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| | From:  Peggy19401 (Original Message) | Sent: 2/13/2005 11:40 AM |
| I have a Goffins too. DJ is 12yrs old. You can tell the sex by looking at the birds eyes. If they are reddish brown it's a hen, dark grey or black is a male. You almost have to do that in the sunlight. DJ is bad to scream when it's bed time. I cover all the birds with sheets but the 2 Toos have to have blankets.( I also have a Utoo.) You might try covering him/her with a heavy cover when it's bed time. Mine all go right to sleep now but when I tried a sheet with DJ it didn't work. The heavy blanket does wonders. |
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| | | From: MJC | Sent: 2/18/2005 1:09 PM |
Thanks for the information, Peggy. I'll try the heavy blanket tip and see how it works with Sammie. His eyes are near black, so he must be a "he." I'm still debating whether to tell my husband, who assumes any clingy creature is of a certain sex (ha). We're trying to keep the too happy and it seems to be working generally. Again, I appreciate your help. Mary Jo |
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As long as the bird is for pet purposes only then guessing by eye colouring would be fine.....but for breeding purposes, then eye colouring can be deceiving in Too's.....
I had, for example, two MM2's where one had the black eyes and the other the lighter brown.... Both were hand raised by me and by the third year the eye colours became distinct..... younger Too's eyes remain dark 'till the second or third year ......
I bought while in Oklahoma another (supposedly DNA sexed and I had the paper) pair, who had not produced any chicks, and put them in the Avery with my two.......Eye colour was evident, I had two black and two brown....BUT after years of them failing to mate, I found a vet that did sex them and I ended up with one male and three females.....
Magnolia my M2 who is almost 4 now, has very black eyes and although she has all the traits to being female (I'm using the "feel" method ) I still wonder!!.... Too2 |
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| 2Too, My understanding is the eye color sexing only applies to the white toos such as Goffins, Bare Eyes, Utoo, etc. With Mtoos it's not that exact. I guess it's the pink that makes the difference. |
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My understanding is that all species of Too's are considered to be female if brown eyed and male if black eyed.....or considered to be the norm in guessing the sex!!. Too2 |
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I had a breeding pair of U2s and the female had dark reddish brown eyes and the male had black eyes. I already knew the sexes of the birds but when I read about eye color, I checked, and sure enough, the eye colors were accurate. Annie |
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