post your exotic birds............meet Mine

[Red Devil]

and that is very true. They start by mimiquing and then they start associating which sounds suit to what circumstance....

if you stop that "good boy " scene, and start saying "orbital interference" everytime he goes to the poo place, in no time he'll start, upon poeeing, to fluff and wiggle and go "orbital interference" , "orbital interference" on you....

want to try?

haha i do not have a long time to stand over the poo poo pot .. but i could try it with something else..

 

[krj-1168]

Lizz, all birds talk out of mimic.

I think it's more accurate to say Parrots learn to talk thru mimicing. But then so do people.

In humans - we as toddlers, first learn how to speak - by simply lessoning to how our parents say words, and then copy them - it's basically the same thing with teaching young parrots to talk.

But children grow up they learn to how words are formed, then they actually start to improvise - forming they own words or rearrange words to make different phrases.

And At least one group of parrots can actually do the same - the African Greys.

Case in point - We raised a Congo Grey (about 11 years ago)from a chick. He started talking at just under 6 months old(we talked to him daily). We also allowed him to lesson to TV programs. And one of the TV programs he lessoned to was Star Trek. By the time he was just over a year old he was starting to make up it's own phrases. When he want to be let out of his cage - He would say "Beam Me Out - Mommy" instead of the normal "Beam Me Up - Scotty" often used in Star Trek.

 

[Chad55]

Im in with my not so exotic birds. I love them all the same though. We used to have a green front amazon and he was a dick to me and we also used to have two cockatiels that I loved very much. Here are my current birds.


First is one of my african ringneck doves chillin on my cousins shoulder. That is the white female we have I believe.

Male Lady Amherst Pheasant that still has another year to get his FULL colors in. I will attach a picture of an adult so you can see how beautiful they are. Mine is a year old now.

Regular Guinea Fowl with my three banty chickens. Love those guys.

This is what my amherst will look like in another year. All together with the extravagant tail they can reach over 5' long.

Chad

 

[Chad55]

Oh I forgot to mention that I also keep bobwhite quail and homer and roller pigeons. I just had a set of roller babys and the one turned out jet black! It is the most beautiful roller I have seen. The other solid gray and doesn't look bad itself.

Chad

 

[TheBloodyIrish]

I think it's more accurate to say Parrots learn to talk thru mimicing. But then so do people.

In humans - we as toddlers, first learn how to speak - by simply lessoning to how our parents say words, and then copy them - it's basically the same thing with teaching young parrots to talk.

But children grow up they learn to how words are formed, then they actually start to improvise - forming they own words or rearrange words to make different phrases.

The only difference is that the baby already know how say the sound, they just don't know how to coordinate them into words that we can understand. If we leave a baby alone long enough, it will develop its own language. A Parrot cannot do this -- it can only mimic the language it hears.

Regardless, mimickry in birds is probably why we treat them better -- they "act" more human than "beasts." That... I find sad. We treat animals that impersonate humans better than some of the other exotic pets.

 

[Red Devil]

I think it's more accurate to say Parrots learn to talk thru mimicing. But then so do people.

In humans - we as toddlers, first learn how to speak - by simply lessoning to how our parents say words, and then copy them - it's basically the same thing with teaching young parrots to talk.

But children grow up they learn to how words are formed, then they actually start to improvise - forming they own words or rearrange words to make different phrases.

And At least one group of parrots can actually do the same - the African Greys.

Case in point - We raised a Congo Grey (about 11 years ago)from a chick. He started talking at just under 6 months old(we talked to him daily). We also allowed him to lesson to TV programs. And one of the TV programs he lessoned to was Star Trek. By the time he was just over a year old he was starting to make up it's own phrases. When he want to be let out of his cage - He would say "Beam Me Out - Mommy" instead of the normal "Beam Me Up - Scotty" often used in Star Trek.

i have had 4 different parrots.. have the three types now.. and my gray is superior to all of them.. he is totally like having another person in the house.. young child.. he is the most fun, the most behaved, the most charming...what happened to your guy.. or do you still have him?

 

[Red Devil]

The only difference is that the baby already know how say the sound, they just don't know how to coordinate them into words that we can understand. If we leave a baby alone long enough, it will develop its own language. A Parrot cannot do this -- it can only mimic the language it hears.

Regardless, mimickry in birds is probably why we treat them better -- they "act" more human than "beasts." That... I find sad. We treat animals that impersonate humans better than some of the other exotic pets.

One thing i try to do is treat all my pets equally.. but i can see how some would clutch at your emotions more then others.. i hear Lizzzzzzzzzzzzzz and of course i feel sweeter attachment..

 

[Red Devil]

Oh I forgot to mention that I also keep bobwhite quail and homer and roller pigeons. I just had a set of roller babys and the one turned out jet black! It is the most beautiful roller I have seen. The other solid gray and doesn't look bad itself.

Chad

beautiful birds you have there Chad.. i saw the pic of ducks {babys} and what a nice house they have.. beautiful set up where they still enjoy the outside and you can actually go in with them.. all birds are welcome.. this is an exotic section... but all birds are welcome to join this thread..so post up.

 

[Chad55]

Oh yea I forgot some pics of the geese and duck. They have grown so much. Vodka is starting to get his big boy feathers in lol. They look so funny when they are loosing their down. I will get some recent pics of them.

Chad

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Oh I forgot to mention that I also keep bobwhite quail and homer and roller pigeons. I just had a set of roller babys and the one turned out jet black! It is the most beautiful roller I have seen. The other solid gray and doesn't look bad itself.

Chad

I used to raise Tumblers, Rollers and Homing Pigeons. I had some very nice colors strains too. I also raised Ring-necked phesants, Chuckar Partrige and Mallards.