Male or Female? 9 weeks old

[Heron]

Wondering if the sex of this bird can be determined at this stage. The baby bird is 9 weeks old and weaned.

 

[Heron]

Another angle

 

[Ripshod]

Male, and handsome too

 

[Zara]

Aww He´s adorable!!!

 

[Heron]

Thank you for confirming what I was thinking!

 

[Budgiebonkers]

her cere is way to white to be a male

 

[camelotshadow]

Yeah, not sure about her/him...Does not look full male & is a bit rosy for female but I would say female.

 

[Ripshod]

If you look carefully at the 'white' you'll see it has the blue haze, like mother of pearl. I think for now just refer to him as 'it'.

 

[Heron]

Thanks everyone. When I look at photos of cere’s of baby boys and girls Jade has characteristics of both. It’s a very sweet bird, very much a baby. Jade does like exploring and playing with toys and head bobs quite a bit. I’m having a great time with the bird. It is rather cuddly, seeks me out for attention and asks for and head and face scritches while making little noises. I really wasn’t expecting that and Jade will probably out grow it but I’m totally loving it for now.

 

[Fergus Mom]

I was thinking female too, but I'm fairly new at sexing. Whatever gender this beauty is - gorgeous! Welcome here!

 

[TinyFeathers]

I think Male. He has adult feathers which usually means the cere is developed or developing. Males usually have blue. But I may be wrong. Not sure. On my budgies, after the adult feathers (dots on face) developed the color became pink or blue. Luckily somehow i always ended up with a male and female. One pink one blue.

Babies all have blue, could it be possible the pink is just starting to show? Maybe try waiting it out a little, just in case the full coloring is still coming in.

 

[Lady Jane]

For accuracy I really think the bird needs to be older. This cere could change. I will bet on female.

 

[Lady Jane]