Re: un known sex of my grey
Posted by GreyLady on 7/26/08
On 7/25/08, don wrote: > how do i tell my tobi is a boy or girl ? do hens lay > infertile eggs like a chicken?
Yes, any female bird can lay infertile eggs. But if you've never seen an egg doesn't mean you have a male. Some females will lay, some don't. A lot depends on diet, age, hormones and just basic nesting instinct. Some have more of it than others. Do you have a CAG or a TAG? Understand there is no sure thing other than the laying of an egg or a DNA test but if you have a CAG, there are some visual hints I can share with you that seem to run pretty true. Unfortunately, if it's a TAG, I'm not aware of any visual hints that will help. If yours is a CAG, look closely at the underside of the red tail feathes. Preferably with the bird at eye level and with a bright light behind the bird. See if you can detect any faint, thin silver edging on any of the red feathers.