Re: Budgies and black feather spots

secretdubai@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

When we got him he had just one black spot each side. Now he has two
on one side, and 3-4 on the other. Is this any indication of how old
he might be - do the sports start to multiply at a certain age?


A more reliable indicator of his age are the bars/stripes/whatever-you-want-to-call-them on the top of his head. Very young budgies have the bars all the way from the top of the head to their cere; when they undergo their first moult at about 18 weeks of age those bars disappear.

regards

Chu
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