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This is oliver

when i got him i thought he was a male . I have seen him do the male dance but i was looking at the pics on here and his head is rounded but flat so i cant tell

just tell me what you think

Behaviour seems to be a better indicator as to what the sex of an IRN is. Visual is just a guess ( except for ring lol).

Does Oliver cluck with his/her head back? Sexing a young IRN is difficult visually, but I *guess* Girl by the pics, Boy from the behaviour. Confusing! hehe. Are you going to get a DNA test done or wait it out?

Lauren, if they cluck withtheir head back is that female or male behavior? My female tends to do this but I don't know if it is gender specific. Thanks.

Maybe you have a it, lol.

Tricky one.

They can confuse us! The 'cluck' or 'cooing' is a female behaviour but sometimes they can pick up these behaviour when young and thats why its also difficult to tell even through behaviour. Still, I'm convinced my Yoda is male due to the 'man dancing'. Only time can tell.

no clucking but he dances around his toys and does that little male dance with his wings in like a heart thing. But he hasnt done it in a while. So It is confusing I Think im just ognna wait it out but i am just wanting to know haha

What color do you call this type of IRN? My Wallace is exactly this color.

the breeder i got my irn from said it was grey green

Spreading the shoulders creating a heart shape as you describe, pinning the eyes and hoping around his toys is classic male to me. Pictures are extremely hard to tell from, unless you capture a male or female pose. But to me it sounds very much like you have a boy.

Our pickle displayed once at a very early age, just after fledging infact, and never again until he came in contact with his sibbling again, and again nothing until this weekend when the neighbour brought his sibbling over to play, Pickle began to hop and tap his beak, making the male call, flaring his wings out (from the shoulder) stretching up and tapping his beak down again, pinning his eyes and dancing around the other bird like some tuff heman .. lol .. so cute.

My IRN (Oliver) do the "head back thing" thats typical for female but s/he also do the male dance sometimes so I´m very confused about him..

angie i agree with you

he does do the dance at times like that.

he also paces back and fouth on the purch and i also read that if they stand high of the perch that is also male characteristic

I was thinking male and still male cause he doesnt tilt his head back.

And his head is real flat like a male

ill get some pics later

cool .. can't wait to see them.

here are some more pics of oliver

he is nine months old in 9 days hehe

Here are 4 photos and 1 video

of course when you trying to take pics and vids they never do what you want them to do






and the vid

Look how high that beak is... MALE

Aww look at him being all aggresive , hehe, kill that bell !!

.. love your cockatiel too and you have a beagle and a red setter ? what is the puppy ? The boy on guitar who is he ? .. sorry I just had to take a peak can't help myself, bloody sticky nose I know.

haha thanks

um its not a red setter its golden retirever :]
puppy is part fox hound part brittnay spaniel and the kid on guitar is ME!

Ah Golden retriever .. ok .. nice .. and Hi you !

kyria wrote:
... began to hop and tap his beak, making the male call, flaring his wings out (from the shoulder) stretching up and tapping his beak down again, pinning his eyes and dancing around the other bird like some tuff heman ...

Endearing qualities that attracted my wife to me. What a wild night in that bar...

My first dog was a golden and everyone thought he was a setter too! He was red with slightly curly hair... o_O;

Craig wrote:Endearing qualities that attracted my wife to me. What a wild night in that bar...

Melika wrote:My first dog was a golden and everyone thought he was a setter too! He was red with slightly curly hair... o_O;

Thats why I thought Justins was a setter also, because of the colouring in the photo is more red than gold, and I don't know a great deal about dog breeds hard enough with the birds .. lol

hey its no big deal

i was home sick from school today and oliver has been out most of teh day

and he as done the male dance to his bell 9 times haha!

julie if you could post that pic on this blog that would be great

i cant wait to compare pics

This is oscar at around the same age, he is dna sexed.

In some pics it looks like he has a ring more than in others.

Its really hard to tell, the pastel blue hen in this pic looks like she has a ring starting but she is definately a hen.

wow they look so much alike!

ITS REALLY SCARY

even when he is eating like that apple they look alike

welll the only way to know is dna testing but i am prettu sure he is a male

That one that is female taht looks like a male has the exact head shape as the male

SCARY!

thanks so mcuh for posting those

it helps

does any one have a pic of a female grey green irn?

if so cna you post a couple pics on this blog

I am comparing male with female as i aready have male pics thanks to julie.

I am conviced male but i just wanna see females pics

Thanks