Advise needed for lovebirds!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

ok i just got a lovebird from a bird rescue place and i want to know if it was a girl or a boy. since they found the bird they have no clue what my bird was which was a girl or a boy. we just call my lovebird a she because of the name that they the place gave the bird. the lovebirds name is sweet pea. im not sure how to tell if sweet pea is a girl or boy. you see the lovebird sings alot. is there anyway to tell if its a girl or a boy?? i also have finches and i know if they are a girl or boy byt the color of the beak. if it were canaries or cockatiels i know its gender by the singing. becuase a male bird sings to attract its mate right so please help me out here.
Advise needed for lovebirds!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
The thing with lovebirds is that your cant sex them just by looking at them, Both male and female look alike, but there are very precise differences.



The female will sit on a perch with her legs spread

further apart than the male.



* Hens tend to be sturdier and heavier in build.



* Males often have more intense coloring.



* Females bite harder.



* Nest building activity is stronger in the female.



* Males feed the female.



* Tail feathers flare differently when birds meet. Females show

the tail feathers to be of the same length (straight across),

males hold the feathers slightly nipped (rounded).



* Males sit outside nest box during the day



* Females sit inside nest box during the day.



* Females more aggressive protecting their territory.



* Females are usually dominate.



* Males sometimes abuse chicks.
Reply:you half to pull out a blood feather or clip its claw till you get a spot of blood,then send away for dna test,only way,except a breeder told me,if you halv a avery with alot of lovebirds,when its time to sleep,they pare up,male and female will go by each other in pairs?
Reply:We sexed our love birds by gently feeling of the pelvic bone, between and a little behind the legs.(from the outside , no kind of probing involved) Females will have definite space between the two points in the pelvis, and males have little to no space. If the female has laid eggs in the past, the space can be as wide as your finger. You have to be very experienced to be able to know what you're feeling for, and you must be very gentle, no pushing as their little bones are very delicate.



Best bet... contact a bird breeder in your area and ask if you can bring it by and let them feel for you.



Success rate of pelvic checks vary according to the degree of knowledge and experience the person checking has. It would be 50/50 if you don't know how to do it correctly. My rate was a miss out of every hundred,,,that would be 99% for me.



It is not necessary to contradict someone else just because you don't personally know how to do something.
Reply:get it DNA tested

unless you are a breeder (like me*) why dose it natter



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Reply:With lovebirds unless they are the Abyssinian or Madagascan variety (not common in the pet trade) you can not tell just by looking, by behaviors or reliably by pelvic sexing. DNA testing (or seeing the bird lay eggs) is the only sure way to tell the birds sex. Both males and females can be very brightly colored, both can and often do, shred paper and tuck it into their feathers. Females do have the tendency to be a little more nippy, but again that's just a generalization and not always the case. Pelvic sexing is at best a 50/50 chance of being right. I have seen more than one "male" end up laying eggs and vice versa. Most who show their birds or are REALLY into breeding never use that method, as it is not 100% by far. If you really want to know (usually for just a pet, it doesn't matter) you can do one of two things. You can get a little kit online (I use http:/www.avianbiotech.com ) and either pluck a few chest feathers from the bird (doesn't hurt them, they just get irritated that you're holding them still more than anything) and send them in, or clip a nail a little short get a few drops of blood on a special test card and send that in. It costs around $25 and you get the results via email in 2-3 days, a certificate in usually less than 2 weeks. Your second option, if you don't feel comfortable doing any of that, you can find an avian vet in your area (hopefully you already have one) and they can do it for you.
Reply:Really the only accurate way to sex a lovebird is to DNA them you have a vet run a blood test to check if they are male or female. This can be done with most avian vets.



There is the old belief that if you give the lovebird paper and if she/he shreds it its a female if she/he just tears it its a male but this is not always accurate.
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