New from Missouri ,Kibbers here !

[Kibbers]

Hi , Before I look silly I am going to finish some of the threads here to see if my question may already be answered ! Hello all Kibbers

[Kibbers]

Sorry should have added that I am looking to see if I can get help with my two new Cocatiels ! Not sure of the Sex and some molting questions !

[homebird]

Your profile photo of your cockatiels is lovely but I would hesitate before saying they're female. which is my first guess - although the larger one to the right may be a male.
Guess you'll have to post a lot of photos into this thread .

I was recently reading about molting & if you want really nice feathers & an easier time of it for your tiels - reduce the seed & add more vitamin A rich foods, like carrot, yams, tomatoes & sweet corn. The article said chop it fairly fine so they'll eat it easily & quickly - vitamin loss & spoiling are less.

& Vitamin suppliments will help
& Willow buds [spring ones] offer minerals & natural aspirin.
& Aloe in their drinking water & in their spray bath is a good idea -
Link on aloe: http://www.landofvos.com/articles/wingtips/aloe.html
Link on feather health: http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/feathers.html

If you enrich their diet you will only see feathers on the cage floor & your birds won't look rough at all - so they say & actually Alice & Mo have never looked too scruffy, but they do look better on their improved diet.

Don't forget the extra photos!

[Kibbers]

ok here i think are some more Im trying to post ,, Im not sure what im doing LOL! This is the one I think is a male hes still young But he seems to be alot full and fatter then her and his feathers are so much more thicker!

[Kibbers]

And Yes she is very young I think she is a she and Chewy is a male!! Also Im sure that Babee is Molting big time .. but she cant seem to get her to hood back is that right ?I have been bathing them the last several days and it seems to be helping babee with all the feathers coming off! She even lost all her tail feathers.. any guess with these pics male or females or both ???

[Kibbers]

I have the pic of the wing span but under a different thread .. whew im kinda getting confused with what im doing !

[Monica]

Crest feathers... It is hard to tell as they seem young, but you might be right... no definite way to tell until they start to mature unless you get them DNA sexed... of course, you could go by vocalizations... males tend to sing and are normally chattier than females, where-as females tend to be more reserve (but it can vary from bird to bird!)