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Post by luvsanimals2 on Apr 27, 2014 0:19:16 GMT
looks like female
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Apr 28, 2014 3:10:55 GMT
My parakeet cere is the same color.
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Post by kelirebeli on Apr 29, 2014 2:21:33 GMT
Hi Jem!
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Post by Pammy on Apr 29, 2014 3:54:39 GMT
You know, it's funny. We can normally tell at a quick glance whether a budgie is male or female, but occasionally there is a tricky little bugger who stumps us all. Tohru's Olivia is one, and your Jem is another. Either way, very pretty baby you got there.
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Post by Budgiebonkers on Apr 29, 2014 14:09:59 GMT
The bird is def a male.
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Apr 29, 2014 20:51:07 GMT
I say its a female because,I read alot of info. All Female have white on the cere male do not.Female baby parakeets tend to have a white ring around the nostril; males tend to have a nostril ring with a pink or purple tint. Unfortunately, these tints are often very difficult to distinguish when a bird is less than a month old.Birds must first reach sexual maturity before this method of gender identification is applicable, according to Pet Informed. However, between 8 and 12 months of age, the band of raised skin across the top of a parakeet's beak (called the cere) takes on a gender-specific color. Males take on a bright blue or rich violet while females take on a variation of brown, anywhere from a rich brown resembling that of oiled leather to a light tan. In some rare instances, a female's cere will turn a very pale blue with a whitish tint. This bluish tint will dramatically lighter than that of a male, making sex determination visually obvious. Here a video that will help.
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Post by kelirebeli on Apr 30, 2014 4:07:34 GMT
Thnks BB! Now Cyndi, give your bird the proper name! Jem!!! Ugh LOL
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Post by menageriemom (Cyndi) on Apr 30, 2014 5:22:45 GMT
I say its a female because,I read alot of info. All Female have white on the cere male do not.Female baby parakeets tend to have a white ring around the nostril; males tend to have a nostril ring with a pink or purple tint. Unfortunately, these tints are often very difficult to distinguish when a bird is less than a month old.Birds must first reach sexual maturity before this method of gender identification is applicable, according to Pet Informed. However, between 8 and 12 months of age, the band of raised skin across the top of a parakeet's beak (called the cere) takes on a gender-specific color. Males take on a bright blue or rich violet while females take on a variation of brown, anywhere from a rich brown resembling that of oiled leather to a light tan. In some rare instances, a female's cere will turn a very pale blue with a whitish tint. This bluish tint will dramatically lighter than that of a male, making sex determination visually obvious. Here a video that will help. This is a lovely video, and I do appreciate the experience someone has who breeds these lovely creatures. I do, however, have a simple pause before shouting Hurray, we have an answer! Our little bird Twitter is 16 months old, and her cere has never changed to a brown in any fashion and we know she's a girl. So, females don't always have a cere that turns brown. We know our little bird is very young, and we are content to wait until his/her cere turns a very definite color. Until then, it is answering to lots of names and knows the difference from when we are speaking to Twitter and when we aren't. I DO love all the help you guys give, it's awesome.
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Post by kelirebeli on May 8, 2014 3:29:16 GMT
Female's cere its brown when its in breeding condition, its white, pale blue when normal
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Post by Budgiebonkers on May 8, 2014 12:37:03 GMT
Female's cere its brown when its in breeding condition, its white, pale blue when normal Actually some hens never go into condition. Had a hen once that was three her cere was always white.
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