My youngest boy is growing up fast ..*UPDATED
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My youngest boy is growing up fast ..*UPDATED
My baby (handraised by me) minikin Pickle is growing up and showing his colours. Just a week ago he looked like this:-
yesterday he looked like this;
today just one day later, as it does, the ring is appearing as if by magic;
My third male of my four beautiful ringies. Kai our blue, Jordan our latino and pickle our green. Can't wait to see his full ring, with all the colours of the other two combined.
yesterday he looked like this;
today just one day later, as it does, the ring is appearing as if by magic;
My third male of my four beautiful ringies. Kai our blue, Jordan our latino and pickle our green. Can't wait to see his full ring, with all the colours of the other two combined.
Last edited by kyria on Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:12 am, edited 2 times in total.
Angie
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whaaaa......how come within 1 week, so many pin feather on the face?
did he drop alot of feather on the face before the 1st picture?
does not look like he did to me...hehe...
hoe old is pickle by the way?
is it molting season?
here, almost all bird i saw are molting and tango cage start to be filled with the soft white feather and the yellow feahter
thanks alot for sharing.........
i hope tango is a boy
did he drop alot of feather on the face before the 1st picture?
does not look like he did to me...hehe...
hoe old is pickle by the way?
is it molting season?
here, almost all bird i saw are molting and tango cage start to be filled with the soft white feather and the yellow feahter
thanks alot for sharing.........
i hope tango is a boy
guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
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Pickle was 2 years this september or so just gone. All the birds had been molting for a while but not noticeably except for lots of feathers flying about, it was only the last 2 weeks that they began the hard head molt and started dropping long flight feathers. They all have their new flights and their flight back, but I will wait until the molt is over and they have had some fun flying around before I clip them again. Do that every time they grow flight back.
Angie
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Pickle was 2 years this september or so just gone. All the birds had been molting for a while but not noticeably except for lots of feathers flying about
tango is just 16 (edited)month old...i guess i have to wait for another 6 months?
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guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
aww so cute! I love the progressive before and after type shots. Did you notice a light grey ring (different than the females) right before his ring came in? My Sky has one of those. I'm trying to figure out what it means. I think he's only 8 months old or so (but that's gotta be wrong) who knows. Your baby is turning into quite the looker. all them cute, itchy pin feathers.
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When I was first learning about IRN's many years ago. I was at a breeders, thinking I knew about males and their rings. I walked up to an aviary and said .. ah that bird over there with the darkish ring starting around its neck, thats a young male pre-ring huh ? ... lol ... the breeder said .. ah no! thats one of my best breeding females. Next aviary same thing, very prominant dark shadow, looking very much like a ring, again I was told that was another of his breeding females.
As far as I have seen there is no real hint ring wise until that definate spot of dark black or red begins that is totally and unquestionably the ring coming in. It will be like someone dotted a big spot with a permanent marker or something in one spot (in the neck area).
Pickle did a body molt first, a few weeks later he broke into a severe head molt. Thats when I saw the new feathers coming in with black spots, now the red is nearly fully in and the most beautiful pale blue colouring beaming out around it all, just like in the image at the top of the site.
I thought Kai (my blue) and Jordan (my lutino) were beautiful and they are, but there is nothing like the ring of the original green, just awesome, with all the colours of the others.
Just be patient and enjoy your fid, teach and play and have fun .. If a ring comes then woohooo, if not, no matter, you own one of the most amazing, beautiful and enjoyable birds there are to own as pets. A bird with real spunk and character. If it were easy to tame and own a ringneck, what reward would there be in achieving what we all have here, glorious, spritely, intelligent and extremely fun birds.
As far as I have seen there is no real hint ring wise until that definate spot of dark black or red begins that is totally and unquestionably the ring coming in. It will be like someone dotted a big spot with a permanent marker or something in one spot (in the neck area).
Pickle did a body molt first, a few weeks later he broke into a severe head molt. Thats when I saw the new feathers coming in with black spots, now the red is nearly fully in and the most beautiful pale blue colouring beaming out around it all, just like in the image at the top of the site.
I thought Kai (my blue) and Jordan (my lutino) were beautiful and they are, but there is nothing like the ring of the original green, just awesome, with all the colours of the others.
Just be patient and enjoy your fid, teach and play and have fun .. If a ring comes then woohooo, if not, no matter, you own one of the most amazing, beautiful and enjoyable birds there are to own as pets. A bird with real spunk and character. If it were easy to tame and own a ringneck, what reward would there be in achieving what we all have here, glorious, spritely, intelligent and extremely fun birds.
