**KAZ** 0 Posted April 17, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted April 17, 2008 (edited) This is all about a budgie's cere.....that fleshy part with their nostrils and above their beak. HENS BREEDING CONDITION HENS HENS WHO ARE NOT IN BREEDING CONDITION ( note the blue on the cere ) Edited January 25, 2010 by KAZ Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 18, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) BABY TO YOUNG HENS BABY BOYS Edited April 18, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
clancy 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Member ID: 4,706 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 85 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 29/09/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 29, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2008 (edited) The examples that you have given are good! Edited October 21, 2008 by KAZ Link to comment
renee 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Member ID: 4,388 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,462 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,420 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/05/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 28, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Excellent, informative post Kaz! Thank you. Link to comment
JimmyBanks 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Member ID: 4,130 Group: Site Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,370 Content Per Day: 0.74 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25,112 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 1, 2015 Birthday: 12/02/1982 Share Posted October 21, 2008 thanks Kaz. Whats the deal with lacewings and the like... are they any different? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 thanks Kaz. Whats the deal with lacewings and the like... are they any different? Lacewings are like INOs .........hens go brownish and cocks stay pink. Link to comment
Dragonx 0 Posted February 2, 2009 Member ID: 4,063 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 111 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 825 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/02/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 10, 2009 Birthday: 03/02/1983 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) YoU think you could post some male adults as there is none there. Just baby cocks. Edited April 16, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted February 2, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) U think u could post some male adults as there is none there. Just baby cocks. No point..............male adults have blue ceres unless ino, lacewing, recessive etc in which case the ceres stay pink. Blue cere are easily recognisable. Edited February 26, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
chrissy0705 0 Posted March 19, 2009 Member ID: 4,495 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 683 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,315 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 17, 2009 Birthday: 16/01/1977 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) KAZ - This is a great post. I noticed that no matter what color of some of my young hens' ceres there seems to be a faint white circle around each nostril... is this something to look for that will help in sexing my chicks in the future? In the pictures you posted above this hen and this cock have similar colored ceres... what is it that you are looking at to tell them apart? I can't tell, they both look purple/pinkish ?? Maybe that will help a bit too, not just pictures, but key things to look for? I'm having a harder time with ones that look like this. I can do the blue/white ceres but the two like below, I would have guessed male for both?? Some tips? Edited March 19, 2009 by chrissy0705 Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted March 19, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) KAZ - This is a great post. I noticed that no matter what color of some of my young hens' ceres there seems to be a faint white circle around each nostril... is this something to look for that will help in sexing my chicks in the future? In the pictures you posted above this hen and this cock have similar colored ceres... what is it that you are looking at to tell them apart? I can't tell, they both look purple/pinkish ?? Maybe that will help a bit too, not just pictures, but key things to look for? I'm having a harder time with ones that look like this. I can do the blue/white ceres but the two like below, I would have guessed male for both?? Some tips? Chrissy there will always be some who are harder to tell than others. The budgie on the left I thought was a cock as anyone here also thought was a cock too. Easy seeing how you would think so, BUT she turned out to be a hen . We do the best we can, but there will always be just one that confuses the heck out of us Edited March 19, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
*Nerwen* 0 Posted March 20, 2009 Member ID: 5,064 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 121 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,817 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,375 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 18, 2014 Birthday: 20/02/1982 Share Posted March 20, 2009 i was wondering about her and the second male posted... be felt sure you added them only once being sure of the gender Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 YoU think you could post some male adults as there is none there. Just baby cocks. Adult male Link to comment
