How to tell the difference

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birdieness

Discussion Starter · Jul 29, 2007 (Edited)

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I was told you can tell by the spots on a tiels wings. I do not belive this is 100% but it does work pretty good.

Here is a males wing

See how the spots only go 1/2 way back and not right to the body.

Here is a females

Slush is what causes confusion. There is a single row of dots going back to her body. Most times the dots are more bold and visualy seeable.

Personnaly i'd go with dna testing but because some people do not have acces to a avian vet like myself i though it would be great to post this.

**Bea, would you mind trying to get a pic of cookies wing spots. They might be more bold going all the way back then slushes

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Bea

· #2 · Jul 29, 2007

I hate to tell you this but Cookie only has them going to half way. I believe that a lot of the time this technique works, but not always. Cookie has always only had spots on half her flights, so for a long time i thought she was a boy.

She's one of the mutations this is supposed to work for too, it's supposedly most accurate in normals/wf normals.

birdieness

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 29, 2007

Well i guess not everything follows the rules. Well for anyone who wishes to try this At lease they can know it might not be 100%

Boomberry

· #4 · Jul 30, 2007

Works for normal greys but not with pied,whiteface and Lutino mutations.

Bea

· #5 · Jul 30, 2007

I would've thought that it would work for whiteface normals too, i'm sure i read that somewhere!

Laura

· #6 · Jul 30, 2007

The wing dot sexing didn't work for my normal tiel we thought "she" was a male but through dna she is a female

birdieness

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jul 30, 2007

Well i guess this proves this does not work. I was told it does and it almost worked for mine besides slush was hard to tell because of how the spots are only a single row of small dots. I also agree with dna testing if you can get the blood or what ever you need to use for it.

Laura

· #8 · Jul 30, 2007

birdieness said:
Well i guess this proves this does not work. I was told it does and it almost worked for mine besides slush was hard to tell because of how the spots are only a single row of small dots. I also agree with dna testing if you can get the blood or what ever you need to use for it.

I read alot of articles where it said this method was accurate but if it were true then our Georgie(girl) would be a male, maybe for some it works I think its probably 50/50

birdieness

Discussion Starter · #9 · Jul 30, 2007

If it would be 50/50 then i'd go with the dna testing. Or if you think you have a hen wait and see if she will lay a egg lol.

Laura

· #10 · Jul 30, 2007

birdieness said:
If it would be 50/50 then i'd go with the dna testing. Or if you think you have a hen wait and see if she will lay a egg lol.

I went the dna root I couldn't wait

Georgie is all female and Ollie who I have had for a few weeks is a male I guess if I had waited and been patient a few more weeks i would have seen that Georgie is quiet other then her contact calls and Ollie is always making noises

Aly

· #11 · Jul 30, 2007

Here is Pic of Baby's wing. Which spots are we looking at? She's 3yrs old.

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Bea

· #12 · Jul 31, 2007

So she only has them on half too!

I was sure this method was more accurate.

For me the most accurate way to tell was their vocal talents. Cookie never made more than her one tone contact call, but within a week of coming home Bailee was chattering like a chimp in his cage.

Riebie

· #13 · Jul 31, 2007

Lea is getting her DNA test tomorrow!!

Amy

· #14 · Jul 31, 2007

Riebie said:
Lea is getting her DNA test tomorrow!!

Good luck!!

Kirby

· #15 · Jul 31, 2007

lol well...

Maya was thoguht to be a male for 9 months. Very vocal, knows how to wolf whistle, calls out to me a lot, and acts very male'ish

However he hates his reflection (which most males love), she does not do heart wings, and i was constantly guessing it's sex...

So i finally DNA'd, and sure enough HE is indeed a SHE!

I was pretty upset as i wanted a male and female pair (to breed in the future).. and i got Disney (proven female from genetics) on the past friday the 27th

So i now have 2 lovely ladies, awaiting husbands in a few years time

hehe

oh, Maya has spots on all her flights... however her tail is bar-less (another way to sex adult normal coloured females)... So she is a mix of male and female qualities... Weird eh!

Kirby

birdieness

Discussion Starter · #16 · Jul 31, 2007

So she only has them on half too! I was sure this method was more accurate.

i thought so to.
lea has dots all on her wings from the pictures i seen though.

Kirby

· #17 · Jul 31, 2007

guys it is not accurate, don't fallow it... lol

In a few months time if she gets a yellow face its a boy, if not, she's a she

Kirby

birdieness

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jul 31, 2007

Well its proven to not be accurate. I'm going to post were i frist got the info and see what they says again.

Kirby

· #19 · Jul 31, 2007

it says...

males have bars half way, females have it all the way

almost everyone on this board has already proven it to be wrong... lol

Kirby

Meghanxx4

· #20 · Jul 31, 2007 (Edited)

So what would you say my Shylo is? She is a Whitefaced cinnamon split pied..... im pretty sure i remembered it all... she's the same mutation as Bea's Cookie i'm pretty sure.

Her spots go all the way down. Heres a picture i just took of her wing...or most of it anyway.

Oh ya by the way she's about 10 months old. Is that to early? she's already had her first molt. So i doubt it.

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