Angie
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
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God Bless
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
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God Bless
tango have an obvious white ring near the beak....anyway...he is going through body molt and it drop atleast 3 feather everyday, usually when he is flying...anyway...these 3 days, his face feather keep falling, especially when he skretch the face with the nail...3-5 feahte will frop at once..small little yellow feahter is everywhere too...but the face did not change at all, still look thich with feather...
yup kyra...i still love her regardless of gender...
she is a very sweet bird now...alwasy fly to me and will chatter in my ears...
she cant talk properly, just a chatter, but somehow, i rather she chater, she sounded real cute...
yup kyra...i still love her regardless of gender...
she is a very sweet bird now...alwasy fly to me and will chatter in my ears...
she cant talk properly, just a chatter, but somehow, i rather she chater, she sounded real cute...
guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
waaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww....
so nice !!!!!!!!
tango now have very little feather on the head...keep dropping...
especially the head and wing feahter...
there are 1 big bald patch on the head..not sure when those feather growing back...the wing start to grow already as i can feel the pin feather
so nice !!!!!!!!
tango now have very little feather on the head...keep dropping...
especially the head and wing feahter...
there are 1 big bald patch on the head..not sure when those feather growing back...the wing start to grow already as i can feel the pin feather
guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
hi...guys
wana ask something...u mentioned some of your fids grow the ring over 2 year which mean over 24 month right?
but do they have a big molt at the age of about 17 month ?
tango now is 17 month and having a bad molt...alot of bald patch on the head...alot of pin feahrter...but the red feahter is nowere to be seen...
is there still any chances that he will grow the ring?
wana ask something...u mentioned some of your fids grow the ring over 2 year which mean over 24 month right?
but do they have a big molt at the age of about 17 month ?
tango now is 17 month and having a bad molt...alot of bald patch on the head...alot of pin feahrter...but the red feahter is nowere to be seen...
is there still any chances that he will grow the ring?
guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
whaaa...mean after this molt, if tango does not have ring, mean she confirm to be a female....
hmm, anyway, the head feather is still dropping, so do the body feathers...really really alot...
yesterday i give him a goos shower...after shower, there is alot alot of feahtrer on the floor...omg, whe he fly... even alot more feather flying out of the body....
he look very ugly
hmm, anyway, the head feather is still dropping, so do the body feathers...really really alot...
yesterday i give him a goos shower...after shower, there is alot alot of feahtrer on the floor...omg, whe he fly... even alot more feather flying out of the body....
he look very ugly
guys, if i offend you in any way, please let me know....don't keep it to yourself....okay.tango is FE-male.............
Hi all seeing that we are on the topic :0
What do you guys think? Is my babes female-- I do think so...... Pi-ko has now, i think finished a second mault--- first one was around 12-13 months and Pi-ko is now is in 28 months
Hatched ± Aug 2006..... Pi-ko is not loosing to many freather anymore-- the tail is growing back but i think Pi-ko dropped them all at once due to the traumatic experience shame--- u can see in the pic the droopy wing-
Also Pi-ko has always has the slight darkness---
Do u guys think its all over and its Miss Pi-ko?
What do you guys think? Is my babes female-- I do think so...... Pi-ko has now, i think finished a second mault--- first one was around 12-13 months and Pi-ko is now is in 28 months
Hatched ± Aug 2006..... Pi-ko is not loosing to many freather anymore-- the tail is growing back but i think Pi-ko dropped them all at once due to the traumatic experience shame--- u can see in the pic the droopy wing-
Also Pi-ko has always has the slight darkness---
Do u guys think its all over and its Miss Pi-ko?
Aldeleen wrote:Hi all seeing that we are on the topic :0
What do you guys think? Is my babes female-- I do think so...... Pi-ko has now, i think finished a second mault--- first one was around 12-13 months and Pi-ko is now is in 28 months
Hatched ± Aug 2006..... Pi-ko is not loosing to many freather anymore-- the tail is growing back but i think Pi-ko dropped them all at once due to the traumatic experience shame--- u can see in the pic the droopy wing-
Also Pi-ko has always has the slight darkness---
Do u guys think its all over and its Miss Pi-ko?
I'd say girl considering she was hatched Aug of 06 that was more than two years ago.. closer to 2 and a half. She's gorgeous!!
leo wrote:whaaa...mean after this molt, if tango does not have ring, mean she confirm to be a female....
I am not sure if the ring appears on the first or second moult..I always assumed it appeared on the first one- as my first IRN was 18 months old when it first started showing
he look very ugly
I bet he looks cute...post some pictures!
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The only time I would say you could be sure is once the bird has reached 3 years and no ring. There are major and minor molts regularly through the years, so there could be another partial molt in a few months
Angie
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
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God Bless
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Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. {Pro 10:12}
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God Bless