hey all i have sume new photos

is this bird a hen or a male ???

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/sh...73/SDC13146.jpg

 

Edited March 21, 200916 yr by Dave_McMinn
photo changed to link due to size restrictions

I'm going to say "what" seeing's as I don't think its a hen :hap: But I know nothing... I still have a lacewing that I don't know the sex of and its 3 years old lol.

I think Male

Looking very good shannon.

Edited March 21, 200916 yr by Pearce

I agree with Dave deffinatly a male.

Nice babies Pearce

Hen

okay thank you all

 

 

geting more photos to day

Hen

 

I agree, this one is a hen

okay she a hen :yes: :yes: :yes:

 

 

are my babys a good size for a babys

 

i do not epet to win show now i guss what to no ??

I'm fairly new to breeding but I honestly thought it was a male, blue beak?? It's so hard for me to tell at this age, I'm always getting it wrong!

I'm fairly new to breeding but I honestly thought it was a male, blue beak?? It's so hard for me to tell at this age, I'm always getting it wrong!

Blue cere only applies to older birds past their first moult and not at this age. Any young hens with white on cere, including white with hints of blue are females. Young females and females not in breeding condition have white blue ceres.

Im going to have to disagree with everyone else and say its a hen. To me it does not look like a male at all. I could be wrong but I doubt it. Note the whiteness of the cere.

Im going to have to disagree with everyone else and say its a hen. To me it does not look like a male at all. I could be wrong but I doubt it. Note the whiteness of the cere.

Which one....if its the grey we all said its a hen.

I only looked at the top posts and dave and jimmy said its a cock. So did bird lady. Im talking about the grey baby. I may be wrong its just my opinion.

Edited March 22, 200916 yr by Pearce

Hen

I agree, this one is a hen

Liv says HEN

Hen

I also said hen.

Yeah I didnt read that far down, I agree with liv and kaz.

but the green bird is a cock right?? I didn't look at the top picture cos it took a while to load on my computer, I just figured they were all pics of the same bird...

but the green bird is a cock right?? I didn't look at the top picture cos it took a while to load on my computer, I just figured they were all pics of the same bird...

Not necessarily...I await better photos of the green one

some photos indicate hen but others look cock to me, so I agree with Kaz on this one also. Shannon do you have any more recent photos?

 

How many chicks so far this year? Are you going to breed through winter?

Yeah I didn't say but I was looking at the green bird too. Thanks Pearce for that info, I always thought males had purple nostrils and female chicks had white nostrils.

At first I didnt see the grey bird either, I think it was added in after.

 

If I see a bird with noticeable white rings about the nostrils or just a whitish cere in general I say hen. If I see a cere a pinkish color with no white, all the same colour and flatter I say cock. Thats how I identify the sexes and it works pretty good for me.

At first I didnt see the grey bird either, I think it was added in after.

 

If I see a bird with noticeable white rings about the nostrils or just a whitish cere in general I say hen. If I see a cere a pinkish color with no white, all the same colour and flatter I say cock. Thats how I identify the sexes and it works pretty good for me.

The grey bird picture was always there...some peoples browser loads them in slowly.

I think the green chick is also a hen... a clearer shot of her will confirm

I think the green chick is also a hen... a clearer shot of her will confirm

My thoughts too