*blinks* Looks like I, Chamon and Mikaela were all wrong!

Hang out, kick back, relax and chat in "The IRN Lounge". Excellent place for general conversation, idle chat and off topic threads. Anything goes!!!

Moderator: Mods

Post Reply
Dani03
Posts: 2487
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:36 pm
Contact:

*blinks* Looks like I, Chamon and Mikaela were all wrong!

Post by Dani03 »

Good lord...I swear these IRNs of ours are soo confusing...but I am 100% sure my baby girl is a BOY!

I wish I had pics but Prinny, with this moult, has developed a faint but there tannish colored ring around that neck! It is very noticable now that HE is cleaning up after the moult. There is that space of where the black would be that is filled in with these 'colored' feathers

You can see it clearly...

Heh...I swear once you think you know your bird they turn out to be opposite. Oh well...I have a boy IRN I guess :P

I will try to get pics of it...strange *shakes head*

Dani
Lauren
Site Admin
Posts: 2836
Joined: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:12 pm
Location: Melbourne, Australia.

Post by Lauren »

Oh my gosh! :shock: We *must* see some pics soon of lil Prinny! :lol:
"Jibby aka Gilbert" Indian Ringneck 13 years "Charlie" Rex Rabbit 1 year
kyria
Site Admin
Posts: 3050
Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Live in Australia - Have a home in Florida - Citizenship in Heaven
Contact:

Post by kyria »

Yeah !! pics pics .. we wanna see Mr. Prinny
Angie
---------
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
-----------
God Bless


Image
Dani03
Posts: 2487
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:36 pm
Contact:

Post by Dani03 »

Weird having to refer to my 'girl' as a boy now...*sighs* figures... :roll:

Will try to get some pictures but you know how it goes without a camera

Dani
julie
Moderator
Posts: 2248
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
Location: nsw australia

Post by julie »

:shock: :shock: :shock: Im sorry I cant help but laugh. We were told indie was a girl, until the ring came in. Im a bit confused about my blue boy, he has a really pretty ring and all but he is clucking and going into the nest box alot, he is acting like a female while the hen sits on the perch and watches him. :?
kyria
Site Admin
Posts: 3050
Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Live in Australia - Have a home in Florida - Citizenship in Heaven
Contact:

Post by kyria »

I can just picture it ...

"Here darlin, this is how you are meant to do it" *cluck, cluck, in the nest then lay an egg* "O.K. you got it ?"

"Na, show me again, still not sure, just one more time"

(All the while she is snickering at him and how funny he looks, and must look to the humans)

Image
Angie
---------
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
-----------
God Bless


Image
Datsun and Family
Moderator
Posts: 903
Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:49 am
Location: New Zealand
Contact:

Post by Datsun and Family »

Does that mean she is not a true albino to be showing any sort of ring?? Its not just a female ring??? Freaky!! Was she DNA'd?
-Chamon-

Image
catschair2
Posts: 320
Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 8:38 pm
Location: San Diego, CA

Post by catschair2 »

maybe it is the phase of the moon or something...... I swear Gelly looks like she is getting a ring and I am torturing the poor baby taking picture (which are all fuzzy and vague. As if she wasn't grumpy enough from being trekked across half the state.
MCS
Image
Dani03
Posts: 2487
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:36 pm
Contact:

Post by Dani03 »

No I mean you can see a faint coloring...not real 'color' persay but a 'dirtying' of the white...where the ring feathers would be. There is a bit amount of these feathers around his neck...in the perfect shape of a ring.

*sighs*

Just when ya think you know your bird!

Dani
Mikaela
Posts: 3752
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:12 am
Location: Islamorada Key, Florida U.S.A.
Contact:

Post by Mikaela »

Hey, puff... puff... pass :!:

:lol:
~ Mikaela Sky

Image
kyria
Site Admin
Posts: 3050
Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Live in Australia - Have a home in Florida - Citizenship in Heaven
Contact:

Post by kyria »

I wanna see .. waaah! .. got me all intrigued now. Go borrow a camera darlin, or use your camera phone or web camera. pretty please!

