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Post by buuzbee on Aug 5, 2006 20:44:38 GMT
hi all, does anyone know how to sex a brouke? do they have any tell tales signs like a budgie, or do they need to be dna tested like other parrots?
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Post by lin on Aug 6, 2006 0:18:03 GMT
Male is more colourful than the dull female.
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Post by Berserka on Aug 7, 2006 3:54:14 GMT
In normal Bourkes the male has a row of blue feathers above his nostrils. Rosa Bourkes the male tends to have a bigger area of cinnamon in his cheeks. Creams & Pinks well, you really need to judge by behaviour although the female is generally a little smaller than the male & the head is rounder in a female.
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Post by buuzbee on Aug 7, 2006 16:10:28 GMT
i am looking to get a pair of rosa's. the gal i am talking to has babies from this year, but they havent had a molt yet (i understand you can sex them after the first molt) and she has babies from last year. she is going thru her records to find an unrelated pair from last year for me i am SOOOOOO excited!!!
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Post by Scully on Aug 7, 2006 16:44:48 GMT
aww Buuz how exciting
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Post by silvercloud on Aug 8, 2006 2:26:26 GMT
Aww thats fantastic Buuz, they are great little birds.
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Post by buuzbee on Aug 8, 2006 15:07:34 GMT
i cant wait, but i havent heard anything back from her yet #cry#
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Post by carol12 on Apr 6, 2010 4:38:39 GMT
Hi
The Bourke's Parakeets (Neopsephotus Bourkii) are endangered in their own homeland of Southwestern and Central Australia, but are popular in aviculture. They are readily available in the United States and relatively inexpensive. The Bourke's parrot has recently been removed from the Neophema genus and placed in a genus of its own. Some discussions about this change are still on-going.
Thanks
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