Budgerigars often become favorites of both children and adults. Determining their age to molt, as a rule, does not cause serious difficulties. But to find out how old an adult bird is, you need more in-depth knowledge.
Instructions
Step 1
Please note that the exact age of budgerigars after the first molt, which usually occurs at 3 or 3.5 months, cannot be determined. Therefore, about a bird that is more than a year old, one can only say with confidence whether it is young or old.
Step 2
If a parrot's eyes are black and large, and the wavy color of the feathers is "blurred" and starts right from the wax, then this is still a chick. In addition, such young birds do not have a mask, which is usually white, yellow or yellowish in color. She appears at about six months, while the waviness of the color begins already directly from the upper border of the mask. In an adult male, you will find both a mask, and a clear wavy pattern, and a formed pupil of the eye with an edging light ring. Older parrots often lack feathering around their eyes.
Step 3
If you need to understand the age of lutinos or albinos, keep in mind that their irises are dark or red even as adults. The beeswax in males remains pinkish-purple from the earliest chicks. In the female, it changes color, which makes it much more accurate to determine the age of the bird by it.
Step 4
If the female has a blue wax with the presence of white rims around the nostrils, then the bird is very young. As they grow older, the beeswax brightens, becomes pale blue or even completely white. Puberty is indicated by its white-pink or brown color.
Step 5
Look at the male's wax. If it is solid, pale purple or pale pink, then you have a young parrot in front of you. As they grow older, the area above the beak changes color and becomes bright blue.
Step 6
Pay attention to the beak. The chicks have a black beak up to one and a half to two months, then it brightens. In rare cases, especially with light colors, this happens earlier: in 20-30 days. Adult birds have a pale yellow or greenish beak.
Step 7
Look at the tail to make sure you are looking at a young bird. In young individuals, it is short, but grows rapidly and reaches its maximum length by two months after birth.
