birdy_numnum
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Hi my birds are about a year and a half old, no sighn of any red ring round their neck, could both my birds be females, of do they take longer to mature?
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Your birds are beautiful, that's for sure! There's no way of telling their gender at this age, except for DNA testing. Males can take up to three years to develop the neck ring. Some say they see definite signs of the ring during the second moult, but my Barney is showing no signs of his ring and he's due for his third moult soon. Mind you, it could be that Barn is a Lady, but he was supposed to have been DNA tested as a chick. I'll just have to wait to find out, as you will.