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white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:43 am
by wildbill
hi
how do you sex white breasted blue back gouldians
thanks
Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:02 am
by Finchman1
thats a challenge... lets wait for the masters... i also want to know when they are still youngs... if matured then those who sings are cocks.
Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:53 am
by lovemyfinch
I waited and waited until I realized that she wasn't going to sing like the rest

Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:14 am
by nixity
You can look a few things including the head color (unless the bird is black head), the ring around the head will be much more prominent in males than in females and generally the blue color itself is a bit more drab on a hen than on a cock.
Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:01 pm
by lovemyfinch
Tiffany, you had me going ah ha...until you said unless she is black headed

I am just going to have to assume that mine is female, being as how I still haven't seen or heard her sing.

Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:03 pm
by nixity
Janine I think I saw the pics of yours and it is definitely a hen

Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:05 pm
by lovemyfinch
nixity wrote:Janine I think I saw the pics of yours and it is definitely a hen

Ahh , thanks so much for confirming Tiffany

She is special to me, and now even more so being as how I am always short on hens.

Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:03 pm
by MLaRue
Here is a female BH WB BB
Here is a female BH BB

Re: white breasted blue gouldian
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:14 pm
by L in Ontario
I think the beak turning black will also give it away as a hen (when coming into breeding).