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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 14:28:39 GMT 10
Apart from the obvious differences (change in colour of beak and first headfeathers at 12mths) are their any other ways of sexing a king parrot other than surgical or dna? PS does anyone want a troubled King parrot?  Nah wouldn't inflict him on nice people |
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Post by billspets on Apr 4, 2005 14:41:38 GMT 10
Apart from the obvious differences (change in colour of beak and first headfeathers at 12mths) are their any other ways of sexing a king parrot other than surgical or dna? PS does anyone want a troubled King parrot? Nah wouldn't inflict him on nice people from what i understand you can sex them at 2 years as the male colours up then what is wrong with him /her that you dont want it regards bill |
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 14:55:16 GMT 10
We've had this guy for a little while now, we purchased him as a Hand raised and was really sweet for the first week...  Since then we have gone rapidly downhill. He is very agressive, bites constantly even when out of the cage. Attacks faces when on the shoulder, won't come out of the cage now even when you leave the door open and walk away. Constantly attacks when you feed him or touch the cage. Chucks tanties as though he wants out. We have read behaviour books, web pages, use a branch to try to get him out of his cage. ARRGGHH  He is a good whistler and a beautiful bird I just think he wants to be an aviary bird. We have been trying to work with him for a while now with no success. Shane can't go near him he just mucks up and when I go to the cage he asserts his dominance over me by climbing up the side of his cage so he is higher than me. We just don't have the patience or the knowledge to deal with him anymore. He would make a great aviary bird and possibly a great breeder or if someone had the skills, cast iron hands and time to devote to re-training him he would be the perfect bird. I have just come to the point where I'm sick of being bitten when I'm just feeding him. He was bought as a companion bird and he isn't that at this point in time. |
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Post by billspets on Apr 4, 2005 14:57:35 GMT 10
what are you asking for him /her
regards
bill
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 14:58:09 GMT 10
We are trying to find out the sex so we can sell him later on down the track to a breeder or whoever is interested. It's just that most breeders want a certain sex.... we will tell all people of his/her behaviour tho.
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 14:59:49 GMT 10
$150 we paid $200, willing to negotiate because of behaviour. is closed rung
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Post by billspets on Apr 4, 2005 15:00:29 GMT 10
what price un sexed
regards
bill
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 15:02:33 GMT 10
I can always see if there is a vet up here that can sex it for us, will take a while to find
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 15:25:33 GMT 10
Shane isn't really willing to go below $130 because of all the money we have spent to recify his behaviour. No one up here does alot of sexing but I'm calling a local breeder tomorrow, he is away today. Shane has also been told the petstore will give him $140 for the bird.
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 4, 2005 15:44:01 GMT 10
Could you possibly tell the sex by how vocal it is?
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Post by littlemateandus on Apr 4, 2005 23:10:38 GMT 10
how old is your king, arthur
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 5, 2005 0:12:35 GMT 10
He she it is about 5 to 6 months old, beak hasn't changed tho
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Post by petiel on Apr 7, 2005 9:23:26 GMT 10
Has the bird got any small bright green patches on his wings. I have been told by a breeder you can sex the males by his. The males have the patches and the females dont.
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Apr 7, 2005 22:07:24 GMT 10
Some females do have that stripe on the wing it's just not as bright, I'm starting to think this bird is younger than what we were told which could explain the behaviour problems we are experiencing. This birds colours have not changed at all from the day we brought it home. I've even seen a photo of another bird thats supposedly the same age as this one and they look nothing alike.
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Post by coltfire on Jul 24, 2005 10:27:10 GMT 10
i have around 20 wild kings come in to be feed day ,going on the photo's of yours i would say 80% female,the colouring just does not look like a male.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by AcaciaWattle on Jul 27, 2005 8:30:57 GMT 10
Guess what.... it's a boy. It's beak in the last month has started to change, it's going red. Still very agressive and will attack hands. Lives in an avairy now. Something tells me that this little bird was sold to us at too young an age.
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Nah wouldn't inflict him on nice people
Since then we have gone rapidly downhill. He is very agressive, bites constantly even when out of the cage. Attacks faces when on the shoulder, won't come out of the cage now even when you leave the door open and walk away. Constantly attacks when you feed him or touch the cage. Chucks tanties as though he wants out. We have read behaviour books, web pages, use a branch to try to get him out of his cage. ARRGGHH 
