What's the oldest a male can be without foam?

[dand883]

I see three, maybe 4, males so far.

Would you say the third one that is molting is male as well, or is it female?

 

[Kiki]

Would you say the third one that is molting is male as well, or is it female?

That one is tricky but it looks like the chest is solid, correct?

 

[dand883]

That one is tricky but it looks like the chest is solid, correct?

Here's a few more pictures from a few weeks ago of this one before it started molting. Had speckles on the chest, which is why i assumed female.

 

[Kiki]

Here's a few more pictures from a few weeks ago of this one before it started molting. Had speckles on the chest, which is why i assumed female.

Looks pretty girly here.

 

[dand883]

Looks pretty girly here.

That's what i thought too. Sounds like something's going to have to be done about the others. The guy i got them from has offered to let me trade any extra males for females, so i'll have to make a decision which of the males i like best.

 

[Kiki]

That's what i thought too. Sounds like something's going to have to be done about the others. The guy i got them from has offered to let me trade any extra males for females, so i'll have to make a decision which of the males i like best.

How many cages do you have?
One male per cage.

 

[dand883]

How many cages do you have?
One male per cage.

Just the one, although I do have a second bigger hutch that I am building for them right now.
I had planned to have one male of the 6 birds, I've just been having no luck vent sexing them to confirm. The one brown tibetan produces foam any time I check, but so far I haven't been able to get any foam from the other suspects.

 

[Kiki]

Just the one, although I do have a second bigger hutch that I am building for them right now.
I had planned to have one male of the 6 birds, I've just been having no luck vent sexing them to confirm. The one brown tibetan produces foam any time I check, but so far I haven't been able to get any foam from the other suspects.

I think because they are perhaps stressed they are taking longer to mature.