Will my birds colour change as she grows?

[kc_y0]

My ekky is a red sided eclectus and still a young baby. I was just curious about the blue ring around the eyes. She doesn't really have one. You can just make it out at the top of one of her eyes, but I wonder will that blue ring grow in later? Thank you.

 

[kc_y0]

Anybody have any idea?

 

[Ebbie]

My female ekky is about 18 weeks old and when she's in the sun you can see her blue around her eyes.

 

[kc_y0]

Yeah I can see some of the blue around her eye but I'm just not sure if more will grow through after her first moult!

 

[Pedro]

If your girl is going to develop her blue eye ring i would say that you will notice it more as she gets older.

As far as i know the pure New Guinea Eclectus hen lacks the blue eye ring.

The Eclectus Parrot - Graham Taylor (Australia)

 

[kc_y0]

Cool, Thanks Pedro. I'm sure she is a red-sided but its hard to be 100% sure.

 

[MikeyTN]

When I went to pick up my Eclectus pair, the guy told me they were Red-sided. The moment I walked in to look at them, I knew right away they weren't. As they're pretty small compared to Red-sided. So I find out on my own they were Soloman Island. Did the place where you got her from not sure what she is?

 

[kc_y0]

Nah they told me she is a red-sided and she is quite big.
But in Australia when they were imported they bred the sub-species together so as far as it being a "pure" red-sided is not known, but her parents & grandparents where lol. Thats what the breeder told me lol.

 

[mygirl]

Mylahs became more darker as she got older and we have been told she's a red-sided it wasn't really noticeable when she was younger

 

[kc_y0]

Awesome Thank you. It will probably grow through then