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When we brought Merlin home just over 2 weeks ago, the breeder told us he was 5 weeks old. That makes him just over 7 weeks old now. On the same day we got Merlin, we bought a 'tiel (Bingo) from a pet shop, which was only a week older than Merlin, but fully feathered and weaned.

Yesterday, we went to the Sunshine Coast Pet Expo (should've been dog + cat Expo) While we were browsing around, we met another Ringneck breeder and when she looked at Merlin, she said "If he's any older than 4 weeks right now, I'll eat your hat".

So, here's Merlin on the day we brought him home...


And here he is 2 weeks later, with his 'big brother', Bingo...


and a photo of his wing development (2 days ago)


How old do you think Merlin was when we brought him home? (No silly guesses please.)

here is a thread I posted of spike. http://indianringneck.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4964
The first pics are spike at 2 weeks and the ones down further are at around 4 weeks.

Wow! Thanks Julie. Spike at 4 weeks (ish) looks exactly like Merlin does now (even the colour). The lady at the pet Expo was right.

I wonder why the breeder misled us about his age???

do you know what color Merlins parents are?
Here is another thread that has ages of babies.http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... f=5&t=4079

I have no idea about the parents, Julie. But your Spike is the spitting image of Merlin.

I did the sums and the in last 2 photos, he must be 5 weeks old? And he looks much greener in the last 2 photos.

That last thread you directed me too has me confused further. The 'runt' in the day 24 photos (3.5 weeks?) has a fractionally fuzzier head than Merlin did when we got him.

So it looks like Merlin was about 2 to 3 weeks old. I doubt that he was any older than that. I'll go out on a limb (a good place to be in a bird forum) and say DEFINITELY not 5 weeks old.

It a bit too early to tell if Merlin is a turquise like spike but this is how spike looked when young and the bottom pic is at around 1 !/2 years

Which one's Spike?
Is that an accurate colour reproduction?

spike is the smaller one, the bigger green bird with red patches is an Alexandrian.
Some of the turquise birds look a lot different to spike, the green is sometimes in patches.

i was looking at the other post about how old you are when you got your e46, but i thought id take it one step further. yea thats right. sure theres alot young guns with bimmers, but lets see how young all the M owners are.
Sooo....
How old were you when you got your M3 1st?