When my Lovebird matures will it have a peachfaced color?

[Tyler Johnson]

No, I am really blessed to have the bird I bought it out of sadness and depression, my girlfriend left so I bought a bird. A love bird..... My favorite animal for what they represent,I just wanted something that would show me a little affection back and I named her fate because the day I went in is the day they got her.



She is more than a bird to me and I hope that I will have her for a good amount of time, as of now she is a little bit of everything taken from me given back.



Though she hung on my nose earlier and it hurteded

[Natacha]

How old is it? It has so much black still left on it's beak

My Piper on the left, used to call him "dirty face"


He was maybe three months old on that I think? Not sure...

Piper now. Everything about him got lighter in colour, body included (which kinda saddened me because I did like the darker body colour)


It took a few months, if not a year, for colours to start changing and I think he had all his definitive adult plumage by the time he was two.

[Tyler Johnson]

The breeder told the pet store she was 8 weeks old *shrugs*

[Natacha]

The breeder told the pet store she was 8 weeks old *shrugs*

It's entirely possible. I guess each bird changes at their own pace.
I've just rarely seen many babies with that much black on their beaks when they being sold.

[Mr.Darcy]

Yeah I agree, we had a peach faced lovebird, her beak was black at the base when we first got her and she was 8 weeks. She became very vibrant in colour after about 6 months (I think, it was 15 years ago) She was awesome. She used to fly into my hand to bathe while I was in the kitchen. She would play tag with the kids.....great little bird. Very tame, my youngest son was only 2 1/2 and he could grab her and kiss her and put her in the cage....so sweet.
Enjoy your bird and check out you tube there is a video of a lovebird doing amazing tricks!!

Marlies