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post #1 of 13
7/13/12 at 5:13pm
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Hi

 

 I know the cock monal developes black markings around the throat area after a while.

Is there any other way to sex them before that.

Anyone any ides on what sex ones are in photos attached.

 

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post #2 of 13
7/13/12 at 6:07pm

If you pull a feather from under the chin,it will either grow back black for a male or white or brown for a hen.Your pics really don't give a good pic of under their chin where the sexing is shown.One pic does show a male to the far right,but the others are not visable.

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post #3 of 13
7/13/12 at 6:22pm
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If you pull a feather from under the chin,it will either grow back black for a male or white or brown for a hen.Your pics really don't give a good pic of under their chin where the sexing is shown.One pic does show a male to the far right,but the others are not visable.

In N.H.,Tony.

Hi Tony

 

Which pic is that ?

 

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post #4 of 13
7/13/12 at 6:30pm

The first one.Do you have mosquitoes in Ireland?Mosquitoes can give impeyans west nile.If you do have them,I would build a pen made of screen so the mosquitoes can't get in.I lost about 8 birds before someone told me this.What other breeds do you raise?

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post #5 of 13
7/13/12 at 6:40pm
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The first one.Do you have mosquitoes in Ireland?Mosquitoes can give impeyans west nile.If you do have them,I would build a pen made of screen so the mosquitoes can't get in.I lost about 8 birds before someone told me this.What other breeds do you raise?

In N.H.,Tony.

No we dont have mosquitoes here.

Blue eared, Reeves, Temmnicks Tragopan,Koklass, Reds, Yellows, Lady,Elliots,Silvers, had a few others but have moved them on to make way for my other species of birds.

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post #6 of 13
7/13/12 at 8:23pm

for the price of a monal, you can get them DNA  tested for $20 each, not sure you have a testing center in ireland but there's a few in the usa that do it

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post #7 of 13
7/14/12 at 3:46pm

Wow,you can get monals for 20.00?I want 10 of them.

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post #8 of 13
7/14/12 at 4:04pm
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for the price of a monal, you can get them DNA  tested for $20 each, not sure you have a testing center in ireland but there's a few in the usa that do it

Yeah i often used it for testing birds that look the same all the time Turacos, Kookaburras, and my Spreo starlings.

Its more than $20  per feather dna test here and i have 8 monal chicks so would be a bit dear.

Thanks anyway.

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post #9 of 13
7/14/12 at 4:48pm

8 chicks good job.I only got 5.My grey peacock hen has laid 2 more eggs,now I'm hoping she will set again.

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7/14/12 at 5:27pm
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8 chicks good job.I only got 5.My grey peacock hen has laid 2 more eggs,now I'm hoping she will set again.

In N.H.,Tony.

The grey's  are lovely.

At least you have the sunshine there, rain everyday here.

Have uploaded 2 more pics what do you think any clues on what they could be.

 

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