A few years ago, a British geneticist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer pooled their resources and concluded that the egg came first. The first egg to have the DNA of a chicken would hatch into a chicken, said professor John Brookfield of the University of Nottingham in 2006. Brookfield and Papineau were speaking at the behest of Disney as a promotion for the film Chicken Little.
When a parakeet is about 3 or 4 months old, it molts for the first time. If your bird is younger than that, his head is adorned with stripes all the way from the forehead down the back of his neck.After his first molt, he loses the stripes from his forehead.hen a parakeet is about 3 or 4 months old, it molts for the first time. If your bird is younger than that, his head is adorned with stripes all the way from the forehead down the back of his neck.
Ringneck parakeets in the wild enjoy berries, flowers, nuts and seeds. Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images. African and Indian ringneck parakeets in captivity can live to be 20 to 30 years old. There are some reports of ringnecks living up to 50 years.Taking conscious steps to keep them healthy and happy is the key to a long life span.ingneck parakeets in the wild enjoy berries, flowers, nuts and seeds. Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images. African and Indian ringneck parakeets in captivity can live to be 20 to 30 years old. There are some reports of ringnecks living up to 50 years.