how do i tell if my parakeets are males or females??????

Question

they kiss each other but the sleep on the opposite side and they fight alot!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

take em to a pet store and ask them

Answer 2

This depends on what type of parakeet you have. The larger ones do not have outward signs of gender and so need DNA testing to know for sure.

However if you have Budgerigars (that are called Parakeets in the USA) then they are easy to sex.

Male:
Young - 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 - 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 - 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 brown 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

It has happened among almost every pet bird owner. They buy a bird, start calling it “Charlie”, and much to their surprise they awake one morning to realize that Charlie laid an egg. What happened? The dilemma is not one that is easily solved. Birds in general do not show external sexual characteristics. The males favor the females and vice versa. So how do you tell a male bird from a female bird? Unless you are trying to breed your bird it doesn’t matter what the bird’s sex is.


If you were breeding your bird, there are several options to determine the sex. One is by observation. There are no such things as male behaviors or female behaviors, but if the bird lays an egg than you know you have a female. The female’s ability to do this is independent of having a male nearby. Sometimes females will lay infertile eggs spontaneously. If you prefer and want a more concise way of identifying the sex there is the technique of DNA sexing. This technique analyzes the bird’s red blood cells to determine the presence of male or female chromosomes. Any age bird can undergo this testing and it only takes one drop of blood. For the most part this technique is reliable and relatively inexpensive. The blood sample taken from the bird is sent out to a lab for identification. Results can take up to o three weeks to come back from the lab. DNA fingerprinting is also available for birds, but it is less common.



Surgical Sexing is also available for birds. Of all the modern methods available, this is the oldest and quickest way to determine the sex. A tool known as an endoscope is passed into the body cavity. The bird is placed under a general anesthesia. With this tool either ovaries or testes are seen and alas you have the sex of the bird. There is an advantage to this technique in that when the veterinarian has the endoscope inside the bird, it can reveal the overall health of the bird. This is an expensive technique. It also places stress on the bird. An experienced avian veterinarian can usually do this technique at a minimal risk.

Fecal Steroid Analysis is another technique. This requires that the bird be sexually mature. A stool sample is analyzed for the presence of reproductive hormones.


Feather Sexing is conclusive in determining sex if you retrieve the feather pulp from a growing feather. The feather is analyzed for the presence of male or female chromosomes. The sample needs to be sent to the lab in an ice pack by overnight mail.


For most pet birds, there are general guidelines to determine the sex of the bird. These guidelines are based on the physical characteristics of the bird and should only be used as a guideline, because there are exceptions to every rule. For most people, however, they are enough to satisfy their need to know.


In parakeets there are ceres, which are small dots on the bird's beak. In mature male parakeets the ceres are bright-bluish; the female ceres are reddish-brown. When the birds are young, it is difficult to tell because the ceres of both sexes are pale blue.

Answer 4

Do you know what their ages are? If they're not full grown, it'll be nearly impossible to tell without taking them to a vet or someone who has experience in checking the sex. But Boys ceres which is the nostril area is usually blue or even pink. The females cere's are usually tan, plain, or even white. Here's a link that will actually show you pictures of the difference in the sex. Good luck.

http://www.budgieplace.com/mf.html

Answer 5

parakeets weather its two males or two females the will always preen each other...u can tell them apart by looking at there cere its just above the nose in males it will be blue and in females it will be brown,white or pink

Answer 6

They only way is to take them to a Vet and the vet will do a blood test. Then issue a certificate with the date, name and sex of the bird... Good luck Grant M in Pennsylvania

Answer 7

You can tell them apart by the color of their beaks. The top part where the nostrils are : blue for males and light brown for the females.

Answer 8

look at the cere of the parakeet and if it is a bluish purple color then it is a male and if it is a brownish beige then you have a female! The cere is located above the beak.
Good luck!

Answer 9

just above the beak there is a color. if it is a little pink/purple color it is ether a baby or a female. If the color is a blue it is a boy. And if it is crusty and a dark red color SHE is pregnent and u need a mating box

Answer 10

At the top of the perakeets beak there should be either blue or white marks. (The blue is the boy)

Answer 11

Watch them very closely, the male is the one on top.