Thought I bought a male but now I'm not sure?

[SuzLucas]

We recently purchased this blue budgie from Petsmart. When we picked him out we thought it was a boy. Now I'm not so sure based on what I've read. Coloring on the cere is pinkish blue but there are these wide white circles around the nostrils. This bird is also extremely affectionate with the yellow one - constantly curling in, rubbing against, cleaning the yellow one. The Yellow one returns the favor sometimes but is content without all the affection too from the blue one. We've owned the blue one for just under 2 weeks. Thoughts? TY!

 

[Ali]

Do you know how old they are?

 

[mak]

I would guess it's a female but for a much better idea you need someone like @Ripshod.

 

[BirdWorld]

The blue one is still young, because it has ridges almost all the way down to its cere. Looks like a male to me, their Ceres usually start out pink then darken to royal blue.

 

[Ali]

I was going to suggest female, but age can change things I think

 

[Ali]

@Ali The blue one is still young, because it has ridges almost all the way down to its cere. Looks like a male to me, their Ceres usually start out pink then darken to royal blue.

Thanks! I wondered the best way to tell if they are younger or older.

 

[Zara]

@Ripshod @Lori D Pert @Lady Jane

 

[mak]

I was going to suggest female, but age can change things I think

Nope, they don't change gender with age.

 

[Ali]

Nope, they don't change gender with age.

You know what I mean!

 

[Lady Jane]

These two are not easy to tell the gender right now. My best guess is yellow one male and the blue one too close to call.

 

[Ripshod]

It's really confusing sometimes especially with lighting but I'm looking at the blue one's cere very closely and rather than seeing pure white around the nares I'm seeing a blue mother-of-pearl haze. Seeing the same effect with the yellow one but not quite so developed, so yellow is physically the junior.
Congratulations, both boys!

 

[mak]

Steerike three!!! (american baseball reference)

 

[SpaceLatte]

We recently purchased this blue budgie from Petsmart. When we picked him out we thought it was a boy. Now I'm not so sure based on what I've read. Coloring on the cere is pinkish blue but there are these wide white circles around the nostrils. This bird is also extremely affectionate with the yellow one - constantly curling in, rubbing against, cleaning the yellow one. The Yellow one returns the favor sometimes but is content without all the affection too from the blue one. We've owned the blue one for just under 2 weeks. Thoughts? TY!

The blue one looks quite young to tell the gender. Same thing with one of my budgies, picked it out hoping it was male and I was right! It started to turn a dark shade of blue in a couple weeks

 

[SuzLucas]

Do you know how old they are?

The yellow is 6- 12 months... Blue is brand new from the store so I'm thinking 2-3 months?

 

[Lori D Pert]

Yellow one is male. Blue one I'll admit I checked colour on both my phone and my laptop. It's a tough one but I'm leaning towards female. @Ripshod may be viewing the colour better than me though ..lol. They are both cuties .

 

[Budgiebonkers]

your yellow is a rec pied male his cere will always be pink as for the blue id need a closer pic in natural light to be sure