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Post by sweetpea on Dec 14, 2016 0:24:19 GMT
Hello all. I have a slight doubt that one of my new little boys is not a boy! He is approx. 10 weeks old in this photo: Cere is turning pink but I am not sure whether the light colour around the nares is white or just a pale blue. He is a pied (that I do know!) & has a white patch on the back of his head. Does anyone have any ideas? Is he a Ken or is she a Barbie?!
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Post by Hezz on Dec 14, 2016 7:38:26 GMT
That photo certainly looks a little more Barbie than Ken, but I think s/he is a dominant pied rather than recessive, so there shouldn't be any odd cere colouring to be considered.
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Post by OP on Dec 14, 2016 8:02:58 GMT
My first impression was a Jack, but then, what do I know.
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 14, 2016 9:41:53 GMT
I dont think I can call it either sweetpea - but I do want to congratulate you on your new additions! I must have missed a post somewhere - will go off to find it now!
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Post by Hezz on Dec 14, 2016 20:14:20 GMT
Just looking at your first photo from your other thread, sweetpea ..... I don't see much difference between the two ceres in this photo ...... this might be a wait-and-see. I bet nev90 would know for sure .......
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 14, 2016 23:47:14 GMT
Hezz, when I got the two of them, their ceres were the same colour. Since then, his/her cere has turned the pink colour (in top picture) & is noticeably different from Mr Definitely Male. So I guess the question is.... has the colour changed because s/he is female or because s/he is a pied? It would simplify things if Adam/Eve started squiggling, but I have not heard any hen noises yet. S/he is definitely the dominant one of the two & isn't big on sharing. BTW, I see you've called in the big guns (Nev).
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Post by Hezz on Dec 15, 2016 1:34:45 GMT
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 15, 2016 8:31:30 GMT
A minefield to be sure but squiggles would seal the deal for me too lol!
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 19, 2016 1:16:46 GMT
I wonder if this video will help? (Excuse the er... ahem.... perch humping by Mr Definitely Male).
Mickey or Minnie?
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Post by Hezz on Dec 19, 2016 7:39:12 GMT
Besides being a very enjoyable video to watch, complete with a perch humping (how do you pick these birds of yours, sweetpea? ), it did not do anything to determine gender, in my poor eyes, anyway.
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Post by jellybean on Dec 19, 2016 8:25:37 GMT
Aww, your two little newbies are just adorable sweetpea 😚😚
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Post by samwiseg on Dec 19, 2016 8:37:48 GMT
I was thinking Hezz that sweetpea meant by behaviour (not the bird humping you understand) but the persistent chewing of the raffia? Is the bud going for a chew-a-thon all the time and nest build material? Is h/she focused on that all the time and chewing? As that might mean hen
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Dec 19, 2016 8:44:53 GMT
Sorry sweetpea but I had to laugh at little Ben doing wiggle wiggle
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 19, 2016 13:44:37 GMT
Sorry sweetpea but I had to laugh at little Ben doing wiggle wiggle I think the technical term is 'bot rub'. Actually, I also use the word jiggle. It came about when Phineas would have a playful wiggle that was not intended for a full blown jiggy, therefore a jiggle.
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 19, 2016 13:54:55 GMT
I was thinking Hezz that sweetpea meant by behaviour (not the bird humping you understand) but the persistent chewing of the raffia? Is the bud going for a chew-a-thon all the time and nest build material? Is h/she focused on that all the time and chewing? As that might mean hen I thought the video might show the cere colour better. The blue/pink/purple colour is quite strong but there are definitely lighter coloured rings around the nares, but are they white or just a paler colour? I can't work it out. As for behaviour - that's difficult in the absence of squiggles. They both chew the chewy toy, although Mr Jiggle-Wiggle does use it extensively for jiggling. The only hen behaviour I can find is that Joseph/Mary (Christmas themed names!) is definitely more dominant than Mr J-W. Dominant to the point of laying across the spray of millet in my hand so that he can't get any of it! Bit mean, I think.... But hen-like mean?
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