mary&shelby Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hello ! There are some visual methods to try to know if a grey parrot is a male or female? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Sorry, not really. But DNA sexing has become safe, reliable & affordable. Many ask their avian vet while their fid is in for a check up or whatever. But there are also companies like this one. http://www.dnasexing.com/ I had mine done at the vet. But I believe other members have sent for a kit & may be able to refer you (or not) from their own actual experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Quite a few years ago, there was supposed to be a non-DNA method but that's been proven to be very unreliable and it could be only done on adut birds. It had to do with the shape of the head, the general size of the bird, the color of the feathers, the shape of the eyes etc. It was all proven to be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I had all mine DNA sexed but Sunny our rescue Sunconure. I am sure he is a boy.... but who knows? He fell in love with my Amazon, a DNA sexed girl. She loved him back. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Gabby laid an egg, can't get more visual that. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Josey is the only one dna'd female, the other two birds I have not sexed but no eggs so far and I think they are female also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaileysPapa Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 AvianBiotech.com will send you kits to have sexing done by blood sample, feather sample, or eggshell sample. I had it done by blood sample for $19.95. My vet wanted $55.00. And she uses Avian Biotech. I brought the test card to her, and she cut his nail a bit too short and collected the blood for me. You can do it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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