9 more pics of my birdy boy...

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Whom PCB has now confirmed as a boy... ! Oh well... I will always call *him* *her*... It will take a while to get used to!

Bring on the pics!











That's all. There might be more pics later this weekend!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Awww what a cute birdy boy! Adorable! I just love 'tiels!

[trayi52]

Great pictures, Megan! He is looking a lot like my Charlie now! LOL, and we were trying to pair them up! How funny.

Willie

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Lol Willie... Oh well!

[popcornbird]

Well he LOOKS like a boy now. I can't *confirm* it though, but that's what it seems like, with how much his face has brightened up. He is BEAUTIFUL!!! You need to post pics of little Charlie more often!!!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Awww, Charlie's GORGEOUS!! I always thought he was a male.

He he, I love his little stub. Piper used to wreck his tail too. He's not as clumsy as he was when he was younger, but he still has his moments.

CUTE pictures!

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Yeah, Charlie is really clumsy... I don't know if you can tell, but one feather on each wing has grown back (one of the clipped ones, I think)...


Is that normal? Or is my birdie... strange? Lol

[Kater]

Charlie is darling! Looks like he has his little chest quite puffed out - birdy bosom! Sorry Charlie....if you are male.

[equinelover23]

Oh he's beautiful! The first picture is great.

[wolfie]

He is just the cutest!!! Oh how adorable!


Teils must be such fun. ^_^

[Logan]

He is adorable! I'm not sure how you're supposed to be 100% sure, either, of what they are (until they lay eggs, hehehe).

[Dogz]

Charlie sure has grown up. I think he looks like a male too, his colors sure are coming out!

Great pictures, Megan.

[DogLover9501]

Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
Whom PCB has now confirmed as a boy... !

I don't mean to sound dumb but how do you tell??

Also, he is so adorable

[tikeyas_mom]

i have herd of soo many different ways to sex tiels!!
1: males have a larger and brighter orange cheek.
2: males have a larger mohalk
3: they have to be genetically tested to know for sure
4: males are prettier then females...

and soo many more...

So yeah I have no clue how to know...

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by DogLover9501
I don't mean to sound dumb but how do you tell??

Also, he is so adorable

It depends on the color mutation of the tiel. Because Charlie's a normal grey cockatiel, the brightness of the yellow on his face is a sign that he's a boy. When he was a baby, the color on his face was dull. Because it brightened up, I think he's a male. If it remained dull, that is a sign that he would be a she.

My Muffin has a bright yellow face, and she is a female, but she's a pearl cockatiel, and with her coloring, there is a different way to tell the gender. Pearl cockatiels have white/yellow spots/markings all over their back and wings. For pearls, males lose those markings after maturity, but females keep them. So female pearl cockatiels are brighter than male pearl cockatiels, but male normal grey cockatiels are brighter than female normal grey cockatiels. It is different with every different color mutation. Another way to tell is that if the bird is very vocal, it is normally, but not always, a male. Females tend to be more on the quiet side.