How can you tell the sex of a canary ??

I LOOKED BETWEEN THE LEGS OF 3 OF MY CANARIES AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME ? WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR ? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE ?
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Here's some methods, including a visual inspection with photos.

warning - link goes to bird-porn

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by sticking your finger up its yoohoo

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Dang, Solly. You know a lot of stuff.

Do they still make the bird porn magazines "BigBird Butt", and gay bird porn "Cocks a Dude'll Do" ?

p.s. glittergirl,
If you are a girl, you only have one canary. Stop looking at it so much or you'll go blind.

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You need to do an autopsy.

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you can only get your bird successfully sexed from a vet. you cant tell by touch... anyone who tells you that is lying. You can however tell by the sounds they make. A male sings a totally different song then a female.. usually way more complex and long, a female simply chirps...

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Males and female birds look the same in most species. Well, rather their outer genitals do. Only flightless birds such as the ostrich and emus as well as some geese and ducks, have a penis.

To sex a canary reliably you have to DNA sex them (lots of places in the USA will do that for about $25). The other option is to wait for the male to sing. They have a very lust and loud song. They don't sing all the time, nor year round, so DNA sexing is the best bet.

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there are no reliable physical characteristics i don't care what people say, ask a vet they will tell you the same thing. you can get blood tests, but the easiest way is to separate them, put them in separate cages away from each other, different rooms would be best. however signs is a male, they have a beautiful song but will only sign when on their own.

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As others have said, all canaries do look alike physically on the outside. As a rule, males sing and females just chirp. As with any rule, there are exceptions. Occasionally a female will sing, but her song tends to be shorter and not as complicated. This is unusual, though. Females that do sing will often not lay fertile eggs. I think the theory is that they have extra testasterone.

To complicate things even further, in summer, when they are molting, males don't sing. It takes a lot of energy to produce new feathers, so they are quiet and a bit lethargic. After molt is finished they will start again. Usually its gradual, taking a couple of weeks for them to get back into full song.

When I raised canaries outside of breeding season I kept my birds together in very large flight cages. They would sing just fine, even though together. During breeding season I would separate them into pairs and the male would continue to sing to the female, so you do not have to keep them far from each other to get them to sing. Please do not keep them together in a small cage, though, as they will fight. Good luck!