I own 2 cockatiels and am interested in breeding. I wouldnt like to know how to sex them.
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Feather sexing is the cheapest.
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Well i could tell by the way they look, the males are mostly darked colored and females are mostly lighter in color and also by the way the sing, the males usually sing more than the famale cockatiels
Female cockatiels tend to have dots all the way up under their wings. If your cockatiel is young you may have to wait a while [year and a half or so] until you can REALLY tell.
Male cockatiels may have the dots but not all the way up his wing. One way to tell for sure would be to go to your avian vet and get a DNA test done. That should cost about $50. Hope this info helps.
you can usually check there pelvic area and the wider it is it is female when the bones are so close it is a male...or you can do a blood test about 35 to 40 dollars each.
Only a veterinarian can come to that conclusion by performing a blood test. Birds organs are internal and not visible to the naked eye, like that of a dog or cat.
These days, with all of the cross-breeding and all attempting to make 'prettier' cockatiels, it's really hard to tell. A tip is to look at the orange cheek patches; for males, these patches are brighter than on females, which should have slightly duller, more 'softly' colored orange cheeks.
Also, males sing, and like to flaunt about. Mine will lean down and spread his wings, or do little birdy backflips in the cage. Females are much quieter, and don't sing nearly so much. No flaunting. (Not to be confused with grooming!)
Just a few quick tips, if you want to avoid professionals or labs or whatnot.
It depends on the mutation you are trying to sex, females have mainly grey faces with only traces of yellow around the beak, eyes, and forehead. Their cheek patches appear duller since there is a wash of grey over the orange and their crests are grey. They have yellow spots on the underside of their flight feathers and conspicuous yellow and grey barring on their tails.
After their first molt at 6 to 8 months males lack the tail barring and the flight feather spots but have a bright yellow face and 'bib'. Their crests are mainly yellow with grey only at the tip. The cheek patches are a bright orange since there is no grey there to dull them. The white wing patch is immaterial when sexing.
Normal Whiteface, Cinnamon, Fallow, Silver, Yellowcheek, Pastelface, and any other mutation which results in a basically grey or brown bird with white or yellow accents can be sexed in the same way as the greys. That is females will have grey or brown faces, spots under their flight feathers, and barring on their tails and generally have lighter cheek patches. Males will lack the spots and bars but have white or yellow faces and crests.
Pieds can be difficult to sex but may be sexed by dark tail or wing feathers...indicating male, if you see baring it's either young or a female.
What mutation do you have?
Males are also more vocal than females and whistle alot more.
I have a male cockatiel, Buddy and a way we was able to tell that he is a male is the fact that Buddy's cheek feathers are bright orange. Another way we found out he is a male is the fact that Buddy would climb on top of the cage and rub himself on the handle. You read correct. The cockatiel we have would actually ma$turbate on the handle of the cage. We could tell when he was because he would move his tail feathers left and right quickly.
Plus, males learn how to talk. Females just sing.
Male cockatiels are usually more vocal and females are usually more quiet. the male chirps alot and is more likely to learn how to talk.
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