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Post by pollyparrot on Jul 31, 2005 8:00:23 GMT 10
hi now i am totally confused!
i have 3 alexs in a cage i thought i had a girl and a boy as one was so different in nature to the other and talks up a storm where the female is quiet they both seem quite bonded but now iam confused as a friend has said alfies beak is too small to be male alfie is about 2 and has no ring just a faint shading of one so now i think i have 2 females anway now alex the girl has an egg and both alex and Alfie are in the box all the time both quite protective could alfie be male after all or is this behaviour common with 2 females helpp!!
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Post by hillcresttiels on Jul 31, 2005 9:29:16 GMT 10
Hi Polly did you see any copulation between the 2 birds involved as it is possible for 2 hens to bond and lay but not to copulate maybe a little more experience by someone will help you cheers and goodluck  Frank |
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Post by ollie on Jul 31, 2005 9:46:40 GMT 10
Hi Polly, There is an article on the website of "Donpaulna Aviaries" about Alex's and it says that they do not achieve full adulthood till about 32 months. Does it have pink mark around the neck that is the start of the ring usually.
No mention made about the size of the beak.
Hope this helps.
Bev
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Post by pollyparrot on Jul 31, 2005 11:09:07 GMT 10
no frank i didnt see them up to no good but remember i work and mabe i missed it lol yea ive not heard many people commenton the beak size of the sexes ollie so that may not be an indicator ummm looks like ill see wat nat says on wed she seems to know a bit about alexs ta
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Post by pollyparrot on Jul 31, 2005 13:54:45 GMT 10
hi again frank do you know if a male alex will service two females and live happily in the one cage ?
thanks
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Post by hillcresttiels on Jul 31, 2005 15:36:17 GMT 10
Polly I dont think it's a good idea I'm not sure with the incubation if it is shared by both partners I would be inclined to use the male as a stud,serve 1 hen rear the young give her a break and serve hen No 2 in between that way you get 2 clutches out both hens and not put a strain on them and the male should handle it if he doesn't get too attached to the 1 hen :)cheers
Frank
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Post by Smiley on Jul 31, 2005 17:05:17 GMT 10
Hi polly, Since they are both in the box a lot.I would say you proberly have two females.But there are males that will also spend time in the box as well.I have one pair that do this.Size does not play a role with the sexes either.All mine are the same size,becks and all.Once they are aver 12 month you can see a big difference with the colouring of the head.The male have that more bright green colouring on the fore head. This is the male colouring,with not ring as yet..  Here on the lefted you see a girl..This is not one of my best ones.But you get the idea..You can see that bright green colouring in the male here..  |
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Post by pollyparrot on Jul 31, 2005 17:22:01 GMT 10
thanks nat i guess something still tells me they are both hens but what the heck i still love em lol am off to look at the head now ta
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Post by ollie on Jul 31, 2005 17:42:27 GMT 10
Thanks Nat but I'll pass on that, 1 pair will more than satisfy me at the moment. I don't think Polly would sell them anyway!!! I just hope the one I bought yesterday is a female.
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Post by Laraine on Aug 11, 2005 12:03:46 GMT 10
Hi Motherhen. I have a query after looking at your photos. Do only male Alex's have the ring, and at what age would you expect it to appear?
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Post by Smiley on Aug 11, 2005 16:07:28 GMT 10
Hi laraine,
Yes all the male's have this ring. Same as ring necks..They start to colour up at 2 years old..
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Post by vankarhi on Nov 27, 2005 12:47:03 GMT 10
You can also sex alex's by their head shapes. The females have a smaller rounder head, and the males have a bigger longer head. I guess what I am trying to say is the female head is rounded or curved at the top where the male is longer and flatter on the top. If you have more than one alex it would be easier to see, especially if they were different sexes. That is what the breeder told me and he had two 3 month old alex's in the cage and we could tell which one was male and female, the head shape was so different.
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Post by kim1 on Nov 27, 2005 15:08:23 GMT 10
I guess the way I look at it the male has a head that looks like an oval side on, hens have a ringneck shaped head. Also I have a freind who is a large breeder of alex's and she has two hens to one cock in most of her aviaries, the hens need seperate nest boxes though and it doesn't work if either of the hens are particularily domoneering.
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Post by pollyparrot on Nov 27, 2005 15:38:36 GMT 10
:)ummm thanx interesting info
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