1. Identification of male and female
1. Feather color
The color of the male and female feather is similar, but the yellow spot of the male is darker and the shape is longer, and the female is light yellow but not bright. Careful observation shows that the male has a thin longitudinal yellow feather line from the abdomen to the tail root, while the female does not.
2. Head shape and eye socket
The male has a slightly wider forehead and thin feathers on the top of the head; white eyes are wide and raised.
3. Body shape
The male has a sense of euphoria when its feathers are close to each other, while the female is round when it is still.
4. Call
This is the simplest and most difficult method. Simply speaking, it means that as long as there is an ending in the long call (for example, both male and female birds will make "chirp, chirp", but the male's "chirp -" with a little tail sound sounds like "jiche jiche") and the male bird who can sing must be the male. It's hard to say, it means that the birds bought in the street market are all raw birds, and they are not willing to sing. Now it's just experience and inspiration. But sometimes, if you're lucky, take the bird away alone and you'll hear it chirp. As long as it opens its mouth and cries, it has a 60-70% confidence.
2. Selective rearing of individuals
1. Age
The age of Hydrangea can be judged by the color of its feathers and the skin color of its legs and toes. Generally, the feathers of young birds are bright and bright, and the skin of legs and toes is relatively oily and tender, showing dark lead color. With the growth of bird age, the feathers gradually lose their bright luster; the scaly skin of fish on the legs and toes becomes more and more obvious, and the cortex becomes thicker and lighter.
It's better to choose the young birds when they are born. Because at this time the growth and development of Hydrangea is basically sound and easy to survive. It is adaptable and easy to accept new things.
2. Season
Generally speaking, embroidered eye can choose to raise all the year round. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, birds are divided into several types according to the time of their birth. For example, when the peach blossom is born, the bird is called "peach blossom", and there are also the birds called "Lotus" and "Autumn Maple". I personally think autumn is the best time to raise birds. At this time, the breeding period is over, and the damage to natural resources by bird raising is the least.
3. Precautions for purchasing
Those who have physical defects (such as blind or broken legs) or bad habits (such as looking up at the sky) should be abandoned.
a. Observation of mental state
Healthy birds have close and glossy feathers; they are lively and active, with folded wings and powerful legs and claws. They can peck and drink water continuously. Sick birds are mentally depressed, rarely active, fluffy plumage, drooping wings, lethargy, and emaciated.
b. Eye observation
The conjunctiva of healthy birds' eyes is pink, the eyeballs are bright and bright, and there are no tears or secretions in the corners of eyes. Both eyes are of the same size without any scar. The conjunctiva of sick birds is congested, there is more excrement near the corner of their eyes, and there is no light in both eyes. The birds with malnutrition or anemia have pale mucous membrane and poor vision.
c. Observation of beak and mouth
Healthy birds have smooth upper and lower beaks, no leakage at the corners of their mouths, clean and moist mouth, pink mucous membrane and bright red tongue. The sick bird's beak has sticky exudates. Inflammation, trauma and ulcer often appear in the back of the mouth.
d. Observation of nostril
The nostrils of healthy birds are neat and dry without exudates.
e. Observation of cloaca
The feathers around the cloaca of healthy birds were dry and clean, and the cloaca mucosa was pink without abnormality. The feathers around cloaca of diseased birds are dirty and fecal.
