This is "SAM". He is only 4 months old or so but when I bought him and his nose was rather blue... in the last few days his cere has faded a bit but still has a blue tint to it. The thing is all my blue hens have "white" ceres with blue tint around the nostrils... and I fear my so called boy just night be a girl??? Please check out this picture of him (its the best I have so far) and tell me if you think this youngster is a girl or boy.

 

Thanks

 

 

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/ch...5a/DSCN4244.jpg

 

PS Sorry about photo size, I'm having trouble with my edit options with photobucket, I am getting an error and booted off. Please don't think I don't care about the request to resize pics, I just can't do it for some reason.

 

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Edited August 25, 200816 yr by KAZ

I can’t be sure from that picture, but look more like a hen to me.

I can't be sure from that picture, but look more like a hen to me.

 

 

Darn, that's what I thought. I will try to get a better picture of the full front of his/her face and maybe you can take a better guess??? I'll try to post it soon.

Looks like a hen to me too

hen to me also

Hen for me too.

Looks like a hen to me too

If Kaz thinks it's a girl it must be a girl she's the expert on sexing young birds.

And all the others seem to agree…So I guess it’s Darn…darn…darn!!! I guess you wanted a boy? Back to the drawing board as they say. Try again.

Edited August 25, 200816 yr by Norm

Looks like a hen to me too

If Kaz thinks it’s a girl it must be a girl she’s the expert on sexing young birds.

Kaz also gets it wrong

Looks like a hen to me too

If Kaz thinks it's a girl it must be a girl she's the expert on sexing young birds.

Kaz also gets it wrong

 

Maybe, but i haven't seen that yet!!!

Looks like a hen to me too

 

If Kaz thinks it's a girl it must be a girl she's the expert on sexing young birds.

Kaz also gets it wrong

 

 

That could be true we never see evidence of the mistakes…LOL….We only speak of our successes not our failures…but you have some backup this time…some people can be wrong…but not all of the people all of the time…[place a smilie here, but forum wouldn't allow]

 

 

 

 

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Edited August 25, 200816 yr by **Liv**

I'm gonna be a pain in the butt and say I'm not positive it's a hen on this one yet, any photo's of it from front on?

I'd say it's younger than 4 months by the way

I'm fence sitting until you get the front on picture of the cere ..

 

But I am leaning towards Hen

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/ch...5a/DSCN4265.jpg

 

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/ch...5a/DSCN4266.jpg

 

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/ch...5a/DSCN4267.jpg

 

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/ch...5a/DSCN4269.jpg

 

Here are the better pics of the cere on my bird in question.... let me know if you all still agree that he is actually as she...

HEN!!!!

A defanate Hen

I'd say it's younger than 4 months by the way

I bought this one at the local Pet Smart... don't they have to be 3 or 4 months old to be sold???

HEN!!!!

Darn I knew it.... now my females out number my males again... no more from the pet store for me... this happened twice now... bought another young one before from the pet store I thought to be male and wasn't.... Thaks for the help guys.

Edited August 27, 200816 yr by **Liv**
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Yes Hen For sure ...

 

 

SEE KAZ ... RIGHT AGAIN

I bought this one at the local Pet Smart... don't they have to be 3 or 4 months old to be sold???

Definitely a hen.....petshops always get it wrong. Any hint of blue on the cere and they ( petshops ) say its a boy, when that really isnt the case.

 

Budgies of course, can be sold younger than 3-4 months but should NOT be sold unweaned. Preferably around 7-8 weeks at the youngest if they are flying and eating seed.