Very often people have birds as pets. They buy them spacious cages, comfortable roomy feeders and tasty food. But sooner or later, all owners face the question of the sex of the parrots, especially when there is a need to cross them to obtain offspring.
Instructions
Step 1
At an early age, you should look at the wax - this is a small area of skin that is located directly above the beak of a parrot. In females, it has a barely noticeable blue tint with a white border around the nasal cavities. In males, the color ranges from pink to purple, it can have a smooth surface and shine. As they mature, the color of the beak changes and becomes brown-white in females with a gray edging of the beak; in males, the beak changes to indigo and has a bright shiny tint.
Step 2
In order to determine its gender, you need to look at the presence of a mask, which always indicates the small age of the pet. Budgerigars have a yellow head mask, which is absent in young parrots. At an early age (3-4 months), parrots have a wavy color of feathers, starting from the wax.
Step 3
When a male or female turns 4-6 months old and they become adult representatives of birds, you can easily determine their sex by the color of the feathers and wax. So, in a male of green or blue plumage, the waxworm acquires a light blue tint, in contrast to males, whose feathers are yellow, white or spotted. In this case, the color of the wax remains the same as at a young age. In adult female parrots, the wax is always brown, it is unchanged for the entire life of the parrot.
Step 4
If it is impossible to determine the sex of the parrot by the wax, in cases where the wax is colorless or its color appears at a more mature age, then a DNA analysis is done, according to the results of which the sex of the parrot is recognized with a reliability of 99%. This analysis is very effective in doubts about establishing the sex of a parrot, its results are always confirmed with the onset of maturity, when it is already possible to reliably judge the sex by other signs.
