HELLO ONCE AGAIN....HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU AND YOUR SWANS IN FLA.
I HAVE 3 1 MONTH OLD POLISH MUTE CYGNETS. HOW CAN I SEX THEM?
DNA(BLOOD) OR FEATHERS? ALSO...I KNOW ALOT OF TIME YOU GUYS HAVE SAID THAT IT IS HARD TO SEX THEM TILL THEY ARE ADULTS.
SHOULD I WAIT TILL THEY ARE OLDER?
IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THEM GO TO THE VET AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS? WHEN WE PINIONED THEM 3 WEEKS AGO THEY WERE ONLY AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS FOR 45 MIN. WHEN WE RETURNED THEM BACK THE FATHER SWAN WAS VERY MEAN TO THEM, ESPECIALLY ONE.
I HAD WRITTEN TO YOU AND YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED THAT HE MAY HAVE SMELLED THE BLOOD FROM THE PINIONING AND FELT THREATENED.(OTHER PREDATORS COULD COME AROUND DUE TO THIS)
I JUST DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT COULD HURT THE FUTURE OF THESE PRECIOUS BABIES. PLEASE ADVISE ON WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO AS TO SEXING THEM.
ALSO......ONE CYGNET IS ALWAYS ALONE......AND THE OTHER 2 ARE TOGETHER. THE SINGLE CYGNET WILL PAL AROUND WITH THE DAD WHILE THE OTHER 2 STAY CLOSE TO MUM.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? COULD THE SINGLE ONE BE A MALE?
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND ADVICE OVER THE YEARS!!!
I TELL EVERYONE ABOUT YOUR SITE AND SWAN HANDBOOK!
WARM REGARDS, SONIA MESRY