It's a Girl!

[asterroc]

I realized today that I had an oodle of voice mail messages I hadn't checked in a while, so I went and checked them today. The exciting one is that the DNA sexing came in on my futurebird - she's a girl! Man, I keep getting girls, it's awesome. And I can't believe I was right, it was totally a bizarre wild guess. Eeeeee!

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[kadath.livejournal.com]

And I can't believe I was right, it was totally a bizarre wild guess.

Oh, c'mon, it was 50/50! :P

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeah yeah, statistics schmistics. (And in humans at least isn't it more like 51/49? No clue about birds.)

Maybe it's that the last two times I had a bird I was convinced it was male for at least a few months, so I had a track record of being wrong. Maybe it's that this's my third bird that's female (chances of that being 1/8).

[kadath.livejournal.com]

In humans, I think it's something like 52/48 male/female, and the theory to explain the imbalance is that men have a shorter lifespan.

I am COMPLETELY DRUNK (see icon), however, so take this with a grain of salt. (My grammar and typing are the last things to go, so I am WAY drunker than I "sound.")

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I am COMPLETELY DRUNK (see icon),

I, on the other hand, am COMPLETELY SOBER so I was able to deduce that from your icon and a recent post of yours. ;)

[kadath.livejournal.com]

The post wasn't that recent.

...I'm even drunker now!

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Drunk blogging on a Friday night. Awesome. What prompted this anyway?

[kadath.livejournal.com]

I had one screwdriver, so another one didn't seem like that big a deal....

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Okay, how drunk am I?

So drunk I screwed up the ratio...it's 52/48 female/male.

...don't mind me...

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

yeah, i was going to say, that sounds backwards...also, i think Y-chromosome sperm are weaker than Xs [don't remember where i heard that] so they're less likely to survive the trip to the egg.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

It was my understanding that male sperm were faster, because the Y is lighter than the X. It would make sense that they were more fragile than the X, so that it would even out the chances for a female zygote.

(But, y'know, drunk.)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I'm not drunk, but I'm tired, so that I read that the way you intended it, not the way you typed. And I had a typo in a reply above somewhere.

[sirroxton.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's that this's my third bird that's female (chances of that being 1/8).

<mortimer_snerd>That's not really fair, you'd say the same thing if they were all males, so the chance is really 1/4.</mortimer_snerd>

Congratulations! =)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

True, and of course once I'd already had two birds that were female the chances on the third was 1/2. I just think it's funny b/c I was emotionally convinced based upon her and her sibling's behavior that she was female, but intellectually knew I was just making it up, and then she actually was female.

[sirroxton.livejournal.com]

I totally understand. I was just playing the pedant. Getting a parrot is a really big deal, and I'm happy for you. =)

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Congrats :-)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I was kinda hoping for a male so I wouldn't have to be as paranoid about sleep times and could get her a Happy Hut without worrying about it, but I've had such good luck with girl 'tiels so either way I'm happy. :)

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to read about all your new adventures with Kappa. I've wanted a girl bird for so long, and all I got was a Mr. Jill! It would be nice if their personalities were more predictable!

[eterri.livejournal.com]

If Inga and Frankie are anything to go by (and they probably aren't lol) girl conures are awesome! :D

[eterri.livejournal.com]

Just to clarify, Frankie is DNA sexed male and an evil dictator. Inga is DNA sexed female and the sweetest bird I've EVER met. Loves all people, loves cuddles, loves scritches. :) As long as I don't mess with her food she thinks I'm gold.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

My two female cockatiels were awesome too. :) I'm feeling like this might get me the good parts of my past birds, plus the good parts of a wild and crazy conure, so it's making me happy.

[eterri.livejournal.com]

Kind of reminds me when I first got Frankie. It was a bit after I'd just lost two very very special birds to me. A female budgie (Piper) who was the tamest bird I'd ever had and the one who sparked my bird love. And then a male cockatiel who taught me that even cockatiels can scream you out of your mind. I loved them both so much and because of the individual things they brought to my life. After that, I really pined for another bird like Piper, who would be full attitude but I also missed my cockatiel's really cuddly nature.

Frankie wasn't exactly planned, but after seeing him twice and finding those very traits in him (plus a lot of his own little individual quirks) I had to have him. There was no way to replace the two I'd lost but Frankie filled his own little niche and brought a couple of their characteristics back into my life.

I have to say, I'm a conure addict for life. (Though budgies will probably always be closest to my heart.)

But yeah, he's still a little terror. Cuddly but VERY domineering and very nippy. Made me think he was a female at first. But Inga is so laid back yet so full of spunk and incredibly fearless. I don't know if it's a conure thing (one sex being a brat, the other being more mellow) but that's been the case with my two at least. :D

[parrot-lady.livejournal.com]

congrats!!!

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I still haven't decided upon a name though! :-P