need help female or male ?

[kenazzo2000]

hi i ve got these two partridges . can anyone tell me what sex they are please ? thankyou

 

[chickenzoo]

you will need to post a pic for someone to help you......

 

[kenazzo2000]

here they are are they male or female ? please

 

[Tony K T]

The males have a spur the hens don't.
In N.H.,Tony.

 

[kenazzo2000]

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whats a spur please ?

 

[pookiegoldman]

Females are slightly larger, and do not have a spur. (Spur- hook shaped protrusion on the backside of the bird's leg) It's too hard to tell from your pic. The one in the foreground appears larger, but maybe only because it's in the foreground....

 

[kenazzo2000]

thanks ill try to see tommorrow and take better pic do they have the same colour male and female ?

 

[MakNugget]

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Chukar partridge... according to the link below,

..."There is no obvious feather color dimorphism
in chukars. Consequently, sexing adult birds for
the untrained eye is most difficult. However, it
is possible to distinguish adult males from female
by body size, shape of the head (blocky appearance
in males) (figure 1) and presence of the
metatarsal spur (which can be present on some
females).
A more reliable technique for determining
sexes in partridges was developed by University
of California workers who found that examining
the genital protuberance for evidence of a
rudimentary sex organ is about 95 percent accurate
for determining differences in sex. In
adult males the cone-shaped protuberance is
usually centrally located on the cloacal fold
(figure 2a). In females it is absent or two small
nodules appear off-center of the mid-region of
the fold (figure 2b). The rudimentary protuberance,
averaging about 2.78 mm in diameter, is
easier to see on older birds.
"

http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/21321e.pdf

 

[kenazzo2000]

i need a photo of a spur to know what i have to look for anyone got a photo of the spur please ?

 

[aprophet]

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whats a spur please ?

Here are some fairly clear pictures of a spur hope this helps


http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/141_RedleggedPartridgeArufa.pdf