Should I get my bird DNA sexed?

[Sabbath]

My breeder offered to get my new baby bird DNA sexed for a extra 25, is it worth doing so?

 

[ann]

yes, absolutely! if you know what gender it is you can provide better health and behaviroral guidence. for example:females can lay eggs without a male, so they still need extra calcium, they can also egg bind (when the hen is unable to pass an egg, this can be deadly). pluss females will exibit nesting behaviors such as hiding in dark places, which you should not allow her to do bc it can lead to breeding behaviors, and aggressively protecting her "nest". if you get a male,(especially cockatiels) they can masturbate on their perches which leads to aggression, and breeding behaviors. if this happens remove the toy or perch he is doing this to. this does not happen to every bird, but its something i thought i should mention. if you know what gender your bird is, you can better the care you give them and know what his/her needs are. good luck!

 

[suebee]

personally yes, as its always good to know and you never know if you will want to increase your flock at an later stage, so knowing its sex will be a big help

and assuming it will be done by a vet, i'd as for documents, rather then the given word

 

[Sabbath]

Ok, I'll call her up some time and ask about the documents(I'm pretty sure it done by her own vet). So thank you

 

[Spiritbird]

Breeders can do the DNA test, usually with a little tiny clip of the toe nail. The price you stated is what I paid also.

 

[Rio Mom]

I agree too. You will know if you need to worry about egg binding. I also wanted to know whether to use the boy name or girl name I had picked out. lol. I paid 25 dollars also to avianbiotech.

 

[Sabbath]

Ah ya true about the egg binding thing! I haven't picked a name out yet >.>

 

[Rio Mom]

I picked out two names once I brought him home, and just called him "birdie" til the results came back lol

 

[Sabbath]

lol that what I've done with most of my animals. Dog, fish, or bird has always been their names .

I'm terrible with names so as the time comes I'll probably ask around for names and put some in a hat and pick one!