dhorje Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Update: Peugeot could be a male because he whistles quite often. I think Audi is a female because I have yet to hear her whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I agree with you on Audi because the underside of her tail is barbed and not a solid grey and there is not much yellow in her head. As a baby they all look alike but the male will change to a bright yellow head and solid grey under the tail. Peugeot looks like a pearl and the female will keep her pearl markings and the male will end up looking like a reg. grey tiel after the first molt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I agree Ray and my tiel is a female because she still has her pearls and I have had her over a year so she has molted at least once besides she doesn't whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Your Tiels aren't very old, are they? My Shelby is only 7 months old. I know he is male even though he has lines on his tail and pearls because he says over five words now, he sings full songs and my vet sexed him as a male. From six months to nine months is when a male will molt his pearls off and grow in tail feathers that are bar free. Males do tend to talk and whistle while females mostly just contact call. However, There are females that talk and whistle. Here is my male, still with his pearls, whistling and saying 'pretty bird' for reference: You can see that he is also doing heart wings, which is a male trait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Oh I wanted to see your tiel, but I am not a member of facebook and so could not take a glimpse!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Hm...it should be open to the public..maybe only facebook users? I'll try to upload it to youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 From your picture of Shelby in your signature line he looks a whole lot like my Gypsy who I am pretty sure is a female. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Well, like I said Shelby is a young bird. He has already started to lose his pearls. Male pearl cockatiels don't keep their pearls, whereas females do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhorje Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Both my tiels are less than 3 months. This is my new addition, a 7/8 months old. He maybe a male because he whistles a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshana Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Wow, that's a really strong split to whiteface! What a cutie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhorje Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 Female tiels are very hard to find here. I am looking for a female companion for my new tiel, Opel. I want to keep them in an aviary. I called up a few breeders, all they have are males. I have a breeding pair in the aviary. The hen laid 3 eggs last months. I kept them together with budgies and a male budgie went in the nestbox killing 2 newly hatched babies and destroying the other egg which had a chick in it. I separated the tiels by keeping them in a cage while waiting for a big cage (6'L x 3'W x 6'H) to arrive. A friend is giving me this giant cage. Yesterday the hen laid an egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Sorry to hear you lost your baby tiels that way. I know that they don`t recomend keeping cockatiels and budgies together but, I have had a cockatiel and a budgie that lived in the same cage for years and they were best friends. I read that a budgie would or could torment a tiel because the budgies are so active. My wife and I have had cockatiels for 39 years and we love them to death. They may be small in size but they are big in attitude and personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhorje Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share Posted June 2, 2011 My friends told me that they are not recommended to keep together if I want to breed them. Budgies are notorious. They like to kill other babies even their own kind. There are 2 eggs now in the nestbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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