Munchie's Mum 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Member ID: 4,928 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 160 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 970 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 28/12/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 To me, some of those hens not in breeding condition look like they're males. I'm not saying I doubt you at all, just asking how you know that they're hens? Thanks. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 To me, some of those hens not in breeding condition look like they're males. I'm not saying I doubt you at all, just asking how you know that they're hens? Thanks. Because of my experience and also because they are my budgies. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted April 16, 2009 BABY TO YOUNG HENS BABY BOYS I agree with the genders of these birds Gender can be determined from so young. the day old chick in my sig i believe is a hen. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 16, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) To me, some of those hens not in breeding condition look like they're males. I'm not saying I doubt you at all, just asking how you know that they're hens? Thanks. Looking through some photo I found this one which may help if it shows well enough. You should see a breeding hens cere, but in this photo her cere is peeling away as she has gone past breeding condition. Under the crusty section that is peeling away you should be able to see the whitish blue underneath. this shows that BETWEEN breeding condition ceres is the whitish blue cere that is normal for a hen "not in breeding condition" . Hope this helps Edited April 16, 2009 by KAZ Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted April 17, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 Link to comment
Guest mariah Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 To me, some of those hens not in breeding condition look like they're males. I'm not saying I doubt you at all, just asking how you know that they're hens? Thanks. Looking through some photo I found this one which may help if it shows well enough. You should see a breeding hens cere, but in this photo her cere is peeling away as she has gone past breeding condition. Under the crusty section that is peeling away you should be able to see the whitish blue underneath. this shows that BETWEEN breeding condition ceres is the whitish blue cere that is normal for a hen "not in breeding condition" . Hope this helps :star: i have had a hen over a year and she is still not in breeding condition ???????????????????????? Link to comment
Pearce 0 Posted April 24, 2009 Member ID: 4,449 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 123 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,475 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,280 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2011 Birthday: 21/04/1991 Share Posted April 24, 2009 what is in her diet? Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted July 7, 2009 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 what is in her diet? If this question is for Mariah........she is no longer a member. Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted July 8, 2009 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted July 8, 2009 i would have picked the white cock as being hen myself but i know id be wrong lol Link to comment
Guest K&M Breeding Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Great post and adorable babies and gorgeous adults Just wanted to add Males also go into breeding condition altho they usually go unnoticed Males in breeding condition will actually have a very deep blue waxy smooth cere instead of just a Blue kind of dull cere (of course they can breed at any time unlike females but I seem to have the best luck when my males have the Waxy deep blue ceres vs the duller but i get babies either way just a higher rate when they're deep and waxy) what i mean... Deep blue - waxy and smooth(or shiny may be a better word) "normal" dull blue Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted March 8, 2011 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Great post and adorable babies and gorgeous adults Just wanted to add Males also go into breeding condition altho they usually go unnoticed Males in breeding condition will actually have a very deep blue waxy smooth cere instead of just a Blue kind of dull cere (of course they can breed at any time unlike females but I seem to have the best luck when my males have the Waxy deep blue ceres vs the duller but i get babies either way just a higher rate when they're deep and waxy) what i mean... Deep blue - waxy and smooth(or shiny may be a better word) "normal" dull blue Excellent point and one that was missed. Link to comment
Guest K&M Breeding Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 For a long time I didn't notice it either. I just knew blue was boy and if you had one and a tan cere you were good to go if you were wanting a male and a female lol then a few years ago the topic of boys going into "condition" came up on a different forum, which caught my curiosity so I started paying attention and sure enough I'd have some with the brightest blue ceres and they were so shiny sitting beside some really dull "wore out" looking ceres Of course I got babies from both males but it does seem I have a higher chick rate if the boys cere is nice and shiny and dark blue - of course it could just be coincidence, but something worth watching for Great post and adorable babies and gorgeous adults Just wanted to add Males also go into breeding condition altho they usually go unnoticed Males in breeding condition will actually have a very deep blue waxy smooth cere instead of just a Blue kind of dull cere (of course they can breed at any time unlike females but I seem to have the best luck when my males have the Waxy deep blue ceres vs the duller but i get babies either way just a higher rate when they're deep and waxy) what i mean... Deep blue - waxy and smooth(or shiny may be a better word) "normal" dull blue Excellent point and one that was missed. Link to comment
GenericBlue 0 Posted March 8, 2011 Member ID: 4,737 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 106 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,156 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,240 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 08/09/1973 Share Posted March 8, 2011 this is very true also some thing to add males go barren for some times 4 to 5 months a year yes thats right infertile totally they too do come into season to breed as mentioned the first sign is indeed the deep bright shinning glossy cere thats why if a cock is young (08 or 07 three or 4 year old ) and doesn't fill i keep them if good as its just trying them a year or a few months latter at a different time of year Link to comment
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