What gender are my babies?

[mother2stressed]

I can't tell whether my babies are a boy or girl? How can you tell? Here's some pictures of them for you. Thank you!
Cloud <Far Left> Sunshine <Far Right>

Chubs <Far Right> Cloud <Middle> Sky's back <Far Left>

Sunshine

My babies <From left to right> Sunshine, Sky, Chubs, Cloud

[stace]

Oct 26, 2013 1:28:47 GMT mother2stressed said:

I can't tell whether my babies are a boy or girl? How can you tell? Here's some pictures of them for you. Thank you!
Cloud <Far Left> Sunshine <Far Right>


Your pictures are a bit to blurry to tell with any accuracy. When adults, most hens will have a nutty brown cere when in breeding condition and perhaps a whitish washed out blue cere when not in breeding condition. Adult cocks have blue ceres all the time. 

When young both mostly have pinkish or purplish ceres, but the hens have a whitish tinge around the nares (the nostril holes). (There are some exceptions to this)


Is Cloud's cere all that bright pinky purple in real life? If so, he's likely male. Sunshine's cere looks bright blue in the photo, ie. male. 






Chubs <Far Right> Cloud <Middle> Sky's back <Far Left>


Chubs' cere looks like it is very chalky white in this photo. If so, hen. Cloud still looks male in this photo.

 

Sunshine

Sunshine's cere looks purply blue in this one. So probably male. 



My babies <From left to right> Sunshine, Sky, Chubs, Cloud

In this photo Sunshine is almost looking female. It looks like there's a lot of white on the cere in this one. That's why it's hard to tell without close-up photos. Flash also makes the colour distorted. Sky is too hard to see. Chubs looks female. Cloud is too hard to see. 

You will be able to see much more clearly in real life and may be able to figure it out. 

[mother2stressed]

You are right, chubs is the only one with a quite cede. Cloud and Skye are a light purplish color ad sun shines is blue. The two males are now in one cage and Skye and Chubs in another. Skye was screeching and pecking the other two males. He is now calm and sitting on a perch with Chubs. Thanks for your input.

[kikkinu]

Looks to me you have 3 males and a female, and that might create a bit of a cock fight in one cage, the hen usually gets stressed with 3 males chasing after her, and the males might hurt each other.

Good move to separate them in different changes in my honest opinion

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Stace, with your comment adult males have blue ceres all the time, is far from correct considering all the mutations they can have.

When i see incorrect information given, i feel it's my duty to correct it.

[stace]

Oct 26, 2013 22:43:01 GMT @corie said:

Stace, with your comment adult males have blue ceres all the time, is far from correct considering all the mutations they can have.

When i see incorrect information given, i feel it's my duty to correct it.

No worries, Corie. I tried to say that the standard blue/brown was not always the case, but that might not have been clear. Reading back, I see I thought I'd said that, but clearly didn't. 

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You do a wonderful job Stace, keep up the good work.