[Rehan]

Bought my grey cinnamon tiel at around 6months it’s about 7-8 months now not sure if it’s had a molt nth that I know of but I have seen the same Tiel that was a female and has laid an egg and mine acts like a female, it’s not to loud it seems to be attracted to men more then woman not to crazy and it sounds more like a female someone please help me!

 

[Misstiel]

That is definitely a male, and it looks like it's just a normal grey to me. Only males have bright yellow faces. Cinnamons are usually much lighter, and they will have a brownish wash to their feathers sometimes as well.

 

[VIVAAN]

Definitely male
Normal grey Cockatiel
I can easily make out by the face.

 

[Rehan]

That is definitely a male, and it looks like it's just a normal grey to me. Only males have bright yellow faces. Cinnamons are usually much lighter, and they will have a brownish wash to their feathers sometimes as well.

Hi, thanks for replying but that’s what I thought at first 100% male but I saw someone else had the same tiel that looked exactly like mine and is a female and has laid eggs so I’m just really confused and mine acts like a female 😂 oh well thanks again!

 

[Rehan]

Definitely male
Normal grey Cockatiel
I can easily make out by the face.

Yh thanks for replying but I have seen the same tiel and it was a female and has laid an egg so I was just really confused thanks again!

 

[VIVAAN]

Yh thanks for replying but I have seen the same tiel and it was a female and has laid an egg so I was just really confused thanks again!

Welcome😀

 

[Misstiel]

Hi, thanks for replying but that’s what I thought at first 100% male but I saw someone else had the same tiel that looked exactly like mine and is a female and has laid eggs so I’m just really confused and mine acts like a female 😂 oh well thanks again!

Yeah, no problem! Was that cockatiel ever in a cage with another female? Also, do you have any pictures of it?

 

[Rehan]

Yeah, no problem! Was that cockatiel ever in a cage with another female? Also, do you have any pictures of it?

Got it from a pet shop so I’d guess it’s been near one and pics should be on the post I’ll put it on this as well!

 

[Rehan]

Got it from a pet shop so I’d guess it’s been near one and pics should be on the post I’ll put it on this as well! View attachment 94446

Oh I thought u meant do I have any pics of the bird, sorry I’m dumb 😂 and no I don’t it was in an pet shop pretty sure they had males there was a lot of them

 

[Misstiel]

Okay, if it was in with other females, one of the females could have laid the eggs then. Also, you said you don't have any pictures of the one that you thought was a male but turned out to be a female?

 

[Rehan]

Okay, if it was in with other females, one of the females could have laid the eggs then. Also, you said you don't have any pictures of the one that you thought was a male but turned out to be a female?

No I meant that iv seen another tiel on google same as mine that was a female even tho it looked like a male and I thought mine could b a female as I have realised it’s been acting like a female, trying to find out so I can breed them I’m guessing my only choice is to get a dna

 

[Misstiel]

Would you be able to send me the link so I could see? If it was a pied, they sometimes look very similar to normal greys.

 

[Rehan]

Would you be able to send me the link so I could see? If it was a pied, they sometimes look very similar to normal greys.

I’ll try to find it

 

[Rehan]

I’ll try to find it

Yellow headed female?

I recently adopted a cockatiel I was told she is a female (which she is she laid an egg and she's the only one in there lol) everything I read says females don't have a yellow head.... I was told she is a cinnamon and wondered if there is another mutation that makes the head yellow on a female...

www.talkcockatiels.com

 

[Misstiel]

Yellow headed female?

I recently adopted a cockatiel I was told she is a female (which she is she laid an egg and she's the only one in there lol) everything I read says females don't have a yellow head.... I was told she is a cinnamon and wondered if there is another mutation that makes the head yellow on a female...

www.talkcockatiels.com

Yeah, the one in that conversation is a pied, and pied can have the yellow faces even if they are females. Since yours doesn't have any pied markings from what I can tell, yours is a male. In the first picture, the one in the front is my female cinnamon pied cockatiel, and she has a bright yellow face even though she is a female. In the last picture, she is with her mate, a normal grey male. The big thing is to look for if your cockatiel shows any pied markings, and then you could have a male or a female. Otherwise, your cockatiel is most definitely a male.

 

[Rehan]

Yeah, the one in that conversation is a pied, and pied can have the yellow faces even if they are females. Since yours doesn't have any pied markings from what I can tell, yours is a male. In the first picture, the one in the front is my female cinnamon pied cockatiel, and she has a bright yellow face even though she is a female. In the last picture, she is with her mate, a normal grey male. The big thing is to look for if your cockatiel shows any pied markings, and then you could have a male or a female. Otherwise, your cockatiel is most definitely a male.

I see thanks so much for your help, can finally get a female so they can breed! Have a good day

 

[Misstiel]

You're welcome! You too! 😊