Chili's gender is....

[getwozzy]

A GIRL!!!

I totally thought chili was a boy...ha! I sure was fooled!!!

 

[SandyBee]

Awww, you have a sweet little girl. Congrats!!

 

[PetoftheDay]

Congratulations on the knowledge!

 

[MikeyTN]

I'm more attached to my girl birds for some reason. They seem more sweet to me.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Yay! That's so awesome!! Rosie's also a girl, she's really sweet but can be super moody when those breeding season hormones start lol

 

[getwozzy]

We had ourselves convinced that Chili was a boy- the eyes are brown, the vet said she thought boy, and just acts feisty. But nope! She's a girl lol.

We were hoping for a girl from the beginning, but would've been happy either way. I'm excited we finally found out though! I have my wittle baby girl ❤❤❤

When hubby saw how I spelled her name he said "why'd you spell it c-h-i-l-i instead of c-h-i-l-l-y???"
Because she's got a spicy attitude like a chili pepper!

 

[kq_fan]

Awww cute! Congrats!

 

[Bundiibird]

Congrats on finding out the gender. She is an awesome little baby girl.

 

[Billy29]

I'm going to get Mango sexed just for the hell of it. I love him/her either way because of guys sweetness.

Something endeared me with theus little half pint Amazon. By the way I think he is going to be a good talker.

I think all Galahs should be girls, that are cute and pink.

 

[SpotsandSally]

I ordered a free disease & sexing kit for my kiwi hoping to find out anything

 

[MikeyTN]

Free??? Where do you order that from??

 

[getwozzy]

Free??? I paid the vet $40something! I wonder if they send you the kit for free and then charge for processing...?

 

[SpotsandSally]

Maybe. I dunno. *shrug* I just looked up bird DNA sexing, clicked on the first link then clicked for the free kit.... Lol.

im magic

But yeah, they'll probably charge me for something. But they don't have my credit number (didnt ask for one), nenernenernener


Edit ;;
http://www.avianbiotech.com/ here. I might need to get a strictly disease one for a pigeon if they'd do something like that. But I just clicked on the free collection one. Saw nothing, they just wanted address, name, state, zip code, & what kits you wanted. I dunno, seemed like a good idea. Maybe they charge you for the Actual process of doing the disease/DNA stuff?? It has a pricing list.
I'm confused....

 

[riaria]

Avian Biotech in the UK will send out free testing kits (blood tube/swab/blood card, depending on what you need), and then you pay for whichever tests you want them to do when you send the stuff back to them for testing

 

[Jayyj]

Well, Aussie girls can be pretty feisty too! I wonder if her eye will redden as she gets older or if they'll stay brown?

 

[getwozzy]

Well, Aussie girls can be pretty feisty too! I wonder if her eye will redden as she gets older or if they'll stay brown?

That's a good question- I was wondering the same thing since her eyes are BROWN...not a speck of red at all. I guess we'll have to wait a while to find out lol

 

[riaria]

I've read that the eyes aren't a 100% indicator. Apparently, if what I've read is true, practically all with reddish/lighter brown eyes are female, but some females actually have dark eyes so while dark eyes means that it's *probably* a male, it might actually be a female. If that makes sense So I'd be inclined to DNA just to be sure, especially with dark eyes, and especially especially if you don't know the age (as I think female's eyes don't turn light until adult?). Our dark eyes Ducorps did indeed turn out to be male, but it's good to know for sure

(Well, I say for sure, but DNA isn't 100% either, at least not unless you can guarantee the purity of the sample. But it's near enough, anyway )

 

[getwozzy]

I've read that the eyes aren't a 100% indicator. Apparently, if what I've read is true, practically all with reddish/lighter brown eyes are female, but some females actually have dark eyes so while dark eyes means that it's *probably* a male, it might actually be a female. If that makes sense So I'd be inclined to DNA just to be sure, especially with dark eyes, and especially especially if you don't know the age (as I think female's eyes don't turn light until adult?). Our dark eyes Ducorps did indeed turn out to be male, but it's good to know for sure

(Well, I say for sure, but DNA isn't 100% either, at least not unless you can guarantee the purity of the sample. But it's near enough, anyway )

We did have her DNA'd...that's what this post is about- we got her gender certificate in the mail. And I do know her hatch date so age isn't a question either.

The only issue was that before we got her DNA results we were basing gender off eye color- which I know can be wrong with juveniles, and we were obviously wrong thinking she was a he.

 

[MonicaMc]

I've used Zoogen before... you print out the DNA testing form, fill it out and send it in. No need to wait for a kit to arrive!

About DNA Bird Sexing


Someone else mentioned Healthgene....

AVIAN DNA SEXING TEST - HealthGene Laboratory


And two other places....

Feather sexing for birds

Accu-Metrics- DNA-Vian Testing (did print out one of their DNA sexing pages, but didn't fill it out...)






getwozzy, congrats on your little girl!!!! Sounds like she's keeping you busy!