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Here are some long awaited pictures of Sherbet, kindly taken by my best friend Adam :(

 

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Argh, l don't like being held :(

 

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Eh, it ain't so bad l guess :(

 

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Woah, sideways!

 

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This is my water, this is my food, these are my ladders and there is me!

 

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mmm honey stick!

 

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Also - would anyone be able to confirm if he is... well... a he?

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A girl?

 

I really thought it was a boy!

I am no expert :( I am sure others will come along and confirm for you :(

By the pictures I'd say girl as well..:(

Me three. But whether a he or a she, Sherbet is gorgeous. :(

I love the name Sherbet,she's absolutely gorgeous.

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Aw :mellow:

 

I'm not really disappointed, the only thing is l've bought a lot of blue things, and my dad said he , well... she, looked like a boy :(

 

I'm happy either way, boy or girl, as long as she is healthy and happy, thats all that matters :P

 

Thanks everyone for your help, throughout this past week, l really appreciate it!

 

I showed my friend Adam this forum (he took the pictures) and he was surprised at how helpful everyone is here :) The forums he is on they aren't very nice, but he likes this one :D

 

Not many pictures from now on, unless l can get Adam to come around and take some more :(

 

I have also made a banner (well, Adam made that for me too!) for my signature, but seeing that you all think she is a girl, l will change the colours to pink/purple :(

 

EDIT: Thanks FGM :D Your birds are beautiful too!

 

EDIT take 2: My Dads getting a but flustered l told him what the verdict is on here - he still thinks its a male. Just wondering if its too soon to tell? Its only 7.5 weeks old. Dad thinks it looks blue for a boy.

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I love the coloring of Sherbie :D, great pics and thank you for sharing!

Sherbert is gorgous. Generally many people here can sex a baby by that age. I would say that's a girl as well, but from my experience from my budgies, I have two that started out looking like that but eventually turned out to be boys. who knows...

There is still a chance that we are wrong many times the cere of both of them look very similar.

 

However a young male budgie will in fact have a very bright pink cere not blue. Mixed colours (from pinks to white) and light blue are a sign for a young hen.

 

This Thread has a lot of pictures of young birds to help show the difference between male and females.

 

Sherbert is a cutie. She is an opaline and I think a greywing spangle. Greywing becuase her throat spot are grey not black

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Sherbert is a cutie. She is an opaline and I think a greywing spangle. Greywing becuase her throat spot are grey not black

 

 

Thanks Nerwen - l understand completely that it may be wrong, but l'm grateful all the same that you each told me what you thought!

 

I also had a look at the thread - l think l'm starting to understand - its like the budgies switch genders after they are a few months old? For example baby pink = boy who turns out to be blue. Baby blue = girl who turns out to be pink/tan! Hope l got that right :D

 

Also - opaline? Greywing spangle? I know what a greywing is.. but spangle? :D

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=9578

Spangle pictures. It's there the wing markings are a thin black line.

 

l think l'm starting to understand - its like the budgies switch genders after they are a few months old? For example baby pink = boy who turns out to be blue. Baby blue = girl who turns out to be pink/tan! Hope l got that right

Yep.

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http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=9578

Spangle pictures. It's there the wing markings are a thin black line.

 

 

Ah l see, thats why l picked her, she looked really white, and l've always had a thing for white pigeons over the black ones, only because they are unique and different, so l picked a different looking budgie to the rest!

 

With the sexing, how many months would it take to know for sure? I looked at the sexing thread, but the months vary.

:wub: Sherbet is lovely, whatever the gender. :)

birdluv is correct the average age is 6 months for the cere to start changing.

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