KNestor
Baby Bird
Comet came falling into our family
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 23
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Post by KNestor on May 26, 2005 20:11:47 GMT -7
I just rescued a grey. How can you tell about how old they are?
I've looked around the board but haven't found anything yet.
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Post by Jane on May 27, 2005 0:40:42 GMT -7
The eyes of a baby grey are all black. They gradually start to lighten and change through dark grey, pale grey, very pale grey and eventually pale yellow around the age of 2.
Once the eyes are the adult pale yellow colour you can't really tell how old the bird is.
Jane
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Post by barryrendell3858 on Jun 6, 2005 15:37:21 GMT -7
hi there,
please do correct me if im wrong but i was looking on the net a while ago (cant remember where as such) but it said that the ring on the birds foot tells you the breeders information including the last 2 digits of the year they were born.
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Post by Marketa on Jun 7, 2005 9:23:25 GMT -7
I am trying to find this too, I was told every breeder does it differently. I have adopted Pete, his family told me he is 4, but his band is showing the number 95. SO I am not sure.
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sparky
Baby Bird
Joined: July 2005
Posts: 14
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Post by sparky on Aug 1, 2005 3:07:12 GMT -7
I don't know how it is worldwide, but in the US the breeder band doesn't usually have anything to do with the year they were hatched. It usually has the breeder initials and a number for breeder reference - so they can tell them apart in the nest.
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