If you are able to, try to have a look at the *underside* of the bird's tailfeathers. Once they have moulted into adult plumage, rippling or stippled effect will always be present with a hen irrespective of any colour mutation, even if the feather has to be held up to the light to see it in the case of a lutino, whereas with a male it will always be a solid colour.Hello! Iām getting this cutie pie tomorrow and I am wondering if anyone can guess a sex on this one. I donāt have any background on them except they are more than a year old and the previous owner was guessing she was a female. Also what mutation is this? Any help is appreciated!
Pepper has tail feathers with some of the rippled/stippled look, but also has solid feathers. "He" sings and makes heart wings, but less often than Kona does. I've heard of females imitating males.
Sorry @koyajo I'm not so good at the mutations. But if I had to pick a gender, based on that tail colouration and the stated age of over a year, I'd say hen. Once those really long yellow tail feathers moult out though, try holding one up to a light or the sun. Even with this lutino girl that I used to have, the rippling effect still showed through on her longest tail feathers, and holding them up to the light was the only way I could see it.
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Thank you!!!I agree... she looks like a hen. Females will also have spots under their wings, but it's harder to guess sex with pieds, which your bird is
