How can you tell if a Parakeet is a girl or a boy?

Question

Just chekin

Answer 1

The easiest way on an adult is to look at the bump of flesh above its nose - the "cere". On a male this is blueish. On a female this is brownish. Males tend to be more likely to talk. Females love to gnaw, because one of their primary tasks in the Eucalyptus groves of their homeland was to gnaw out a nest for the baby keets. The cuttlebones you put into their cages serve not only as a good beak-trimming tool, but also a great gnawing spot.

To DNA sex birds you just have to pluck four feathers from it's chest and sent them to the laboratory.

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Answer 2

With adult budgies of most colours it is easy to tell male and female apart by the colour of the cere which is the bit around the nostrils, above the beak. It is blue and smooth in males, and brown and rough in females.
However, for a pet you need a baby budgie, and the younger the better. The typical blue or brown colour will not have developed at this stage. Instead, look closely for the presence or absence of white on the cere, since white is the precursor of the buff and brown shades of the female cere. Look at the actual nostrils: if there is a hint of a whitish ring around them, then the baby is probably female. If there is absolutely no white, and especially if the cere is a nice pink, and well rounded, then the baby is probably male.
An adult hen budgie's cere is like a layer cake. The bottom layer is pale blue. Over this spreads the whitish colour, and then the buff and brown shades are deposited on top of the white. Therefore, a very young baby hen may show some pale blue on her cere, but there will always be white as described above.
An adult c*ck budgie's cere is not a layer cake: the fleshy/pink/purple tones of the baby turn blue.
With certain fancy and pink eyed varieties, the blue of the male never develops -- the cere stays pink or flesh coloured.
Dark shading on the beak or cere indicates only that the baby is still very young indeed, and gives no indication of sex. It is common in darker coloured chicks.
There is a subtle difference in body shape too. Young c*cks tend to be more tapered, and young hens less shapely or more blunt ended (to put it in an unflattering way!)
Cere colour seems easier to distinguish at an earlier age in darker coloured individuals who have plenty of pigment in their bodies. So, if the sex of your purchase is very important to you, it may be advantageous to go for a deep coloured bird rather than a 'blond' or very fancy variety.

Answer 3

Usually you can tell by the top of the beak. After they are about 6 months old it will turn beige or bluish. Blue is for boys and beige for girls but sometimes this will change for different reasons since they have both sex organs. I had a boy once and we got another boy and his beak changed from blue to beige. Neat, eh.

Answer 4

You can tell by the color of the nostril area, if it's bluish, then it's male, if it's pinkish or brownish, it is female. However, if it is an albino parakeet, it would be hard to determine the sex unless you take it to a bird doctor.

Answer 5

look directly above the beak. If it is blue, it is a boy. If it is pink, it is a girl. If it is white, it means they are very young. It will darken over time.

Answer 6

bring it to a veterinary or a pet shop they can tell also they say that you can turn them, touch them and feel if its flat its a girl but if you feel a lump its a boy but dont know if this is true so you should get some advice good luck

Answer 7

Boys have a blue beak

Answer 8

u blow at their behind...lol. now serious, at the doc, they do a blood test with them and u would know everything u want. or just go 2 a pet store. they will tell u there 4 sure. i just look at mine and see which is which. but maybe that's not the case with u

Answer 9

males have a blue stripe across the beak across the nostril holes

Answer 10

Males have blue beaks, while females have brown or beige beaks.