Baby's a boy?

Mikaela · Post by **Mikaela** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:29 am

No way, I'll freak.

Havent I learned that boys bob? She has started this bobbing her head thing when she is happy or excited.

Shes been doing it often for about a week. Or could it be just because she has had alot more cage time because Ive been sick?

julie · Post by **julie** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:39 pm

indie doesnt bob he just tries to bite now he has his new ring he jumps from his perch to the side to try get me when i walk past.

Neokireina · Post by **Neokireina** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:32 am

Them things babies do..
If baby is doing something like this i dont think its because she is a boy

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=60193&currentDate=20020108&currentTime=104706

Them things boys do..
THIS is what boys do ( BE WARNED the video is rather large 8megs and will take a while to load )

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=60193&currentDate=20040922&currentTime=000027

Them things birds do..
Bappy as a baby not relivant but so cute

http://www.dropshots.com/day.php?userid=60193&currentDate=20041012&currentTime=233026

Mikaela · Post by **Mikaela** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:21 am

*hugs Neo sooooo tight*

Girl, I was tripping! lol

But she does the first vid thing. Like just a little bobbing sorta thing.

I thought, for some reason, I had learned that was a male trait.

I have always interacted with her as a girl, it would mess with my head if she turned out to be a boy.

Any of you ever been really attached to an IRN and interacted with it as if it were one sex to find out later it was another?

What's that like?

Neokireina · Post by **Neokireina** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:19 pm

Once they do video number two It's pretty clear that they are male. As you can see there chicken didnt have his ring then and we were absolutely sure he was a boy back then.

Dont get this confused with just pinning and regurgitating because Yuki is a girl and she did that to me a few times. Yuki also chatters like mad too. However the wings dont come out and she doesnt put her head to the ground and do that kind of chirp and jump stuff.

Post by **kyria** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:51 am

kai does the strutt along the perch and tap the beak (like your second video) making kinda quacking noises. He also flirst with his banana's toy and does this .. arch the neck put the shoulders of his wings out and bob/wobble the head from side to side.

the top three vids at - http://www.dropshots.com/kyria - show it.

He has no ring, is only 15 months old, but myself and Jeremy are pretty damn sure he's a boy now.

Dani03 · Post by **Dani03** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:14 am

Well I guess you wont truly know until 2 years

Hopefully we'll all still be here. So many members will forget or get tired of a board...but I know I wont, not as long Prinny is still here. (note excuse any mistyping, Prinny is helpingd :wink:

)

Dani and Prinny

Mazziemom · Post by **Mazziemom** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:32 am

If you really wanna know now, you could easily run DNA. Its not expensive (anymore) and its pretty simple to do. I actually have 3 dna kits here... I keep them just in case anyone needs to know the sex of a bird before adopting.

Athena

Mikaela · Post by **Mikaela** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:16 pm

What I do? Pluck a feather?

Mazziemom · Post by **Mazziemom** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 2:12 pm

You can...

Go to www.avianbiotech.com and look at the info on DNA sexing.

I prefer using a blood card, but thats because I do toenails myself all the time so a little bleeding is no biggie for me LOL.

Just so you know, you don't have to fill the whole circle on the blood card. Its fine to get that much blood from say.. a macaw... but ringnecks are much smaller. I fill about 1/3 of the circle and its enough.

You can use the feather method.. but you have to pluck (I think 3) feathers from your bird and mail them in right away. Personally I hate to pluck feathers... so I don't do that.

Athena