Hi everyone,
I just have a few questions about my IRN. What does it mean when a bird struts around with its wings partially open, and then she/he starts clucking when i talk or touch it. Also, Jasper (dna female, i originally thought she was a male, hence the name) has been getting a grey sort of ring around her neck. She is a blue IRN...do blue females get a grey-ish ring? I know the males get a black/white one.
Lastly, she has been scratching around at the bottom of the cage alot lately...hope shes not bored :/
Thanks,
Sarah
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Hi Sarah
How old is Jasper? If he/she is at the right age for a ring to develop the DNA sexing might have been wrong (there's a few posts elsewhere on the forum where the results were wrong). I also have a blue female that has a distinct ring of lighter blue that caused me to have her sexed twice (both results confirmed she's female) and she's sitting on a clutch of eggs at the moment so there's no doubt about her gender.
With regards to the strutting and clucking: that sounds like normal behavior for an IRN towards his/her chosen mate but the more experienced owners/breeders might be able to shed more light on it and on the fact that she's scratching.
Wessel
How old is Jasper? If he/she is at the right age for a ring to develop the DNA sexing might have been wrong (there's a few posts elsewhere on the forum where the results were wrong). I also have a blue female that has a distinct ring of lighter blue that caused me to have her sexed twice (both results confirmed she's female) and she's sitting on a clutch of eggs at the moment so there's no doubt about her gender.
With regards to the strutting and clucking: that sounds like normal behavior for an IRN towards his/her chosen mate but the more experienced owners/breeders might be able to shed more light on it and on the fact that she's scratching.
Wessel
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hmmmm interested, strutting is a male behaviour, but if she is an only bird that may be it, if the clucking and chirping, comes with a lowered body, slightly tipped back head and pinned eyes most definitely female, and yes my ble females have a distinct grey ring around their necks...
and well depending on her age, she may be trying to fix herself up a nest on the bottom of the cage, hence the scratching n shhuffling....
and well depending on her age, she may be trying to fix herself up a nest on the bottom of the cage, hence the scratching n shhuffling....
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whoops...I thought i put her age. She is 2 &1/2 years old.
She probably is female, she tilts her head back and clucks like crazy!
Cool, thanks for all your opinions.
She probably is female, she tilts her head back and clucks like crazy!
Cool, thanks for all your opinions.
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Definately sounds like you have yourself a lovely little lady there...
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haha, yes i think i have a lady! Quite the trouble maker though!
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i have 10... i know ALL about trouble trust me! little terrors, all they want to do is chew everything up !