|
|
Post by Laraine on Jun 30, 2005 16:57:52 GMT 10
I am giving a friend of mine a baby budgie before I sell the others. They are going next week, but the problem is she only wants a male and they are too young to have colouring on the cere. Can anyone tell me how to sex the babies manually?
|
|
|
|
Post by AussieBirds on Jun 30, 2005 20:27:16 GMT 10
Visually it's hard to sex young Budgies Laraine even when they do have colour in the cere as this can and does often change once the birds reach about three months. A method i have used for many years is to let the bird bite you finger, not the fleshy part, it has been my experience that hens will bite hard and hang on where as cock birds wont bite hard at all, in fact some cocks just won't bite at all. I have found this method pretty reliable over the years hope it helps you out.
John
|
|
|
|
Post by Laraine on Jul 1, 2005 11:26:34 GMT 10
Ouch!! I've heard that hens bite harder than males too.
|
|
|
|
Post by chrischell on Aug 22, 2005 22:35:54 GMT 10
ok, I know I will probably be thought of as a nut case after this post, but here goes........
I was told about 18mths ago that when the babies are at the age of leaving the nest if u look at their nostrils & there is white around them it is a girl, no white boy..........now, I have kept several of my babies over the past 18mths & have picked their sex this way........maybe I was just lucky. Has anyone heard of this way of sexing budgies
Regards Shelly
|
|
|
|
Post by AussieBirds on Aug 22, 2005 22:42:20 GMT 10
Yes Shelly i have heard this said before it's one of many stories going around and I know breeders that put great resilience in this method.
John
|
|
|
|
Post by Laraine on Aug 23, 2005 12:34:31 GMT 10
Usually baby hens have a whitish/blue cere whereas baby cocks have a pinkish cere.
|
|
