Hi Again,

 

I Went and saw some people awhile ago and they had a amazing fact to tell me about a parot

Here is the fact!

You Can Make Your Parot boy or girl by having certain tempetures for your incubater i couldn't belive it but it was true i was amazed(Im Meaning When its in a egg (Laughing out loud)).

Cheers.Nathanm

Edited October 3, 200717 yr by Bea

I'd only ever heard that with reptiles (specifically crocs). I didn't realise that was true for birds too, i wouldn't have thought so seeing as how mum birds move and turn the eggs, they would all be kept about the same temp...

I'd only ever heard that with reptiles (specifically crocs). I didn't realise that was true for birds too, i wouldn't have thought so seeing as how mum birds move and turn the eggs, they would all be kept about the same temp...

Thats what he said! He Might be wrong!

Edited October 3, 200717 yr by nathan1

A quick google search found a few site referring to poultry in particular but birds in general suggest that eggs which are kept cooler produce more males and warmer produce more females. The average temperature to keep them at (around about 34C) would simply produce 50/50 males or females so unless you were incubating the eggs yourself and specifically set the temperature you wouldn't see much of a difference. I didn't find anything budgie specific but it seems it would be the same. Anyone else know about this?

Very interesting, I haven't have a clue of it is correct. Since the in birds the female determins the sex with the x or y gene it could be that the x or y gene may be harder under certain temp conditions.

 

I have heard in humans different things about creating a boy or girl etc...and it is due to the enviroment within the female. So though they say the dad determine the sex by his genes it always true.

i've had around ten babies hatch in my incubator this season and so far just as many girls as boys and kept at an average of 37.2 all were incubated from a early stage and turned daily... so i'd like to know if temp really does change them because i might look into it ... although it seems like it'd be a busted myth because sex linked genes and other effecting factors but would be cool to find out...

I would assume the temp would be crucial during the fertizilation process after that it means nothing

I have only heard this with reptiles, even though birds are close relatives to repltiles I would doubt it being true.

I have only heard this with reptiles, even though birds are close relatives to repltiles I would doubt it being true.

He Said that if u have uneven amount of boys and girls u can even it up by putting your eggs in a incabater

I would tend to think like Elly that the temp at fertilisation would have more of a factor than in incubating. But I have heard of this, personally I don't feel the need to test it I'm happy with which ever gender I get.

Very interesting and weird :rip:

Very interesting and weird :rip:

ThankS For Your Opions

Cheerss, Nathan M.

I dont know if this has much to do with it, but I breed more female babies during warm months and more males during colder weather :rip:

I dont know if this has much to do with it, but I breed more female babies during warm months and more males during colder weather

Another curious situation here Kaz, now you got me thinking!! The first time i bred budgies it was in my bedroom and i got one boy, one girl. After that i started breeding in the living room which has air conditioning. First clutch had 4 babys, 3 were male and second clutch had 5 babys, 4 were male (Blinkie was one of the four). After that i started breeding in my bedroom again and what do you know, no air conditioning and lots of girls: i had one clutch of 2, 1 girl; one clutch of 3, all girls; one clutch of 3, 2 girls; and most recently one clutch of 5, 3 girls...makes you wonder a bit i guess. :rip:

Edited October 5, 200717 yr by Bea

I dont know if this has much to do with it, but I breed more female babies during warm months and more males during colder weather

Another curious situation here Kaz, now you got me thinking!! The first time i bred budgies it was in my bedroom and i got one boy, one girl. After that i started breeding in the living room which has air conditioning. First clutch had 4 babys, 3 were male and second clutch had 5 babys, 4 were male (Blinkie was one of the four). After that i started breeding in my bedroom again and what do you know, no air conditioning and lots of girls: i had one clutch of 2, 1 girl; one clutch of 3, all girls; one clutch of 3, 2 girls; and most recently one clutch of 5, 3 girls...makes you wonder a bit i guess. :rip:

I Have had my budgies for about 5years and 2years ago i started to breed budgies i have only had 2cluthes(they breed in the breeding cage)

1:2babys 2Feamales

2:5babys 4males 1feamale

From the same pair The father died from unknown reson:(

 

I hope i have around 25 babys this season i have 5pairs (are going to breed:))

Edited October 5, 200717 yr by Elly

that's quite interesting.

okay reading about turtles because my son has a report. The females are created from the very high temperatures while the males are created from the lower temps. You will see more female turtles born in the spring and beginning of summer and more males at the end of summer. YES this is in the turtle book. It is the 3rd part of the incubation where this occurs in turtles.

I wouldn't think that this would be true, as birds, mammals and some reptiles determine their sex by their chromosomes. Meaning that whatever sperm reaches the ova first will determine the sex. Chromosomes do not get affected by temperature, because if they did then you would have the warmer parts of your body as female and the cooler parts as male (So a female torso and male limbs hahaha). In many reptiles this is not the case and temperature determines the sex outcome. It could be possible that temperature will affect the survivability of the eggs. As I think it can affect the survivability of sperm. Cooler for if you want boys and warmer for girls.

So I would say that if you have the parent birds in the cool or warm environment, that may determine the outcome.

So far I have had equal numbers of boy and girl babies.