cockatails how can you sex the bird?

Answer 1

There are three ways of accurately sexing a cockatiel: 1) visually and 2) through genetics (please see the section on genetics), 3) DNA sexing. To visually sex a cockatiel, it must have gone through its first molt. ALL juvenile cockatiels look the same before their first molt. They all look like females. Sexing through genetics requires a knowledge of the genetics of the parents, and an understanding of how genetics work The most common mutation of cockatiel.The bird is grey, with white wing tips and orange cheek patches. The male develops a bright yellow face with bright orange cheek patches, the female retains the grey face (usually with small amounts of yellow) and dull cheekpatches.Cinnamons
Very similar to normal greys.The bird's body, instead of being grey, is a shade of brown, with white wing tips and orange cheek patches. The male develops a bright yellow face with bright orange cheek patches, the female retains the grey face (usually with small amounts of yellow) and dull cheekpatches Whiteface
Similar to normal grey. The bird is grey, with white wing tips and silvery cheek patches. The male develops a snow white face, the female retains the grey face with silver cheekpatches.
Yellowcheek
Similar to normal grey. The bird is grey, with white wing tips and yellow to yellow-orange cheek patches. The male develops a bright yellow face, the female retains the grey face (usually with small amounts of yellow) with the yellow cheekpatches. Sometimes the cheeks may blend in completely with the yellow head of the male.
Pearl
This mutation is highly sexually dimorphic, with the female being the more attractive of the sexes. The mature female has a bright yellow head with bright orange cheek patches, with pearling all over the body and wings. A good specimen has pearlings on the chest as well. Males look like normal greys, the grey body, white wing tips, and yellow head with bright orange cheepatches. A good specimen will retain a few pearls, loosely scattered over the body.
Lutino
This mutation cannot be visually sexed. There are two variations on this mutation. The bird may either be completely yellow, with orange cheekpatches, or a yellow head with orange cheekpatches, and a white body.
Pied
This mutation cannot be visually sexed. The bird will have grey and yellow/white patches all over its body, with bright orange cheekpatches. This is a highly variable mutation - some are more pied than others.

Answer 2

For most varieties of cockatiel, you can tell after the first molt by looking at the underside of the tail. The female's tail feathers will have a barred pattern, the male's will not. Both sexes have the barred pattern before the first molt.
For those cockatiels that have yellow and orange "cheek" patches, the male's are generally larger; but this is not totally reliable.
For more detail, look here:
http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/genetics/vsexing.html

Answer 3

I believe that the only way to "sex" a bird is to have a Veterinarian do a blood test. (At least that's what I had to have done to my African Grey Parrot - who, by the way, is a Girl).

Have a lovely rest of the evening.

Answer 4

A male cockatiel has darker orange checks and the female maybe heavier than the male. A male also whistles more than a female, if they know how to.

Answer 5

DNA testing. Or I had a endascopy exploritory done for another illness and found out "oolie" had ovaries. DNA is the easy way

Answer 6

If your bird is real young you can't. I have a male bird named "roxanne" because of this,,lol

Answer 7

7 to 10 days after breeding the female will start laying eggs.

Please visit the two links provided if you are considering breeding.

Answer 8

The feamles are a lighter color than the males are,the males are a darker color.

Answer 9

Look at the cere at the top of the beak if it is blue then it is a boy and if it is grey then it is a Girl