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Posted by Timothy Henderson on November 12, 19100 at 11:29:42:
In Reply to: Canaries and Gender ??? posted by Gail Young on November 02, 19100 at 16:18:30:
: I have two babies left from a July hatching. they are in the flight cage with Mom and all seems to be well. Dad is upstairs in his own cage and signing his little heart out. I have to bring DAd downstairs to clean his cage every week and when I do he creates havoc with the birds in the flight cage. One of the youngsters starts chasing the others around, spreading his/her wings and hissing at the others and exhibiting male behavoiur. Both DAd and two young ones from a March hatching started singing at about 6 weeks but neither of these young ones have really started singing to indicate that they are males but every afternoon I hear from both of them chirping that sounds a little like singing. Once I put DAd back upstairs harmony returns to the flight cage in a few hours. Any ideas?
Males are much more agressive. This behaviour and the seeming attempts at singing does make it seem that the young are male.
You won't be sure until the little guys really start singing in ernest. Many hens will chirp continuosly. Hens can be scrappy, too.