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Post by lemonade on Jan 13, 2014 19:42:27 GMT
When I first got Apple he was white, pale blue and had a pale yellow face. He is around 7/8 months old now and with each moult he seems to be turning more yellow. All of his white now has a yellow tinge apart from the wing tips.
None of my other birds have changed colour so noticeably. Is this normal? Or has this happened to anyone else?
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Post by starrymist on Jan 13, 2014 19:57:35 GMT
Brodie is changing colour with each moult, a new one on me too! His v pale lemon head is getting deeper yellow & his baby blue feathers were more violet but now they're becoming more vibrant. Plus his wings which were more browny grey are coming through black. I read somewhere that this can happen for their 1st moult or several moults.
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Post by lemonade on Jan 13, 2014 20:05:35 GMT
It's strange isn't it? But also interesting that they an change feather colour. Before his first moult, when he had his baby bars, Apple also had beautiful wing markings, like someone had drawn intricate scallops with black ink over the pale blue and white of his wings. But his first moult lost them and they never grew back  |
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Post by ffiscool on Jan 13, 2014 20:43:38 GMT
I wonder if only certain mutated birds, change
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Post by Hezz on Jan 14, 2014 0:51:34 GMT
Some definitely change more than the others. There is a photo BB showed us on my Mango thread that is a great example of the difference that can occur between the baby feathers and adult plumage. Stace's Boo is another good example. BB has also told me that Mango's flight feathers will probably moult out to be white. So, since I have basic colour understanding, and can't explain who, how and why, I am sure BB will be glad to help out here.  |
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Post by stace on Jan 14, 2014 6:21:42 GMT
My bird became more and more yellow over 2 years, with the yellow turning his blue body a kind of green, like a little bib.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 14, 2014 8:06:02 GMT
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 14, 2014 8:06:15 GMT
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 14, 2014 8:07:22 GMT
 Another "Before" and "After" picture. |
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 14, 2014 8:08:09 GMT
Post some pictures of Apple.
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Post by ffiscool on Jan 14, 2014 9:28:30 GMT
thats amazing
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Post by lemonade on Jan 14, 2014 19:46:06 GMT
That's quite a difference on your budgies colour change BB. It's all very interesting. Ok here are some photos of Apple. Below are before photos, when I first got him. Apologies for the quality    |
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Post by lemonade on Jan 14, 2014 19:48:44 GMT
These are photos from tonight. The wee mite kept running away from me so the best I could get for now   |
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Post by mizloco on Jan 15, 2014 10:05:52 GMT
Apple is a little cutie that's for sure.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jan 15, 2014 13:20:50 GMT
Apple's case is the same as Stace's Boo. Both Apple and Boo are Yellowface budgies. The spread of Yellowface increases with first major moult.  Here spread of yellow is less.  And here spread of yellow is more. |
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