how do u tell what gender a cockatiel is??

Answer 1

Some cockatiels can be visually sexed and some can't. If you have an albino, it's impossible and there has to be a DNA test. If you have a lutino, it's nearly impossible and DNA is the only positive way.

Regular grays, you can sex. Females will have the orange cheeks on their face, but they won't have an entirely yellow face. It may be pretty faded, but you'll be able to tell male between female. Males have bright yellow faces with orange cheeks.

There are many colour mutations popping up, and many that are now being bred to sustain what once visually sexed them, so it's getting harder and harder to find out visually. I will say, though, that male cockatiels tend to sing and whistle a lot more.

A few links describing sexing of cockatiels are:
http://www.cockatiels.org/articles/genetics/vsexing.html
http://www.birdhouse.resteddoginn.ca/sexing.php
http://www.letstalkbirds.com/cockatiels.htm#three

Answer 2

No, you cannot tell by the color of the beak. People should only answer if they really know the answer. Anyhow- the only cockatiel that can be visually sexed, is the basic grey cockatiel (assuming that the parents were both grey too). In this case, the female will have a yellow head and the male, a greay one. As a breeder I have 2 tried and true methods- you can buy a kit that requires you to take blood from the foot of the bird(very tricky and I don't recommend it) OR you can wait until they are about 8 weeks old and just simply "listen". The female has a noticeably boring "squak" sound all the time, where the male will start making whistles and tweets- they are very vocal. I set my babies up with a training tape of whistles for several hours a day- that way, when old enough, the males are whistling dixie and I know which is which.

Answer 3

You can ussaly tell the gender by the facial colors. If you have a young bird (1-12 months) you may need to wait to he/she is older. Cockatiels do not get all there feather colorings till older. If you take your cockatiel to the vet he/she will be able to tell you if you cant. (even if its like 3 years old)

Answer 4

It's the same with a parakeet.You can tell by the beak.If you have a female you can tell by the color of the beak.For a male they have purple and blue on theirs beaks.And a female just has purple.

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