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Post by starlingqueen on Dec 17, 2016 13:18:20 GMT
That is DEFINITELY a boy unless it has hormone issues there is absolutely no reason for it's cere to be blue if it is a female. The blue pigment in the feathers comes through in the cere colour. I had a hen exactly the same. Save
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 13:19:45 GMT
That is DEFINITELY a boy unless it has hormone issues there is absolutely no reason for it's cere to be blue if it is a female. The blue pigment in the feathers comes through in the cere colour. I had a hen exactly the same. SaveRight okay then. Well I stick with what I say okay? I think it's male.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 17, 2016 14:07:04 GMT
I think that you're both going to stick with what you say!
But, we'll see in the future.
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Post by skysmum on Dec 17, 2016 16:28:25 GMT
Its a Hen If she is quacking that's Henny too.
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Post by OP on Dec 17, 2016 16:48:57 GMT
Does a hen 'go at it with a perch'. I've seen the boys but not the girls.
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Post by starlingqueen on Dec 17, 2016 18:06:12 GMT
Does a hen 'go at it with a perch'. I've seen the boys but not the girls. Yup, hens do it too. And not just in the budgie world. I have a conure that does it and my daughters 2 female dogs both like to hump toys. Save
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Post by OP on Dec 17, 2016 18:10:13 GMT
One can learn something new any day.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 18:50:19 GMT
Male budgies tend to be the calmer, more social of the species. The hens, while they can be very sweet, tend to be more aggressive towards strangers, will be more inclined to defend their territory, and will nibble on things more. This is due to their instinct to create and defend their nest. The males also talk a lot more. Very few hens actually chatter like the males do. As mentioned, the males are also more social. They are more likely to create a strong bond with another male in the group, whereas females very seldom have a best female friend. .
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Post by skysmum on Dec 17, 2016 19:55:37 GMT
Two of my girls adore each other and are the most gentle souls, they have never bitten me either, unlike some of my boys Eve and Tinkerbell Eve and Inca
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Post by OP on Dec 17, 2016 20:16:22 GMT
Eve looks so like Bobby from the front and bobby is also a gentle soul. But when needed she will stick up for herself. They don't all read from the same budgie manual do they.
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Post by starlingqueen on Dec 17, 2016 20:23:17 GMT
My hen Phoebe, who died recently, was very close to another hen. They preened each other and even fed each other. Phoebe was a gentle soul and she chattered along with the boys all the time. There's no doubt she was a hen either, she laid quite a few eggs. The books on bird behaviour are just like the ones on autism, standard broad spectrum behaviours which don't fit everyone.
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Post by Hezz on Dec 17, 2016 23:52:32 GMT
Behaviour says hen, as well, and the new photos don't make any difference to my opinion either. L will stick with hen, if I had to say one way or the other. Mango "goes at it" with her swing, and my hand sometimes if I have had to play around with her nether regions. Even Madam Prim, Smudge, was observed on the odd occasion.
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