Aug 16, 2013 0:06:25 GMT
chess
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Post by chess on Mar 27, 2014 0:41:30 GMT
Hello! I need a little help to determine my budgie Chepi's gender! I always thought she was a female, because her cere was pink-ish ever since I got her as a baby and never turned blue. However, last night I was thinking about how chatty she is and how her cere has never turned to brown or white either, even though I've had her for more than a year and a half now. Then I realized since she's a recessive pied (I think?), maybe the cere color is different. From the research I've done, she (he?) would actually be a little boy but I just wanted to have opinions from other people to confirm.  Here are some pictures of Chepi:    Let me know what you think! Chess |
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Post by Hezz on Mar 27, 2014 0:44:49 GMT
Hi Chess. The last photo is really the only one useable, but it certainly looks like your Chepi is a very handsome boy!  |
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Post by Gaile on Mar 27, 2014 17:37:44 GMT
cere colours is different on recessive pied
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Mar 5, 2014 16:35:01 GMT
jonah
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Post by jonah on Mar 27, 2014 17:45:03 GMT
Beautiful boy.... |
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Post by samwiseg on Mar 27, 2014 18:47:01 GMT
*shrug* Jury is out on this one for me, I cant call it! |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 28, 2014 18:21:33 GMT
Pictures and your description of the cere during last one and half, tells only one thing. A cock |
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 28, 2014 18:34:05 GMT
Doesn't the cere stay that colour on a recessive pied ?
OR does it go brown and crusty if it's a hen in condition?
How old is the bird?
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 28, 2014 18:57:55 GMT
Doesn't the cere stay that colour on a recessive pied ? OR does it go brown and crusty if it's a hen in condition? How old is the bird? Older than one and half year at least, which is enough to tell that it's not a hen. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 28, 2014 19:00:21 GMT
Adult Recessive Pieds cocks have pink/purple ceres.
Adult Recessive Pieds hens have the normal ceres, i.e. white/brown.
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Mar 28, 2014 19:06:53 GMT
Thanks for clearing that up BB, recessive pieds always confuse me.. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Mar 28, 2014 19:20:26 GMT
Thanks for clearing that up BB, recessive pieds always confuse me.. Always a pleasure |
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Post by Hezz on Mar 29, 2014 0:58:15 GMT
Thanks for clearing that up BB, recessive pieds always confuse me.. Not sure if this would help, Marianne, but think Smudge. Smudge is a recessive pied. She always has a brown cere. |
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Post by blustersquall on Mar 29, 2014 1:21:33 GMT
I just wanted to say how pretty he is. Such bright colours! (that last photo is adorable!)
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Aug 16, 2013 0:06:25 GMT
chess
Brand New Budgie
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Post by chess on Mar 29, 2014 3:03:42 GMT
Thank you everyone! I really appreciate it. I'm glad to hear my suspicions were right... I'll tell him the good news! haha He really is a gorgeous little boy. His colors have gotten a lot brighter since I got him! (my avatar picture was taken just a few months after I got him so you can see how much he's changed!) |
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Post by Hezz on Mar 29, 2014 10:01:23 GMT
Some mutations do change remarkably with maturity. |
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