Surgical Sexing

I chose to get this season young surgical sexed at a local vet. The procedure cost $20 for each bird as there were multiples ($25 for a single bird).

It was cheaper than DNA sexing through the vet (around $37 from memory) and I also got leg rings put on the Green Cheeked Conure young to help me distinguish from the parents (cost $11 per bird for leg banding).

The procedure involves the bird being put to sleep and examining the sexual organs to determine if its a male or female.

Results

Blue Male

Indian Ringnecks

Blue - Male 

Creamino - Female

From my knowledge; is that the lighter colours in the Indian Ringneck Parrots are generally more likely to be female. I have been told my Albino male if rare on more than one occasion. 

Creamino Female

Green Cheeked Conure

I ended up with two males and a female. The one with yellow tipped wing feathers was a male.

Green Cheeked Conure's - Note Fellow Tipped Wings

Colour Mutation - Green Cheeked Conure

One of my Green Cheeked Conures fairly early on developed yellow tips to its wings. I wasn't sure if this was a developmental thing but they now nearly have their full adult plumage and the yellow tips have stayed.

I'm unsure what to classify the bird as; there are a few common mutations that have yellow on the bird - Cinnamon, Yellow Sided and Pineapple but the wing feathers are free of yellow.