When does the beak change colour?

[skylala]

My boy Jiraiya is about 15 weeks old and his beak is still really black. It really hasn't changed colour much (if at all) in the 3 weeks I've had him. I thought the colour might be changing a little by now.

I know I'm probably being impatient, lol, but I love the look of the yellow beak! Just wondering how old everyones birds were when their beak changed colour

 

[JerseyWendy]

The beak will change color slowly. By the time your bub is 12 months, he should be sporting that hot candy cane beak.

 

[skylala]

Aww that's longer then I thought : P

I've just seen photos of 11-12 week old bubs with the yellow beak already and I thought my boy might have been a slow poke!

 

[JerseyWendy]

What type of Ekkie do you have? Vosmaeri, Red Sided, Solomon Island?

I had a pair of Red Sided a few years back, and Jasper's beak "started" changing around 4 months. By 6 months it looked pretty good, but by the time he was 1 it looked phenomenal.

@ 7 weeks


@ 8 months


@ 1 year

 

[skylala]

Well that is just a stunning beak your boy has!

My guy is a Solomon Island.

 

[kc_y0]

It depends how black the beak is as a baby. My girl's beak was almost totally orange, it took until she was about 1 for it to become completely black.

 

[MikeyTN]

Wendy,

I didn't know you had ekkies in the past??? I LOVE my ekkies but I didn't get them that young so I'm not sure how long before their beak color changes....

 

[drlisaort]

Oliver's beak turned from black to yellow to candy corn very slowly. He is now one (Hatchday 9-9-12) and it's almost all yellow with orange at the top with a little hint of a few leftover black strands...