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Male Mandarin sitting on eggs?

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4/26/12 at 5:50pm
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Hi All,

 

So the oddest thing happen the other night.  I noticed that one of my young jouvenille male mandarins was missing...so I assumed that he somehow managed to escape the confines of his aviary.  I all but gave up on him until a few days later when I notice that my female white mandarin was also missing.  So immediately I was exicited :) Maybe she was in a nest box and sitting on eggs!

 

So I went looking through the nest boxes and low and behold I found the male mandarin.  At first I thought maybe he was sick or got trapped in a nest box.  As soon as I went to put my hand into the box he started hissing at me and moved a little.  I noticed atleast 5 eggs undernearth him.

 

So I'm not quite sure what to think.  Is this normal?  I'm 90% sure he's a male.  He has the colour markings.... 

 

Looking for everyones opinion on what could be going on here.

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post #2 of 2
4/26/12 at 6:57pm

 welcome-byc.gif  If she damaged one of her ovaries she could have male coloration. Although rare, a sitting male could happen I guess .But when you said he hissed.Then my money is on a girl. Males cant hiss. We love photos Take a pic when ya get a chance. Then you will get lots of comments. Did you find your white BTW?


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