Pied???

[sassismom]

Everyone has said my new tiel is a *pied*. What exactly does that mean and can you show me what a male and female adult will look like?

[Cheryl]

http://talkcockatiels.com/showthread.php?t=7227
There are pictures of pieds in that thread. :)
Males and females generally look alike and aren't as easy to sex as normal gray 'tiels.

[atvchick95]

Pied more or less means their markings are scatteed not uniform, and no one pied is the same as the other They're like snowflakes ;) also both male and female look the same

here are a few of mine

This is Nibbles -

she is on the right with her head down

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/nibblesaskingforaheadscratch.jpg

in this pic she is the one over on the right closest to the camera towards the end of the cage

her baby is another pied Off to the left

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/GroupShot11909.jpg

Here is another shot of Nibbles

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/016.jpg

and to show how differently pieds are - these 2 are Nibbles daughter and son

This is her boy

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Handfeeding%20babies/Piedbabydoingthesplits.jpg

all 3 of these belong to Nibbles, the 2 pieds are closest to the Sage green cage, The Grey is Split to pied

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Handfeeding%20babies/PiedsandPigletSiblingsplaying.jpg

Here they are again when they were just about 2 months old

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Handfeeding%20babies/oldestbabiesagainbartandnibbles.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Handfeeding%20babies/wehavesuchahardlife.jpg

a front shot

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Handfeeding%20babies/Posingprettyfortheirpicture.jpg

Just wee babies about a month old or so Being hand fed -

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/RednecksDoItBest/My%20Birds/Cockatiel%20Pictures/Bart%20and%20Nibbles%20Breeding%20Journal/tiels-whatchalookingat.jpg

[sassismom]

Thank you both very much, I was just wondering if mine would change much? those are all very pretty.

[atvchick95]

About the only thing I noticed with my young ones as they molted they got a bit brighter, but other then that, their over all appearance didn't change at all their markings always were in the same spots. same sizes, just a bit brighter

[allen]

here is my female pied
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb207/birdcrazzy/Picture015-2.jpg

[sassismom]

Oh, good, that's what I was hoping.

[Aly]

Ziggy is pied- http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x144/Gemini2984/ZIGGY/100_5957.jpg

[Danielle]

So is Quinn in my signature picture. Pieds come with different degrees of 'piedness'; clear pieds (like Quinn) are at least 98% pied, heavy pieds are 75% pied or higher, light pieds are 25% pied or less. The remaining percentage refers to their body colour.

Basically, all pieds are very unique!

[xxxSpikexxx]

Spike is a pied and his face got a tiny bit more brighter yellow as he got older :)