how do you tell the sex of cockatiels?

Answer 1

Males have blue ears...

Answer 2

In the most common cockatiel the males have a yellow head with orange cheeks, the female's head is grey.
If you have a latino (all yellow), an albino (all white), and most of the other color combinations you look at the barring on the under side of the tail feathers, if it is a female it will have faint horizontal stripes, the are really light, and the male will have a solid tale. The pied cockatiels are the most challenging, I knew a breeder who could tell by placing them all in a baby playpen and she would sit down and talk to them, the boys were the ones who rushed to the sound of her voice and the females ran away. Surprisingly when they matured she was correct .

Answer 3

The original cockateils are the easiest to sex by far!

Originals are light/dark/mid grey coloured feathers, some black and very dark grey coloured feathers on the wings, yellow heads and yellow faces with very pretty round orange cheeks. Beaks can be beige colour or paler black

Originals:-
Males have bright yellow faces & bright orange cheeks
Females have grey feathers in streaks/highlights accross their faces & orange cheeks. However the orange cheeks may also have the light/dark grey feathers 'streaked' through them as well.
If you saw a Male&Female together, you'd be in no doubt which was which from the description above!

Lutino and Pied Cinnamon and other types I think are very hard to sex as they all look the same. But a general rule of thumb I think would be some grey facial feathers

The Original 'teils are the best by far anyway!!! Ha ha

Answer 4

Male cockatiels over one year of age lose the horizontal bars over the underneath of their tail, whilst female keep them. The vet will be able to advice you further on this. To be absolutely sure of the sex of your bird, there is also DNA testing via a blood sample or surgical sexing by a vet. Your vet will be able to advise you about this. In terms of finding a mate for your bird, you could contact local breeders to see if they have any birds available, or find a hobbyist club to join.

Answer 5

Usually the males have brighter colors, but the is not always true. A vet can run tests, or else wait and see how the behave. If it lays eggs then it's a female.

My female with a yellow head lays 3-4 eggs every 3-4 months

Answer 6

I know it's true that males are usually the more colorful of a species but the only way to tell for sure is to have your bird surgicaly sexed by a vet.
P.S. Beak color has nothing to do with the sex of a bird. Trust Seashell on that one.

Answer 7

all cockatiels under six months old look like a hen

an adult male cockatiel has a yellow head with orange cheeks. under his wings are black and his tail are also black.

an adult female cockatiel has no yellow head, with russet coloured checks. under her wings you will dots and under her tail will yellow and blacks bars.

white cockatiels and other coloured cockatiels follow a similar patern but can be hard to tell a part.

Answer 8

Their tail feathers, I think the males have a square shaped tail feathers and the females are pointed.

Answer 9

Well if they are grey, the males usually have brighter colours on their heads, but the females are generally greyer all over, less colourful and kind of spekled. I dunno about if they are other colours though.

Answer 10

I believe only through a blood test.

Answer 11

Try asking it out for a drink?