Hey there,

 

I have recently aquired a second young bush budgie for my current bush budgie Benny. I thought this one was a boy but when I introduced him/her to Benny he immdeiately started jumping from perch to perch, feeding him/her and mounting him/her. The new budgie is just a youngen and definitely not wanting any attention like that. Is he acually a she? I have split them up for now and might wait until the cere becomes more matured to know for sure but would love to know what you guys think!

 

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girl. still very young with bars to the cere.

 

the mounting is a dominance thing as well, fathers can sometimes do this with their fledging chicks

Verryyy young yes. What about the cere makes you think girl if you don't mind my asking? So I can tell better in future,

A boy at that age would have a pink/purple cere. The white on her cere says girl.

I would say a hen! Looks about the same age as my little baby.

i don't see white though here, I see light blue. Also since shes a hen not a boy, then if i put them together I will lose Bennys attention won't I?

To some extent, regardless of the gender, you will lose some of Benny's attention. It's only natural that he'll bond more closely with members of his own species. That doesn't mean that you can't have a good relationship with both of them though.

I was aware I would lose attention from boys but I'm thinking a hen would complicate things further. Perhaps I will put her out with my other bushies and wait for a young male? What do you guys think?

Hi Going by the nostril size, I guess girl. no older than around 3-4 mths..Paedophilia is only a crime in human beings....B.J.

What about the cere makes you think girl if you don't mind my asking? So I can tell better in future,

 

As others have said the cere is a pale blue/white tone and a male of this age (3-4 months) is bright pink. Any cere that is a mix of pale colours is normally a hen.

Hi Going by the nostril size, I guess girl. no older than around 3-4 mths..Paedophilia is only a crime in human beings....B.J.

 

Please explain the theory of nostril size in regards to males and females?

Kaz wrote a great article on sexing very young babies, where he discusses nostril size. It's at

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=22804

ima.snowbird I did see that thread and it has examples but never actually discusses how to tell them apart? Or a I missing a bit?

He just says, "Hen chicks also seem to have more bulbous cere and larger nostrils. Boys have smaller nostrils usually."

Thankyou everyone for your help! Hopefully next time I'll get it right I put them back together and shes become such wonderful company for Benny when I'm not around. He's also settled down into her company and does't display so much courting behaviour. I think as she grows older and more into herself she will put him into his place too. And they are quite happy to still sit on my shoulder and lpay together, shes become pretty tame very quickly by learning from Benny and being so young. This is the first time I've tried having two tame budgies at a time and I'm quite pleased with the results!