Im gonna try it!
Another sexing method
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These Methods Have been around for Decades.... IF they really worked, everyone would be using them... Here we go again. Dave
You said the same thing I did......cept' it took me a bit longer.........LOL..These Methods Have been around for Decades.... IF they really worked, everyone would be using them... Here we go again. Dave
Renee is no doubt spot-on with her comments, but there is something about the speculation and witchdoctor aura that gets us in every time - and hey, what does it hurt to try out a new 'method' for the fun of it and see what the result is? I was certainly entertained enough to try the beak and tail method on my little Godrey who is just the right age, and 4 or 5 tweaks all told me that perhaps Godfrey might become Lady Godiva! There are certainly differing behaviours in young humans, dependent on sex, so it just may be possible (though I admit not very likely) that tail pointing is sex-linked in pigeons. Of course such methods could never be 100% (look at how many little girl tomboys exist, for instance) - but it is in the realms of possibility that there is some correlation. Why do we want to know the sex early? Well, if you are like me, with a very small number of pigeons and an imbalance in sexes, the sex of a hatchling is an important matter, and while we never know for sure until much later, it soothes our curiosity to think that we might know. So, thanks Rod for inspiring a little fun in my loft (Godrey/Lady Godiva didn't mind the beak tweaking one bit) and I'll let you all know in due course the result of my huge sampling of 1!:
I agree Renee you are 99% right with your posts. But what is it going to hurt if we try these ways of sexing a pigeon. And what it is kind of fun and interesting to try these ways out. ANd what if someone did come across a way to successfully sex a pigeon. It's kind of like thomas edison and the light bulb.Renee is no doubt spot-on with her comments, but there is something about the speculation and witchdoctor aura that gets us in every time - and hey, what does it hurt to try out a new 'method' for the fun of it and see what the result is? I was certainly entertained enough to try the beak and tail method on my little Godrey who is just the right age, and 4 or 5 tweaks all told me that perhaps Godfrey might become Lady Godiva! There are certainly differing behaviours in young humans, dependent on sex, so it just may be possible (though I admit not very likely) that tail pointing is sex-linked in pigeons. Of course such methods could never be 100% (look at how many little girl tomboys exist, for instance) - but it is in the realms of possibility that there is some correlation. Why do we want to know the sex early? Well, if you are like me, with a very small number of pigeons and an imbalance in sexes, the sex of a hatchling is an important matter, and while we never know for sure until much later, it soothes our curiosity to think that we might know. So, thanks Rod for inspiring a little fun in my loft (Godrey/Lady Godiva didn't mind the beak tweaking one bit) and I'll let you all know in due course the result of my huge sampling of 1!:
When asked about it,
Edison allegedly said, "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have
successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
And basically why not try?
True you have a point, lookin at the butt of a pigeon is not all that great!
oh come on! just having a little fun ......... If ya don't want to pull beaks and look at pigeon butts, just don't do it......
....... If ya don't want to pull beaks and look at pigeon butts, just don't do it......Renee, right on!!! So... is there not something more important people can do to help there pigeons than pull beaks, YADA, YADA? were is the fun? Levi in the others would say, Just think about it! (so would George).
I have never thought it was fun to use methods discounted Years ago...
Spirit wings, you are excluded from my scorn! LOL!
If People are so bored, they should sit down and WATCH their Birds for a while, THEN you will learn something.
As Becky said, and i have, and been ignored, the ONLY semi accurate way to sex a 2 or three Month old Bird is by the Pubic bones..... NO MYTH!
It just takes practice, and knowing your family of birds... Dave
I have never thought it was fun to use methods discounted Years ago...
Spirit wings, you are excluded from my scorn!
LOL!If People are so bored, they should sit down and WATCH their Birds for a while, THEN you will learn something.
As Becky said, and i have, and been ignored, the ONLY semi accurate way to sex a 2 or three Month old Bird is by the Pubic bones..... NO MYTH!
It just takes practice, and knowing your family of birds... Dave
My method has worked for forever and is 100% fool proof.
She who does not lay eggs is a he.....
...please leave your birds bums alone.
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She who does not lay eggs is a he.....
...please leave your birds bums alone.
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