Maybe you should get a DNA test just to be sure.
Angie
---------
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
-----------
God Bless


Image
Lauren
Site Admin
Posts: 2836
Joined: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:12 pm
Location: Melbourne, Australia.

Post by Lauren »

Yep, Borrow a camera! Not to be pushy. But... we want pics.

:lol: Does this mean if you see female behaviour its a BOY, if you see male behviour its a GIRL. :?
"Jibby aka Gilbert" Indian Ringneck 13 years "Charlie" Rex Rabbit 1 year
Jay
Posts: 484
Joined: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Northern California

Post by Jay »

Although not as pronounced as the males', hens can have rings as well. See picture of the ringed hen below.

Image


Albinos will not have rings, male or female. ADM Recessive Pied IRNs won't have rings either.

In Blue series birds, such as Blue, Turquoise and Albino, the feather structure is actually different where the ring should have been. So in the absence of Black melanin to color up the ring, there is still some sort of a shadow due to the feather structural difference.
Jay
Posts: 484
Joined: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Northern California

Post by Jay »

Here's another Slaty hen with a ring.

Image


The difference between a male ring and a female ring.

Image

Not considering the father, unless Prinny's mother is a Lutino/Blue, Creamino or Albino, then she cannot be a male.
kyria
Site Admin
Posts: 3050
Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Live in Australia - Have a home in Florida - Citizenship in Heaven
Contact:

Post by kyria »

Well there you go :D Thanks Jay
Angie
---------
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
-----------
God Bless


Image
Dani03
Posts: 2487
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:36 pm
Contact:

Post by Dani03 »

Her monther was a Lutino :D

Dani
Jay
Posts: 484
Joined: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Northern California

Post by Jay »

Dani03 wrote:Her mother was a Lutino


Prinny can be male or female then :wink:

http://www.Zoogen.biz which is located by UC Davis does a one day DNA turnaround for $20.
julie
Moderator
Posts: 2248
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
Location: nsw australia

Post by julie »

Skye my rainbow hen has what looks like a fluro green ring.
Mikaela
Posts: 3752
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:12 am
Location: Islamorada Key, Florida U.S.A.
Contact:

Post by Mikaela »

Baby always had a 'ring' it just never had any color to it, check out old images.

Of course now, its grown in but before it came he always had a 'ring'.

I thought most do, hence ringneck and either it changes with color with males or stays as a faint ring with females.

Interesting!
~ Mikaela Sky

Image
catschair2
Posts: 320
Joined: Thu May 03, 2007 8:38 pm
Location: San Diego, CA

Post by catschair2 »

interesting ..... Gelly's ring has become much more defined, but is mostly white. From Jay's photos, I am guessing she is a girl after all. Seems like she has been awfully aggressive and noisy lately, but it may just be that she is not competing with the dozen finches and dozen budgies, and I never knew how much noise she really made (and I do think she misses all the birds and wildlife outside that kept her amused . . . signed a contract for a house, so she just needs to hang on for 4-6 weeks!)
MCS
Image
kyria
Site Admin
Posts: 3050
Joined: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Live in Australia - Have a home in Florida - Citizenship in Heaven
Contact:

Post by kyria »

congrats on the contract and house :D
Angie
---------
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
-----------
God Bless


Image
julie
Moderator
Posts: 2248
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:07 am
Location: nsw australia

Post by julie »

I am going out to have a look at snowy, she is 3 +yrs and is a dna sexed female.


Just looked at snowy and she only has the part where it looks like her head has been stuck on over the top of her body.
Mikaela
Posts: 3752
Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:12 am
Location: Islamorada Key, Florida U.S.A.
Contact:

Post by Mikaela »

lol

Cute description. Thank you for my first smile of the day Julie!
~ Mikaela Sky

Image
Post Reply