Moulting nicely

[Barbara]

Well my youngsters are coloring up nicely I think I have 3 males and maybe the one slow with coloring or maybe just the youngest might be a female.thought I would send recent picures

1st picture not much color yet
2nd picture 2 black head one white breast,one lilac( both males ?)
3rd picture same black head
4th and 5th picture red head white breast (male?)

I know pictures are hard to tell but for all you goodie experts do you think I have it right ?

[a_gouldian]

Nice. What color are the parents?

We have a clutch of 4 males and one also is much slower to color. The other three are almost done coloring up.

[wilkifam]

2nd picture, black head on the left is a hen.

[wilkifam]

4th pic looks like it could possibly be hen too, could you get a pic with better lighting?

[Barbara]

a_gouldian Dad is red head male purple breast,Mom is black head lilac or purple breast both of course green back.was a nice surprise to see white breast.

@wilkifam I really can't tell unless they do there dance ,the white breast black head does so I know that one is a male.the other two have a long tail feather so that was another way I thought you could tell.If you look at fourth picture you can see his tail feather I know it's hard to tell with pictures because of lighting thanks for your help

[wilkifam]

Bird on the left in the second picture is 100% a female.

[a_gouldian]

a_gouldian Dad is red head male purple breast,Mom is black head lilac or purple breast both of course green back.was a nice surprise to see white breast.

I would have been surprised also. I thought one of the parents had to be a white breast in order to get a white breast.

[Barbara]

a_gouldian I had posted pictures a few weeks ago when I first noticed there fluff was turning white and I guess there grandparents had to of been white breast for them to be that color was sooooo nice to see and then I thought they were a black heads and one is a red head,so that was another nice surprise

[Barbara]

wilkifam I'll have to make sure I put her in the right cage when I separate them.I don't know how you experts can tell,your good thank you again for your knowledge.If you click on the 3rd and 4th pic.it will come up a little bigger, The white breast is the same bird do you think that is a female too

[wilkifam]

I think the RH WB is also a hen.

[lovezebs]

Barbara

If you're getting White Breast babies, than both parents should be split to White Breast.

With my stupid eyes, lol.... I was looking at your pictures without my glasses, and I saw what I thought was a small bird, and I was going to ask you what it was

[Barbara]

lovezebs your funny I have to keep mine on top of my head or around my neck or I forget where I put them

[lem2bert]

Barbara

Not etched in stone, but I feel I have learned enough from this site to try to take a guess.

You have four babies : I am going to try to guess....

The #2 picture: BH WB - Male........BH PB - Female.
The #4 picture: RH WB - Male

Just a guess but that was fun !!

@lovezebs

picture # 3 small brown perch !!

[Barbara]

lem2bert sounds good to me,lots of different guesses I only know for sure the BH WB is a male he has done his dance quite a few times,no one else yet.
But I'll guess on the rest
This is my guess BH WB male
RH WB male
BH LB not sure but think male
The one with no color is a bully so I think a girl puting her brothers in place

[lovezebs]

Barbara

Problem is, half the time I have them on top of my head (glasses) and still can't remember where they are, lol. I tried the chain around the neck thingie....you should have seen my birds looking at me, when I just about hanged myself half in and half out of one of the flights on the silly chain....