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Sexing Bengalese Finches

The page states a method of sexing Bengalese finches by comparing the shapes of their heads and beaks. I thought they are generally considered a monomorphic species meaning they can't be sexed solely by looks.

Citation seems dubious and considering the source is a personal page, probably unreliable. Would like to remove that paragraph to avoid spreading false information.

KwRIOT (talk) 13:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Removing it would be fine with me. —JerryFriedman (Talk) 16:28, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. KwRIOT (talk) 18:35, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Two Males as the Best Foster Parents

Is there a source for the claim that two males make the best foster parents? This site claims male-female pairings are the most effective, and also says that a trio of males works too. This article says that sex doesn't matter, but that, anecdotally, some finch breeders prefer a pair of males because they won't have eggs of their own to take care of. Similarly, this webpage mentions how many prefer to use pairs of two males, but the author says they prefer male-female pairs and doesn't say one is better than the other. This article claims that any combination of a pairing (for both sex and sometimes different species foster parents) and doesn't make any statement about the efficacy any of the types of pairings. The article references the book Society Finches as Foster Parents by Robert Black, which may be worth reading if anyone can get their hands on it. This webpage does say that two males work the best which is pretty good and might be useful as a source but since there's conflicting information in other sources I'd like to see some discussion. I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 18:58, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After thinking about it some more, these sources might provide enough justification to say that "breeders typically prefer two males" and maybe mention it's cuz they don't have their own eggs or something like that. I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 23:06, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]