how do you tell how old a budgie is

Count its rings, most budgies are 1.

no seriousley

If it can talk, have you tried asking it? Although if its a female budgie i would take the answer with a pinch of salt.

Ok, does it have a striped head? If so, its very young, if not it has been through at least one malt and is a little older.

Seriously, i think its something to do with the iris part of the eye.

molt*

John Cleese bought a parrot once, oh the hilarity that followed.

So i'm told.

In most varieties, young budgies' eyes will be all black. As they get older, the iris gradually lightens to very light grey/brown. A budgie with a completely black eye is probably under 4 months old. A budgie with a dark grey iris is probably 4-8 months old. A budgie with a light grey or brown iris is probably older than 8 months.

if it has pink eyes
then its an albino
so your pretty much fckd :^0

bloodstock n breeding has a budgie thread :)

Forgot all about that :)