How old are budgies when they loose the stripes on their head

[AndyTDI]

As title really.

Just trying to get a clue as to how old my budgie might be.


Thanks for any info.

Andy

[bluebird]

usually around 3 to 4 months they start to loose their stripes,my 3 are all starting their first molt & the stripes have started to go .you can also look at the pupil if its completley dark this indicates a baby,then the iris starts to appear .
andy click on the budgie gallery at the top ive just posted a picture of muffin & you can see his stripes fading. ( titled new toy )

[Joey]

Age of a Baby Bird:
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/1525/youngbudgie6hk.jpg
Baby budgies have black or grey lines of feathers on the head that extend all the way down the forehead to the cere (that fleshy band containing the nosrtals). In the color morphs of budgies with the stripes (and not all colors have the stripes, such as lutinos, albinos, and those with white patches on the head), one can age a baby budgie quite easily, as those that have recently fledged have the stripes extending all the way to the cere. As the young budgies age, the stripes begin to recede back up to the top of the head. Also, recently fledged budgies may also have some black pigmentation to the beak, which is also a sign of a very young bird. But, again, not all babies of all colors will have this pigmentation present. So, if you are choosing a baby budgie for a pet, pick one with the stripes extending all the way down to the cere, in order to have the best chance of easily taming it.

Source:http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/feathers.html

[Joey]

Picture dint work!:( Can somebody fix it pleaz....

[Bea]

and not all colors have the stripes, such as lutinos, albinos, and those with white patches on the head
Which? Pieds? Cause they all have baby bars. :)

The bars will disappear during the first moult which occurs at anywhere from 3-6 months old.

[Joey]

No it is sort of hard to tell with Opalines,and some pieds because you dont really know if teh stripes are moving or not.In opalines the stripes ussually fade into the head.....Like my Sky Blue Opaline...

Blue See The Stripes He Is 3 Years and 6 months Old Now But they Dint Change scince He Was 2 months old:
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/3170/theanimals0206mb.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theanimals0206mb.jpg)

[Bea]

They're paler but still there. The only ones that don't get the bars are inos. :)

[Joey]

^^^Well its sort of hard to tell if you know what I meen^^^