rainbow lorrikets?

[shanny2]

can you help me with rainbow lorrikets and how can i tell them by sex?

[Jayburd]

males sometimes have a larger beak, and often are a bit bigger, but as this is obviously not particularly reliable DNA or surgical sexing is necessary...
other than that, what did you want to know? I assume you know about the diet and such sine you said you said you have some.

[shanny2]

well there my mums and i want to know about there sex my mum feeds them a harmony mix

[Jayburd]

okies
anyway, I don't think you can do it visually. Good thing that DNA these days is cheap

[shanny2]

is there way by telling by what they are doing like female does this and male does that?

[Jayburd]

I don't know, maybe send a PM to VR1Ton? I does lorikeets I think.
actually I've never kept a lorikeet but I don't think so...

[shanny2]

thanks

[ray_223]

Hi,

Get them DNA (blood or feather) or surgically sexed.
There are lots of signs which may indicate cock or hen but of all the top rainbow breeders I know they all get them sexed.
Everyone who tries to do it any other way will get caught out and end up wasting time and effort.

It's true cocks tend to have larger beaks and heads - hens seem to jump around more - etc etc - but this is just an indication - it is by no needs acurate.

Good luck

[Jayburd]

and of course seeing them mating is often a giveaway.

[ray_223]

and of course seeing them mating is often a giveaway.

I bought my first "breeding pair" of rainbows (ok from a petshop) and had them for about 5 years - they used to mate quite often - all good I thought!

Yep - 2 cocks!

There is no reason not to get rainbows sexed!

Unless you have a fertilised egg!