*Nerwen*

it is the way budies are - young males have PINK cere (what you call brown) and it turns to a dark blue as an adult. Females when young have a mixed cere mostly pale blue which changes to a crusty brown colour as in adult. this change happens anywhere from 3 months to 8 months. most birds from pet stores are around the 3-4 month ages when sold to them

okay thanks so a normal blue opaline. they do kick it about, add in some more if you need to.

green Australian dominant pied

yes it is possible both have only one dark factor and one no factor. But I was asking just about the HEAD feathers above the cere. Are they appearing white or yellow? it isn't clear in the photo.

what coloured head feathers are showing on your opaline chick? in the picture of the mum she looks to be dark green. if she is then she is split blue.

looks dom pied spangle to me. can't see any colour on wings to say Opaline matches, can you see it in real life?

show us a better shot of mum and dad. I can't find any on the site.

one on the right is opaline

yes it can get stronger with age

nice pied daz,at least the rain seems to have stopped for a bit now

great Daz I remember seeing each step

I would side with Kaz and the chick being a sf dom. pied

oh sorry missed the age question. his bars are gone and he appears to have an iris ring so he would be 6-8 months or older.

i can't tell the hen's eyes if they are black or red, but i would lean towards black. Is there an iris ring? Jen is right if she is a DF spangle as it appears in that picture. 25% grey 25% yellowface grey 25% yellowface 25% blue if they are both only single factors

blue fallow.

plus the grey might not be a normal

each can be different, birds kept indoors as pets tend to keep the bars longer than ones in a group setting

some do Ratzy. great shots Kaz

any where from a few days to a week. however if she has only just been set up she might not trust the box, just remove any found on the floor of the cage.

i would lean towards cobalt for him

yeah Sunday morning = sleep in i'm off to the movies today and it is raining in my area of Australia so i hope the day doesn't heat up too much. but in a weeks time I'll be in freezing temps over in Italy! they highest is about 10 degree c over there and still a chance of snow!

nice but a bit young to tell colour, the youngest is a pied tho like dad.

*raises hand* guilty

in the first picture he looks male.

the hens in recessive pieds are the same for any other type it is only the males the differ, as they keep the bright pink cere of a baby male. I would say Hen from what you just told me all of that type of noises and chewing match a hen. The fact that Jessie treated this bird differently doesn't state that the bird has to be a hen, they all treat each other differently.