What gender are my birds

[Alex208]

hello every one I don’t know the breed of my parakeets and i want to knoW because they won’t breed they have everything a nest box a log that they diged into already a cuttlebone and more but no babies and they are all older that a year old please help so if I need a male I could bye one or if i need a female I will buy one but please help.

 

[TheYLWFlock]

Ok I think that the third One is a male because of the blue around his nostrils above the beak. I believe the first is a female because of the brown, both are still VERY young, so I might be wrong. 2 and 4 are too young to properly sex.

 

[TheYLWFlock]

The reason they are not breeding is because they are either barely or not at all sexually mature. How long have YOU had them? The pet store may have improperly labeled their age.

 

[AusHen]

The only male you have is the third photo (yellow face blue) but he's in no condition to breed as he has mites which need to be treated, the rest are female. breeding budgies takes more than just a male and female. age needs to be known 100% even if that means waiting a further 6 months, you will also need to be able tell when both are in condition (eg females cere starts to go brown from powder blue, males vivid blue and both have bright white iris) As a newbie I would highly avoid breeding more than one pair together especially without a large aviary, even numbers of genders and 2 boxes per pair (hens can fight to the death and kill chicks over the "right" box). treat them all for mites and separate the male with one female and look into how to tell when they are in condition