sexing begalese

[smoggy7]

hi guys i am new here hi to all but i have been watching my bengies for a while and have seen the males do their little dance and put them in breeding cages ready for the females but the female i thought was one is doing this little dance also so i think its a male am i correct in this, also can you tell me how to sex the female many thanks smoggy7

[laurab]

Hello Smoggy and welcome

If the bird is singing whilst doing it's 'little dance' it is a cock bird ;-)

[kenny]

hi smoggy
welcome to the site,laura is correct that only the cocks do the little dance.but the hens dont do anything but lay eggs .there is no way to sex bengalese visually so you can only do what you are doing now.


ken



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[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Smoggy,

I'm sorry to hear your collection of Bengalese Finches is proving to increase in the number of cock birds,:-( it may help if you can track down a breeder in your area who has sexed pairs for sale, but failing that buy as large a group of these birds as possible and then sell on the the cocks excess to your requirements.

All the best, Paul.:wink:

[smoggy7]

hi guys thanks for the welcome, goodnews i have been watching the bengalese for a while and put what i guessed as a male and female together checked the nest box this morning and there it was a little egg so i guess i got this one correct as the male is singing away most of the day and the hen is sitting in the nest box on her egg so will let you all know how many she reares in the next few weeks , still have 4 males in the other avairy so just have to sit and wait a while for them to have females buddies thanks all




smoggy

[kenny]

hi smoggy
nice to here you have a pair sitting,there should be no problem now as bengies make excellent parents to their young

ken