I was wondering if someone can give me an insight as to the gender of my English Budgie. Right now he/she is about 6 weeks old and his/her cere is pinkish purple with pink around the nostrils. Any thoughts as to the sex, or is it too early to tell? I have seen one of his/her clutchmates, and that one had a cere that was totally different- it was entirely pink.

Just a guess.. but female. Young females will have lighter (whitish) rings around their nostrils. Males will be more uniform pink.. or even purplish. Both males and females can be great pets.. so I don't worry too much over gender.

if you post a picture if you can, I know the experts here can help you out. It sounds male to me if it is more uniformed.

Thanks guys. I will post a picture within the next couple days (I don't have any close-ups of the cere).

since you spoke of nothing about white or whitish areas, and spoke of pink all over I would say male. But picture would help heaps

Edited January 6, 200619 yr by Nerwen

I would guess male too, for the same reasons as Nerwen did

I was going to say male too.

so have you changed your mind now bea

Edited January 6, 200619 yr by Nerwen

I would say male because Nerwen knows

since you spoke of nothing about white or whitish areas, and spoke of pink all over I would say male. But picture would help heaps

 

Yeah, he or she definitely does not have any white. But I will post a picture tomorrow.

so have you changed your mind now bea

No, i should have left out the 'was going to'.

 

Can't wait for the pics but i'm 99% it's a boy.