male or female? which sits on eggs more?

deb3212

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2yr old female goffins cockatoo Chloe; 5yr old female cinnamon conure Mango; 2yr old male ?? conure Stewie
my green cheeks have 2 eggs, the bird sitting on the eggs quite a bit is the "male" and the bird always kind of guarding the doorway to the box is the "female", I have had her for almost 5 years and got him a couple months ago. my question is did both of the people get the sex wrong or do the males sit on the eggs more than the females??
 

henpecked

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Dec 12, 2010
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Jake YNA 1970,Kia Panama amazon1975, both i removed from nest and left siblings, Forever Home to,Stacie (YN hen),Mickie (RLA male),Blinkie (YNA hen),Kong (Panama hen),Rescue Zons;Nitro,Echo,Rocky,Rub
I don't breed conjures. However IMO it sounds like you have two hens. I always DNA. It saves so much trouble.
 

MikeyTN

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"Willie"&"Lola"B&G Macaw,
"Dixie"LSC2, and "Nico" Scarlet Macaw.
Have you done your research on how to raise chicks and proper breeding??? Many things can happen and you need to understand on how to deal with them when they arise. IF both were hens then you haven't got the understanding part down yet. Please be advised to understand the meaning and do your research before ever attempting to breed or raise chicks. It is very time consuming job all on it's own.
 

greencheekachick

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normal female gcc-Shyra,
normal male gcc-Morpheus,
cinnamon female gcc-Meeka,
(Meeka and Morpheus are a pair and are parents of Shyra)
My female is the one that sits the eggs while the male guards the nest. I've read that the male will help with incubation too but for the most part and in my short experience the male pretty much is the sentry and female the sitter.
Either you or the people you got your birds from could have guessed wrong on their genders. The only way to make sure is to DNA sex them or wait to see if any babies hatch from the eggs. If you do get babies then most likely (to me anyways you may have to DNA sex anyways to be sure) your assumed male is female and the assumed female is male.
 

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