Bennie

[Logan]

Wow!
Bennie girl sure fooled us all didn't she?

Logan, didn't you adopt out Bennie's sisters together to the same home?
Maybe you should check up on them to see if they have any surprises of their own.

Zoe, I thought you knew...........oh yes, they have created two surprises (babies) as a matter of fact. The two little "girls", who were so quiet and pale in comparison to Bennie, are not two girls, but a girl and a boy. I guess I'm a great grandmother at this point, but my friend, Judy, who adopted them, will not allow this to happen again. One of the newest babies went to another home and the other stayed with her. Apparently, this is not too unusual in the world of Cockatiels and everyone who we talked to supported her just letting the eggs go. 2 out of 6 hatched.

Amber, let the egg stay for a while. If Bennie is anything like her (boy that sounds weird to say) mom, sh ewill keep on laying them and taking it away will just make her lay more. She'll ignore it, eventually, then you can take it off. Knowing it isn't fertile, it won't hurt a thing to just leave it there.

Is Bennie nesting??

[Giselle]

LOL! I think Bennie is a very cute female name!

LOL! Who wudda thunk? Oops.. a name change is in order!
Ya know, theres a medical facility that determines the sex of a bird. I forgot the name..they advertise on the back of Dog Fancy (and I guess all those magazines) and say they can determine the sex and background etc.. So when I emailed them, they said they only can do it for birds. I thought they'd be able to determine what breed mix Logan is, but they can't yet (working on it)

They take a feather or blood sample and test it. I hate to be blunt, but I'm pretty sure it's just called "avian sexing" LOL. You can also perform surgery to determine the gender of an exotic parrot, but many people find it invasive and unnecessary. If you have a deep understanding of cockatiel mutations and you know the lineage of the chicks, a chick's mutation can sometimes determine what gender it is. I'm not helpful with cockatiel mutations, but if you ever need a budgie sexed ..

[Logan]

Amber, tonight, when Helen got home from practice, I said, "Bennie layed an egg" and didn't say anything else. She waited for a second, then said "oh no, here we go again". She thought I said Milly layed an egg! LOL!!!!! I said, "no, Helen, it was Bennie". And she immediately said "our Bennie?"! Yep!!!!! She couldn't believe it, either, and even asked me if male birds could lay eggs!!! Ha Ha!!!!! I think we were all convinced that Bennie was a boy, especially because of his coloring, size and personality!

Logan

[My Peanuts]

This has got me thinking about my Riley. I thought Riley was a boy, now I think she's a girl, but she looks like Roger! This is confusing. Maybe it's time to go to the vet for DNA sexing

[lute]

haha! that's how we found out that Lucy was a Lucky.LOL

[Logan]

One thing is for sure, Diana, and that is that you can't be sure unless you do that DNA test. I told Amber and Judy, when they adopted these babies, that I had no positive information and that I was judging by color and personality. I guess we just figured out that with immature birds, that is not the way to go! LOL!!!!

Logan

[sandragonfly]

oh dear bennia! yep, a shock to me too..

will baybi be next?? now I know .. next time I think it's a male.. think girl!!!!

amber, are you gonna keep the name, right?

[chrissycat21]

Wow! That was pretty unexpected!

My uncle's cockatiel, Mikey, waited until she was 18 years old to lay an egg.

(We need more pictures of Bennie soon...I've missed seeing her!)

[animal_rescue]

OMG!! Hahahahahahahahahaha *breaths* I so wish I could have been there to see that.

LOL ok Bennie you sweet little girl, what other surprises do you got?

[CamCamPup33]

All she'll do is sit at the bottom of her cage with them!

I say them, because theres another one.
Making the grand total, 2! LOL.

Im going to keep the name Bennie. She knows it already, so i'll just keep it as it is

Pictures will definitely be up soon!

[Vermontcat]

Zoe, I thought you knew...........oh yes, they have created two surprises (babies) as a matter of fact. The two little "girls", who were so quiet and pale in comparison to Bennie, are not two girls, but a girl and a boy. I guess I'm a great grandmother at this point, but my friend, Judy, who adopted them, will not allow this to happen again. One of the newest babies went to another home and the other stayed with her. Apparently, this is not too unusual in the world of Cockatiels and everyone who we talked to supported her just letting the eggs go. 2 out of 6 hatched.

Amber, let the egg stay for a while. If Bennie is anything like her (boy that sounds weird to say) mom, sh ewill keep on laying them and taking it away will just make her lay more. She'll ignore it, eventually, then you can take it off. Knowing it isn't fertile, it won't hurt a thing to just leave it there.

Is Bennie nesting??

Logan, I must have missed that Bennie's siblings also laid eggs and raised a couple of babies! Was that this summer or last summer that they had them?

CamCamPup, I would love to see some new photos of Bennie and her eggs if you have them.

[Alasse]

Opppsss he, errrr she tricked ya

[Logan]

I think it was earlier this year, Zoe. I get all confused! One baby stayed with Judy (she "thinks" it is a boy) and the other, Merry, went to a new home.

Any update, Amber? I hope Bennie has stopped at two eggs. Their personalities seem to change when they are guarding eggs. I notice it with Roger and Milly and I'm always so glad when it is over!

Logan

[CamCamPup33]

Bennie now has three. I really hope she's stopped. I get suprised each time i let him out of his cage, hehe.

Here's a picture.
The third one is under her stomach.

[jesse_3]

Wow, I am no bird expert, but it sounds like Bennie was a sure shocker for you! She probably decided that you needed to know that he was a SHE. lol, I love the name Bennie for a girl, it is really cute!