I saw this little sweetie at a pet store and brought her (?) home to join my crew. I am thinking she is a she as her cere is a blue/pink colour with distinct white rings around her nostrils, but as I am a newbie with young budgies, I am looking for opions....any thoughts?

 

well the photos are abit small but i think its a girl

Looks like an adult recessive pied to me which means its probably a boy.

 

but I agree with Andrew, the photos are way to small to tell for sure.

They allow large photos of up to 650px by 480px on here - a larger, clear photo of the cere will help

Its a hen

it looks like a hen to me

It's a BUDGIE. And its a cutie wootie Budgie. That's my answer & I'm sticking to it.

 

No idea of sex. I AM CANADIAN & the resident Cake Expert only.

girl for sure..

I agree, a hen

I agree too hen, the third picture you can really see the white blue cere if it was a male recessive pied like Pretty in my avator/signature his cere would have been very pink.

I agree too hen, the third picture you can really see the white blue cere if it was a male recessive pied like Pretty in my avator/signature his cere would have been very pink.

Sorry for the small pics, I have tried to upload a larger size as suggested but they never got any bigger. Most of you seem to think she is a girl, so I will go on that assumption until proven otherwise. I am new to this web site (and budgies in general) and must tell you that I am amazed at the knowledge out there and willingness to help, you really have been a great help with all my questions! Thanks. :fear

It's a BUDGIE. And its a cutie wootie Budgie. That's my answer & I'm sticking to it.No idea of sex. I AM CANADIAN & the resident Cake Expert only.

What a coincidence....I AM CANADIAN ALSO....& I too love cake!!!!!!!

I do agree she is a girl too i think i posted too soon after waking up yesterday

Better late then never .... Girl for me

QUOTE(NickNack @ Jun 29 2008, 13:44) It's a BUDGIE. And its a cutie wootie Budgie. That's my answer & I'm sticking to it.No idea of sex. I AM CANADIAN & the resident Cake Expert only.What a coincidence....I AM CANADIAN ALSO....& I too love cake!!!!!!!

 

 

What a co-inkadink ! You love cake too.

 

Cake is what we will all be eating Tuesday July 1st, 2008. For Canada Day.

 

"I raise my fork to you Dragonwing ... And to all the other Canadians who will be eating Canada Day Cake too."

Hi All, It has been a while since I asked for opinions on the sex of my new budgie and I thought an update was in order.

I introduced her to Stewie, my other hen, after removing Stewie's mate. Although I am new at this, I did notice the mating taking place and thought "Hmmmm, could it be that Liv was right and everyone else was wrong?"

 

Kudos to Liv! If there was a prize to be won, you would win it. I know, would you like a baby budgie? Apparently I am about to have some!!! :feedbirds:

Me right, over everyone else?? That would be a first

 

Oh still could be a hen, unless you get filled eggs. I have seen a mixed up hen "on top" before

Edited August 8, 200816 yr by **Liv**
added more

I agree a hen, even just by how you described her.. She's cute!!!

I've never seen hens with hens, but the boys in the budgie world OFTEN seem to get confused LOL

LOL sunnie, I saw this the other night at a meeting where the Boys were Ummm Yeah you know it had to get out into a different show cage

LOL sunnie, I saw this the other night at a meeting where the Boys were Ummm Yeah you know it had to get out into a different show cage :hap:

 

 

Okay, well, now I really don't know what to do! My hen (Stewie) who laid the eggs, after "mating" with the recessive pied hen/cock, began breaking her eggs. She would lay one or two and then break one, lay another break two...... After reading about others that experienced egg breaking, I started replacing broken ones with fake eggs. She has now stopped laying and has two real eggs in with the fakes. As the two birds didn't seem to be getting along well, and as she was not sitting on the eggs, I removed the hen/cock and put her/him in the "boys cage". He/she seems to be getting along well with the others, one in particular. I thought "Oh good, he is happy". But now I am worried - what if she who turned out to be a he is actually a she ?!?!?!?!?!? The original hen (Stewie) is now alone in her cage, showing no interest in her eggs and looking a bit annoyed at being alone. I was under the impression (from the pet store) that he/she is about four months old, so I don't want her to breed with the boys, but I don't want to put her/him back in with Stewie in case she is actually a he! Perhaps I should put her in a separate cage, but for how long, and then what? AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

PLEASE HELP :fear

 

PS I was pretty sure that they were mating as his??? "technique" was the same as one of my REAL males, including the wing wrapping.

YOu answered your questions. Get a separte cage

The photos are a little small but I think your budgie is a he because boys can be pink and are blue as well.

Final update on this old saga - She is a she and I could tell as soon as she went in with the boys! I moved her to her own cage until my egg obsessed hen Stewie calmed down. Just as a side note - the exact same thing happened with Stewie and another female recently that were in the same cage and I know for sure that that bird was a hen! Any know a good bird psycologist or perhaps a budgie whisperer????!!!

It's a BUDGIE. And its a cutie wootie Budgie. That's my answer & I'm sticking to it.

 

No idea of sex. I AM CANADIAN & the resident Cake Expert only.

cake yumm