tiels will be all charcoal! but stranger things have happened cheers

Frank

[macawvic]

Thanks everyone. I had a suspicion that they were both cock birds. Both have been exhibiting vocal and attitude acquities for a number of weeks which I've personally noted only displayed by cocks.

Thanks everyone.