Normal colour change?

[Zissura Akadata Suraatmaj]

Dear all,

Attached is a photo of my sun conure baby; Sheep.

She was hatched June this year and on right side of photo collage is how her feathers have changed.

Is it normal for sun conure to change colour that fast? I thought they will attain their adult colours around 1,5 years old?

Sorry for such a newbie question and thank you very much.

Yukie

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Sun Conures adult feathers start coming in during their first molt at about this age and are brighter than their duller green baby feathers like Sheep's. I read that the process starts at around 6 months so she's right on schedule. It said that by 18 to 24 months the full adult color feathers are all there. No worries!

 

[Zissura Akadata Suraatmaj]

Sun Conures adult feathers start coming in during their first molt at about this age and are brighter than their duller green baby feathers like Sheep's. I read that the process starts at around 6 months so she's right on schedule. It said that by 18 to 24 months the full adult color feathers are all there. No worries!

Dear @DonnaBudgie,

Thank you very much for your mind answer.

Though she started to moult at about the right age, this newbie daddy finds the change from week to week quite dramatic.

I think I'll just watch and enjoy the process, right?

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Of course! Sometimes (usually, in fact) it's kind of hard to see our babies maturing right before our eyes when we would prefer they stay babies as long as possible! Imagine if she was the newbie daddy's own human preteen daughter (as in "Jethro, fetch my shotgun")!

I've handraised several budgies from hatching and they grew up so fast it made my head spin- from egg to flying bird in six weeks flat, and with birditude to match! My last baby budgie, a female named Joey, hit puberty hard at only 5 months old and got so hormonal she laid 4 eggs at 6 months just from the stimulation of interacting with a couple young males with no physical contact- just flirting from behind the cage bars! She reminds me of "someone I knew" when "she" was about 14 !

Your baby's new feathers are so much lighter and brighter than her baby feathers it's no wonder its like looking at a different bird. She's going to be a beauty- a real heartbreaker, so let the fun begin!

 

[Zissura Akadata Suraatmaj]

Of course! Sometimes (usually, in fact) it's kind of hard to see our babies maturing right before our eyes when we would prefer they stay babies as long as possible! Imagine if she was the newbie daddy's own human preteen daughter (as in "Jethro, fetch my shotgun")!

I've handraised several budgies from hatching and they grew up so fast it made my head spin- from egg to flying bird in six weeks flat, and with birditude to match! My last baby budgie, a female named Joey, hit puberty hard at only 5 months old and got so hormonal she laid 4 eggs at 6 months just from the stimulation of interacting with a couple young males with no physical contact- just flirting from behind the cage bars! She reminds me of "someone I knew" when "she" was about 14 !

Your baby's new feathers are so much lighter and brighter than her baby feathers it's no wonder its like looking at a different bird. She's going to be a beauty- a real heartbreaker, so let the fun begin!

She loves to annoy me whenever I work on my financial reports..... Perching on the very pen I use to write.... Taking sheets with her beak and fly away only to make me pay more attention to her than all the pappers. Snuggle to my neck and make funny noises....

I do hope she'll retain all those things.....

 

[DonnaBudgie]

She will probably always be very attached to you and her "dad". You will likely find her getting more stubborn and testing limits. This is when nippy behavior can start so you will want to read a thread in these Forums that talks about "shunning" as a way to teach her not to bite. You can do a search of forum topics by using key words or phrases. Best of luck with your beautiful baby.