i know one of my birds is a male, but the other parakeet first had a blue beak and now i realized it turned white. so i am confused is my parakeet a male or female
2007-12-21 07:27:36 · 9 answers · asked by I love when emo boys make out 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
If your bird is very young, and the cere is bluish whitish(looks like a chalking bluish white) most likely a female. Baby females cere's will have some blue in them, chalky, not the blue of a male.
Cere's do change color. The females will go dark brown when in condition for breeding, and turn light to chalky white when breeding is over, or not in condition.
And they change when maturing......the are not hatched with blue or brown.
You do not have to DNA a budgie(parakeet). If you are unsure, and the answers you are receiving are indeed confusing, search 'determining the sex of a budgie'
I can tell the sex of most my baby budgies when I am handfeeding them. And for sure before they leave to go to their new home.
My customers do stay in contact with me.
So far(and yes this could change, LOL) I have been 100% and I have raised the budgies for 6 yrs now.
2007-12-21 07:35:19 · answer #1 · answered by lisak 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The only way to know for sure is to have the sex determined by laboratory testing. Since parakeets are not a sexually dimorphic species (a species in which adult males and females have obvious visible differences), only the birds know at this point. Even the color of the cere (the part just above the beak where the nostrils are) is only a guess. Doesn't matter really as long as the birds get along and aren't producing unwanted offspring. BTW, I've never heard of a cere changing color. Is the bird very young? Seem healthy?
2007-12-21 07:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by tekressel 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Typically in parakeets a blue or purple beak is male and a brown shaded beak is female. This occassionally varies, but most of the time that's accurate.
There are two other ways that you can know for sure; if one is male and one is female, most typically the female will lay some eggs. You can also hold the bird and feel around their anus (gross, I know), but if it feels like there is an indention right beside it, sort of like a hole, it's a girl (this is because the indention is where the eggs come out of, males do not have this as they don't need it...obviously). You will be able to tell as it will feel like your finger sinks a bit.
2007-12-21 07:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by tygress255 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is most likely still a male (i believe that is a blue beak) my parakeet had a purple beak when i got her (female) and now it has faded a little. They will fade a little so the parakeet is probably still what ever it was when you bought it! I can't remember if a blue beak is male or female but it is like a said probably still what you thought it was! Hope this helps
2007-12-21 07:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by suziq 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As mentioned above, DNA testing is the commonly accepted means of determining the sex of a hookbill (ie in the parrot family).
Here is a link to one such service (not a recommendation):
http://www.vetdnacenter.com/avian-sexing.html
As an aside, there is one exception: An Ecclectus can be sexed by the color of its feathers.
There are those who claim to be able to visually identify the gender of other species, the validity of this is disputed.
2007-12-21 08:26:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
get a dna blood test at the vets they will be able to determine the sex
2007-12-21 08:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
girl
2007-12-22 02:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by pearl_hoff 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can only find out by d&a
2007-12-21 07:35:30 · answer #8 · answered by davezride 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
lol ur funny
2007-12-21 07:30:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