how can u tell if a parakeet is a boy or a girl?

Answer 1

At about the age of 6 months, a parakeet reaches maturity. The male is a bright blue on the seer, the area immediately above the beak. The female at the same age has a seer the color of pinkish/light purple. When females are ready to mate the seer is brown and is not flaky. The seer being flaky is a type of mites. The majority of pet shops sell birds around the age of 8-12 weeks.

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Answer 2

Male:
Young bar head males - (the black stripe touch the beak) will have a very bright smooth pink cere.

Older males- no bars and maybe an iris ring (white ring in eye) will have a strong blue cere which will be smooth.

Albino/lutino, other red eyed mutations and Recessive pied males- the males do not get the grown up blue colour but rather keep the baby pink.

Females:
Young bar heads - these can have a range of colours from a pinky tone with white rings around the nares to a blue white all over the cere.

Older females - The cere around the age of 6 months will start to change from the baby colour to a deeper brown and will start to appear crusty. This can change depending on the time of year, this dark borwn colour normally found when the female is in breeding condition. When she isn't the brown can peel off and be a light blue colour.

Alblino/lutino, other red eyed mutations and Recessive pied - unlike the males the females of these types get the same changes as any other female.

Answer 3

If your parakeet is an adult(at least a year) then the Male's cere(nose) will be blue and the female's will be brown(light or dark).

there are exceptions, in albinos and lutinos and some pieds the Male's cere may not be blue. the females will still be brown, tan to dark brown depending on breeding season.

Behavior is also a way to tell. A male will bob his head up and down at other birds and act friendly and make more noise. A female will peck back and try to push the male away if he makes friendly advances to her. Males play more with toys than females. Females are more bossy and aggressive.

Answer 4

I could tell my parakeets were girls because they all laid eggs. All girl parakeets will lay tiny little eggs. This is the only sure way to tell if its a girl or boy.

Answer 5

Turn the bird over and feel his pelvis. The two bones on the male will be futher apart than the female, but not by much.

Answer 6

If the cere (the area above the beak, where the nostrils are located) is blue, the bird is male. If it's brown, the bird is female.

Answer 7

Stand in front of it and raise up your shirt, if it's...

A. A Male, it'll attempt to violenlty rub itself in between yer hoots
B. A Female, it'll attempt to peck you on the head out of jealousy.

or if it's

C. A BiFemale, see A.

Answer 8

Their beeks. Males beeks tend to be blueish. Females are tan.

Answer 9

Go with second answer...I have raised them before.
Messy budgies.

Just saw 7's....good answer too.
...jj

Answer 10

well when my friend had them the one that was most agressive or the one that tended to want to bite was the male