Guest midnight_runner Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 flew in through an open window and landed in the living room picked it up and released it in the backgarden happy christmas :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doxhope 2 Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr well done midnight. was it a male or female Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 How do you tell doxhope? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swanseajack 227 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 How do you tell doxhope? You can't.... not just by looking at them ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I knew that , but its always best to ask..... Both sexes sing though the female sings far less exuberantly. I think their primaries could be slightly different lengths from one sex to another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doxhope 2 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 Pick it up JD, shake it, if it rattles its a male Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferreterno1 0 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 it dont matter wear i go ferreting i always get followed by a robin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
doxhope 2 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 All jokes aside, I think the robin is one of these birds where the sexes are alike, even Svensson`s Identification Guide to European Passerines which BTO ringers use as a constant reference states this. I have a friend who has bred them in captivity, I will phone him and ask his opinion, but for now, if it lays an egg its a hen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 i too know someone who has bred them in captivity and according to him, DNA sexing aside, the only way to sex them is by observation. :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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