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.

 

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%

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Lea is getting her DNA test tomorrow!!

 

Good luck!!

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Well by the spot method she would be a she....but as this thread is proving that's not something to take as definite. What's her behaviour like? Is she noisy? quiet? flirty?

 

She's quiet and shy. Which is why i always thought she was a female. She also does have the white backed head thing. Which i noticed Cookie doesn't have i don't think.

 

Cookie's got a white patch on the back of her head:

It means she's split to pied.

I think Shylo is a female, she's past her first moult isn't she? If yes then her face would be turning white already if she were male.

 

I got the Dna test for Spike and he is a boy. I took a guess with getting him. I tend to get all boy pets and I was right that Spike was a boy.

 

Well dna testing is the best go my any means. Although not everyone can afford it. I myself don't have vet to do a dna testing but i also don't think i need to have it done.

 

I didn't get mine done by a vet, I got mine done by a place in toronto they send you a free kit and you mail it back to them only cost 22.00 which is very inexpensive and the results came back in 3 days

 

well if i ever have a problem bird i'll keep that in mind

 

I did the same place, and got Diego's sex back, hence the re-name to Maya (he was indeed a female) It was $23.32 the cheque we sent out, and i got an email reply about 5 business days later (after i sent in the DNA samples)...

Kirby

 

yeah it was 22.00 plus gst...lol I forgot the dreaded gst I just sent the cash and got the email in 4 dys for Georgie and 3 dys for Ollie, Georgie the breeder thought was male but through dna we found out Georgie is indeed female, Ollie she thought was male as well so she was right on that one

 

wow. Well i think i'm fine because i have normal grays. If i were to get a pied or something i would look into this

 

I don't think i could justify spending that much to find out the gender of my bird. If it were $5-$10, maybe, but not $20+. Unless i was intended to breed and needed to know of course.