Basically the OP is asking if we bird keepers birds act as the sex they are born, or if by how we interact with them influences how they act.
For instance if you act real "girly" to a male bird does it act girly? Or vise versa.
That my take of it anyways, I could be wrong.
I don't think I treated Phoenix any special gender specific way, more so neutral for fear of creating a hormonal bird.
Like I said tho he was out all day everyday. As soon as I woke I opened his door and he would be waiting on the door for me to open it. He would ride the door as I opened it. Once all the way open he would climb up to the top, stretch out his wings then fly over to me. His curiosity was off the charts, had to investigate everything...
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I couldn't even make the morning coffee without a full on microscopic investigation....