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RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 01:54
by FiveG
What do you guys think? I have heard it whistle but no trilling yet.
I thought who better to ask than the experts.
Thanks,
Gonz
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 08:35
by E Orix
Personal opinion cockbird, not in great feather but as a rule if there are a couple of red feathers
around the vent it generally indicates a cockbird.
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 12:03
by Tiaris
likely hen IMO.
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 14:55
by mr skeeter
looks like a hen with the break in the red on the side ov the eye.
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 16:46
by vettepilot_6
I would say poor quality or young cock bird. ..going by size of bib and red vent feathers. ..
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 17:46
by finches247
Hen bird.
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 18:39
by Craig52
vettepilot_6 wrote:I would say poor quality or young cock bird. ..going by size of bib and red vent feathers. ..
I tend to agree VP, the bird has still got a lot of moulting out to do. Craig
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 18:47
by starman
Gonz, please be sure to post back if it trills or lays an egg...this will allow us to hone our sexing skills.
Sm.
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 19:28
by Tiaris
If it is a male it must be young & not fully coloured otherwise so poorly coloured that it shouldn't be bred from (again IMO only).
Re: RTPF male or female?
Posted: 26 Mar 2017, 22:14
by toothlessjaws
I go by the amount of red behind the eye and the width of the black band in front of the eye. So i'd be calling that a hen, UNLESS its still colouring up, in which case it could turn out to be a cock. Do you have any other RFPF's? In sunlight the cocks will be a much more luminous red in my (rather limited) experience.