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[Phylly 0]

Hi guys,

I remember reading somewhere on this forum that it is possible to sex young babies using the shape of their ceres. Is this true in every occasion or does it need to be done with the overall colour of the cere as well?

I am just wanting to practice my young baby sexing skills some more

 

So lets say in this example, would it be safe to say that the white baby (bottom left corner, albino?) would be of a different sex to the baby behind it (grey feathers, NOT the yellow face)? And if so, which one would be male and which one female?

I think this picture might have been taken with flash.. Hence why I am asking if it is possible to sex just based on the shape (like I read somewhere) rather than both shape and colour.

 

 

 

Thanks! This is something I am interested in getting better at.

[Maddy 0]

Can't sex with shape as far as i know.

 

But from what I can see, the bottom left baby is a girl, bottom right is a boy, and the top is a girl and the middle I think is a girl.

But like you said, it was taken with a flash, so I could be wrong about the middle one.

 

You tell by the colour. See how the bottom left baby and the top baby have white around the nostril and the bottom right doesn't? White is a sign of female

[Finnie 0]

Have you read this thread already? It has a quiz you can test yourself on, with the answers given towards the end. http://forums.budgie...opic=22804&st=0

 

 

 

Some people say that you can use shape and texture of cere and size of nostrils, but from what I gather, those things are not accurate. Going by color is best, but photos can be misleading. The same chick can look male or female in different photos, depending on the lighting and the angle of the photo. I usually hold my chicks up and try to look at them from all angles and in dark AND bright lighting.

 

 

 

The really whitish females are easy to tell, and the very solid pink males are also easy. But there seem to be a lot of middle of the road ones that can and do go either way. For those, I usually have to wait until either the white or the pink takes a stronger foothold.

[Bad Hair Day 0]

In addition to the responses above I have found that when you open the nest and handle the chicks the young hens tend to be very vocal and possibly even try to bite where as young cocks tend to be quiet and you could almost say timid. This is not a hard and fast rule, but in conjunction with above information could help to sex chicks quite early.

[*Nerwen* 0]

i thought using the shape to gender pick was for younger birds (pinkies)

 

but I would agree with Maddy, why? due to the pale blue almost white or grey tones of the said female chicks and the male pied having a clearly more pink toned cere