Strange Gender Question

[Guest BlueSky]

Hi again, thanks for all your help with what colour my first budgie was but i have another question... about my current bird. (sorry these gender questions must be getting tiring!)

 

well she (or he) is about 2-3 months old and had a completly blue cere when i first bought her with light blue around the nostrils. And so the budgie breeder told me it was a boy. However lately it looks like some brown is developing under the nostrils. the photos of her here don't quite show the brown enough but it is still visible...so is my guess right and she is a girl? thanks so much! :sad:

 

 

 

[Bea 0]

I'd say girl because of all the white though the parts that are blue are much more bright than most baby girls ceres i've seen.

[Elly 0]

Yep I agree with Bea, female.

[Guest BlueSky]

thanks guys. But why would she have an entirely blue cere as a baby? babys are supposed to have pink...

[Elly 0]

do you have a baby picture where we can compare?

The only other reason why a cere would go blue in a male is if he had

a disorder (testicular cancer is one of them)

[Guest BlueSky]

I don't think she could have cancer as she is 4 months old at the most. Shes still a baby (isn't that too young??). I didn't think baby birds could have a full blue (male) or full brown (female) cere if they were so young. this is the best photo i could find to show her cere, all i can say is it was totally blue all over with a much paler blue around the nostrils. its only now that the brown is comming out underneith the nostrils. And i know it was a baby because of the forehead stripes. im very confused

 

:ausb:

 

heres another photo slightly clearer of her cere before it started changing

 

[Elly 0]

even through the blurriness I can see the white nasal rings though, I know that the cere color can change pretty earlier, there was a topic about it once. Ask Nerwen or Daz, they are very good with these things

[Rainbow 0]

The pink color of baby bird ceres doesn't last very long. It's very probable she had a blue cere when you got her. I go with female too.

[Guest Docca]

Hi Guys :hap:

 

Congradulations you have a new a Boy a boy or a boy ( some times both sexes have slight colour variations this one is a boy )

You can feel the cervix split for girls v or sharp for boys .......

 

There is a way Chigken breeders tell the young feathered chicks ( when they first get their primary flight feathers the males have different primarys )

FUnny thing in the Human world the Girls look dressyer yet the bird kingdom the males have the Fancy feathers )

 

Hope He doesnt try to lay any eggs or dress funny..

 

Regards Doc :devil:

Edited February 2, 2006 by Docca

[*Nerwen* 0]

This one is a hard one to tell and the best way to find out to to wait a bit longer to the cere to turn fully brown tan (female) or a bright blue (male).

 

But the way you stated that s/he had a blue cere and white rings from the time you got him/her leans in favour of a girl becuase young female budgies have that coloured cere while it is the males that have the pink cere that you spoke about.