Sept 22, 2020 10:12:56 GMT
kaori
Brand New Budgie
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Post by kaori on Sept 22, 2020 10:19:32 GMT
Hello, i'm here because i've 6 budgies but i don't know if this one is a male or a female
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Post by birdguhl on Sept 22, 2020 10:47:26 GMT
I'd say female but am far from expert at this.
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Post by jellybean on Sept 22, 2020 12:09:56 GMT
I'd say female too.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Sept 22, 2020 15:36:03 GMT
A little beauty - love the blue cheek spot! I guess I'm still not getting it because I thought male.
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Post by Morgan on Sept 23, 2020 0:36:11 GMT
I think I’m just finally starting to get it tweetiepiesmom, because my Monkey looked like that when she was young and I thought she was a boy because in some light she looked totally pink, and then I thought Xephy was a girl because he kinda looked like that too - but the secret is in the white rings round the nostrils. Those are big and pronounced white areas in both photos, whereas in Xephy I thought I saw white areas but they were smaller and more of a fading out from the main cere color rather than having a sharp distinction. Also, you have to consider the mutation in some cases, which only makes it more confusing! Hang in there!
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 23, 2020 11:30:58 GMT
I'm unsure, looks like a recessive pied so they can be tricky, do you have a photo in natural light with no flash?
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Sept 22, 2020 10:12:56 GMT
kaori
Brand New Budgie
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Post by kaori on Sept 23, 2020 13:36:41 GMT
I'm unsure, looks like a recessive pied so they can be tricky, do you have a photo in natural light with no flash
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Post by Hezz on Sept 24, 2020 1:05:29 GMT
I'm unsure, looks like a recessive pied so they can be tricky, do you have a photo in natural light with no flash Going on this photo I would say male. The others had me still unsure but leaning towards hen. Recessive pieds can be tricky little blighters.
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
Administrator
George, Daisy, Iris, Billy, Peter, Chipper, Dinku, Barney, Ayla and Rocky
Posts: 28,754
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 24, 2020 11:20:02 GMT
Hezz, do you know what I thought male but I typed female. Sorry I have a lot going on at home at the moment. I'm such an idiot. I was even explaining to my husband that it was a male!
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Post by yellowfacedviolet on Sept 24, 2020 15:52:20 GMT
This is an excellent example of how light influences cere color in photographs. On my monitor, this is a male. Even on the earlier photos, the area around the nares is colored, not white, which is clearly evident in the later photo.
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Post by Morgan on Sept 25, 2020 0:38:25 GMT
tweetiepiesmom - looks like you’re actually getting it better than I am! ;D
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