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Do all pieds brown out (darken) with age? I can't seem to remember seeing any adults that maintain that lovely orangy color they have as hatchlings/yearlings. Just wondering if they all did that or if anyone had a line that didn't darken up. or if the amount of white had any corilation to their coloring? For the life of me I can't recall seeing any adults that still had that coloring.

Thanks!
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Tosha

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That's an interesting question ... now you have me wondering
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gail

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hmmm good question...now that i think of it they do tend to darken up...so if thats the case maybe we'll have to cross them to some other morph that stays light....hmmm im sure the lavender albino pied doesnt turn brown lol
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Actually, the oldest pied I have is a '97 male from pete. And he is much, much lighter than any of my other adult pieds. Now he is not bright orange like a baby pied. But when side by side with younger adults the '97 male looks almost like a pastel pied with the other pieds. But just like pastels, it is hard to capture the color in a photo,,,you see it more in person. He is not a pastel pied by the way, he has never given me any pastels. And I have not had him since '97, so I dont know if he is just a light pied, or if he is lightening up because of age???
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