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> Is Marmaduke Actually Mammaduke?, It's a hen, right?
Mirren
post Jul 20 2010, 16:35
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This violet budgie is good friends with a male and looking more like a hen every day. I just wanted to check with the experts.
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post Jul 20 2010, 16:41
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looks male in that photo to me. try for a clearer cere shot ....no flash used on camera.....natural light. smile.gif


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post Jul 20 2010, 16:44
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looks male in that photo to me. try for a clearer cere shot ....no flash used on camera.....natural light. smile.gif



Yeah, that did come out a bit blue. It's purple with white around the outside. Let me try again.
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post Jul 20 2010, 19:38
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post Jul 21 2010, 11:20
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okay, here we go-

Marmaduke (or Matilda if female) in natural light.





Marmaduke and Ozzie- the reason for my confusion!





Ozzie looking more male. Unless I'm wrong there? It's a bit hard to see sideways, but his ceres is blue.
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post Jul 21 2010, 11:33
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Oh good. Not that I'd have minded either way, but the breeder said male and it's nice to know you can trust people... Although another male from the same breeder has a brown ceres when I saw her head-on.

Ozzie and Marmaduke seem to be special friends, more so than the other 2 I bought at that time. They pretty much ignore the girls! The last time this happened it was with 2 hens. They are now having their second clutch (number 4 hatched today, 3 eggs to go). The lutino 'hen' was a male. Now I know about pink ceres.

To think I thought Budgies would be straightforward!

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post Jul 21 2010, 20:24
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I still say female, nostrils have clear white rings for me. Time will tell smile.gif
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post Jul 21 2010, 20:28
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I still say female, nostrils have clear white rings for me. Time will tell smile.gif



Theres a lot of people talk white nostril rings. Its about overall white not just nostrils. I say boy or there would be more white on the cere..........not just around nostrils.


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Male. Males CAN have brown ceres. It is a health problem I understand.


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Yes, but it is considerably uncommon. We can't jump to conclusion that every brown-cered budgie is sick. Also, the budgie in question doesn't have a coloured-up cere yet.

I still stand by female, 95%
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okay, so it's agreed- it's either a boy or a girl. biggrin.gif
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okay, so it's agreed- it's either a boy or a girl. biggrin.gif

Majority says male............squeak says female. tongue.gif


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QUOTE(KAZ @ Jul 22 2010, 22:27) *
QUOTE(Mirren @ Jul 22 2010, 20:10) *
okay, so it's agreed- it's either a boy or a girl. biggrin.gif

Majority says male............squeak says female. tongue.gif


mmh smile.gif and I still stand by it. You guys will be crying in a few months time, when you see that I am right biggrin.gif ! (joking)
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I'll keep you posted, one way or another.
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I also believe he is a boy. I do not see any white on the cere.


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Marmaduke's ceres is now blue, so a boy was right. Thanks everyone!
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