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Young moustache

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:09 am
by smick
G'day I have a mature cock bird in with what I think is a hen but it displays too :roll: . This birds beak has gone black shouldn't that mean its a hen or do all young birds beak turn from the light orange colour to black and then when maturing the cock birds changes to bright orange :?:

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:20 am
by Ring0Neck
Well, It should be a simple changeover at about 8 months old.
Males will change from black to bright red
hen's beak remains black

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:00 am
by smick
Thanks ringo, I have had the bird 9 months now so if by Christmas its still black should be a hen, I hope, at what age does the chest change colour. :?:

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:58 am
by smick
Well the beak is now changing to bright orange from the top down, so my guess by it's displaying that it was a cock was correct. So now I have got 2 cock birds so now must look for hens :roll: . At least they are not related so should be good for when I breed young in the future when I find hens.

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 6:12 am
by smick
G'day again, well I bought 2 new hens from Fairfield bird sales both 2013 bred, so should not be somebody's reject. Well you should have seen the 2 males reaction :D . The younger males has been displaying he's little heart out, the other one is displaying as well but the younger one is super keen, I will let them select there own partners. Thanks Smick.

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 6:44 pm
by Ring0Neck
Sounds exciting, must give you a sense of relief and pleasure seeing the 2 rascals happy :D
post some pics

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:20 pm
by Skyes_crew
Smick, moustache are all hatched with orange beaks. Both male and female will then change to black, and at maturity males will then change again to that dark reddish orange color.

Two babies in the middle are moustache.

Image

Re: Young moustache

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:37 am
by smick
Thanks skyes-crew, it looks like they have selected partners so now is just a waiting game, I don't know if hens can breed at 1yr, but can't wait. Thanks smick

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Re: Young moustache

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:47 pm
by Hanmagee
Hi!

I just got a young moustache parrot who is around 5 months old. We don’t know the sex. But we see that it’s getting a pink chest already? What does this mean? Everywhere I see they stay mostly green for close to 12 months