it's a boy

1. Hallo...saya Shakiera... and imma boy...
   
   
   slps bbrapa siri penyiasatan... rasanya.. dia ni lelaki... opsss... takpa laa.. nama dia tetap Shakiera dan boleh la letak nickname Shark kan...
   
   

Is Shakiera a female?

I wrote an Ayam post last year... the event where my niece made my parents bought a chick happened again...somehow... i have a feeling this is beginning to be a anniversary thingy.. erk...and again... they bought 2 of em, and again I freaked out and again after a while, put away my "ego" and start to feel passion for the chicks.... Then in one unfortunate event.. one died on their second day with us.... (kesejukan)... sad aaar... so nekad, have to take care of the survivor...She survived day 3... then day 4....

Day5 - still fur fur gitu - is it called fur?hmmm.. well lets just assume lah :P 

By day 5... she has a name... Shakiera! named by my niece... And we had no idea of its gender :))  My dad said this is not a chicken but a quail... but just to make sure, I did some googling... and yeah... fathers know best :P

This babe is known as COTURNIX QUAIL or better known as Burung Puyuh  :D

Related site/blog:
http://www.gamebird.com/coturnixquail.html
http://warna-nostalgia.blogspot.com/2010/07/bela-burung-puyuh-pula.html

Day 8 - evidence of feathers coming out

Day 12 - more feathers replacing its fur

Day 12 - shakiera's playpen :P

We got Shakiera another playpen@ homie. During the visit to a petshop, I asked the owner, how to identify the gender of burung puyuh? He xplained dat one way to find out is to observe its behaviour. If it moves its neck upwards and actively most of the time, it might be a male, as female puyuh are known to be 'quite'. Then I became kinda sure shakiera's a male.. alamak.... gender confusion tu beb.. nanti he will grow up to be a troubled teenage puyuh pulak coz of the confusing name given? how....howw ??? erk....

Day 17: staring rite back at ya!

When I told Ain that Shakiera might be a guy... she refused to believe me... she is very confident that her Shakiera is a girl... hmmmm ....

Day 17: new housie... hmmm...so male u think?

Then again... I googled:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Happy-Homesteader/Sex-Of-Quails.aspx
http://farmingfriends.com/quail-gender-identification/

Now I think... Shakiera might be a female after-all.... hmmm.... So I guess I dont have to change her name to Shah Kiran then... hmmm.. hopefully I am correct this time :P