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lovemyfinch
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by lovemyfinch » Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:46 pm
Born Oct 5th, so now 5 1/2 months old. Just finishing 2nd molt.
Boy or Girl

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by CandoAviary » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:19 pm
Females will have the black spots on the chest... but so do imature males before their first molt. Ain't I helpful

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by Jan » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:21 pm
sure looking like a little girl...
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by L in Ontario » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:26 pm
Do female Green Singers sing?
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by Jan » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:33 pm
mine don't, they have a nice chirp, but the males belt our a song.. I think they are at their best when set-up near a pair of Grey Singers, trying to keep up with a real pro..

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by kenny » Sun Mar 20, 2011 8:50 am
hi
looks at the moment to be a female as they always have the necklace....as regards to thier singing .when i let mine out into the aviary the cock bird would beat any canary song!
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by G8love4finches » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:49 am
I was told when I got my male singer, that he would sing only if a mate was not with him...He sings beautifully!...I don't own any females.
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by ikhom » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:12 pm
lovemyfinch wrote:Born Oct 5th, so now 5 1/2 months old. Just finishing 2nd molt.
Boy or Girl

If it is after the second mold, it is a female.
I have a chick from Oct 3. He is a male and molded earlier in his adult colors and sings very well too.
https://picasaweb.google.com/igorkhomen ... directlink.
L in Ontario wrote:Do female Green Singers sing?
Females of GS could chirp loud. It is better to wait until they are 6 months. Young females and young males sound alike.
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by monotwine » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:04 pm
looks like a pretty Gal to me too. Lovely.
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by lovemyfinch » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:14 pm
So I guess the verdict is wait for another 3 or 4 weeks, and then we should know for sure.

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by L in Ontario » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:54 pm
I guess I'll just have to wait a little longer for the final verdict.

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by lovemyfinch » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:56 pm
Tomorrow I am going to try and record what I call singing

This will more than likely help us find a final verdict.

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by BigBear0007 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:32 pm
If it has molted twice it is a HEN
I am $150% sure.
I have had two month old baby males start to sing because they heard their dad sing.
A juvenile necklace is not as dark, and noticible.
Also the yellow is not as bright as a males.
I have a male from Sept/2010 and his yellow is a nice bright yellow!
You don't have to wait any longer. FEMALE
Below are some examples of my birdss.
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Pair:Female on the left..Male on the right.

My young male.
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by ikhom » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:58 pm
BigBear0007 wrote:Jerry
I could argue with you, Jerry. Last year I had GS that looked as a female at 5 1/2 months. I was sure it was a female.

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by BigBear0007 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:02 pm
Never had a problem with Green Singers.
European Goldfinches, Siberian Goldfinches and Parrot finches always give me greif.
I'm not saying it can't happen but not that one.
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