Do u think my cockatiels are male or female?

[cockatielfan17]

i got a new addition to my flock 2 beautiful pearl pied cockatiels (i think) so my question is do u think they are male and female the guy at the breeder told me they are male and female and while we were talking one of them was singing and he told me it was the male he went to the mirror in there cage touched and started to sing to it the other one is always quiet so i think its a female plz answer thank u

 

[SparkkiSparkS]

From what I know that is correct. The male I have now and the ones in the past were always the singers, while the females hardly ever make noise.

 

[MikeyTN]

It also depends on their age!!!

 

[cockatielfan17]

here is a pic of my 2 birds and also can u tell me what mutaion they are?
WHICH DO U THINK IS MALE AND WHICH DO U THINK IS FEMALE? and also i found out they haven't molted yet

 

[MikeyTN]

I thought you got pearl pieds? Both of them are Pieds! You can not visually sex pieds, you have to look under their wing feathers and look for the dots!

 

[MikeyTN]

Here's my babies I recently raised....The first one from the left is a Pearl Pied! Yours are pieds not pearl pieds!

 

[MikeyTN]

And from Left to right is Girl, Boy, Girl, and Boy!

 

[cockatielfan17]

how do u tell if its male or female from that young of an age other than them singing

 

[MikeyTN]

Genetics! Plus the dots I was telling you about! I used to breed them years ago, got some again in the recent year. I had no intension on breeding them, it just happened. The parent pair used to hate each other.

 

[cockatielfan17]

but the problem is they still havent molted so can i still check there wings and if so what do i look for and what are the differences in the male and female dots?

 

[MikeyTN]

They don't need to molt to check for dots, youngsters and adult plumage should be about the same. Yes in the regular coloring, all the babies looks like momma. Color variation does not apply! But they still have the dots regardless, unless it's a Pearl then you can't tell....

 

[cockatielfan17]

ok thanks and one other thing one of my new cockatiels always makes it wings in a heart shape and sings to the other male i dont understand why it does that i know its male because its always singing is it possible it likes the other male?????

 

[MikeyTN]

Yes!!! LOL! that's a little mating dance they do....it happens...

 

[cockatielfan17]

so will i have to seperate them?
i will show u a vid later but i want him to be a with a girl so in the future they will breed and if i have to seperate them here can i seerate them because i have no other cage can i make something to put him in and also they have been fighting the new pair and the old one but i dont have a cage to seperate them in what could i do can i make something???

 

[MikeyTN]

You should never stick new birds together in the same cage without observing! You need a separate cage!

 

[cockatielfan17]

ill try to see if i can get a cage but whats bothereing me is that the bird might not like the female and they might not have babies in the future

 

[oled]

It is a shemale I think lol

 

[MikeyTN]

ill try to see if i can get a cage but whats bothereing me is that the bird might not like the female and they might not have babies in the future

Not necessarily!!! He might be attracted to that specific marking on the other male. Once you separate things may change. Why are you wanting to breed so badly? I never force mine, they like what they like. I have a beautiful pied male that's self absorbed, he only like himself....

 

[cockatielfan17]

lol i do want to breed them badly but not now ive been wanting handfed babies for like forever and none of the pet stores or breeders near me handfeed there babies i seperated them and ever since i seperated them he hasnt sang not once but he still squawks and screams

 

[MikeyTN]

He'll sing again! They always sing! It's just gonna take him a few days to get adjusted to the new cage.