I'm of the impression that lutino chicks with pink eyes won't have the same cere colouring as other budgies for sexing. Is this correct? If so, how do I tell the sex? This is Alphie:

 

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Edited January 6, 201015 yr by KAZ
picture changed to link as it was HUGE !!!!!

okay, first of all, she is not a lutino, she is a yellow faced, or golden faced albino. If she was a lutino, she would be a consisten buttercup yellow, rather than a white bird that looks like the yellow has bled through the feathers. These are often called a creamino. The blue you see in the photo is because she is from a blue father, rather than a grey father, thus the blue suffusion.

 

Secondly, the females' ceres will colour up as normal, the males will not go blue, but will remain a pinkish colour.

 

How old is this bird? I am bad at age-ing, but i would guess at her being young, thus the cere has not changed yet. There is enough white to indicate that she is a hen in my opinion.

Thanks Dave. She is young...about 11-12 weeks I think. She actually doesn't have any blue ...that must just be poor lighting or my poor photography But that's very interesting about her being a creamino...thanks for explaining that to me. Guess Alphie will hae to become allison eh? LOL

You could get away with Alfie as a girl name, if you like it. Or maybe Elfie. My girl Finnie started out as Finn, and by the time I discovered "he" was a "she", I couldn't get my tongue around changing what I called her!