WhitneyTeaching Your Bird to Talk
December 17th 2008 09:28
In the wild, baby birds learn how to speak bird language just like children learn how to speak. Birds have the ability to learn how to communicate with other members of their flock in order to survive their environment. This is something that we can replicate to some degree with captive birds and pet birds.
Because birds learn how to communicate very early in age, it is easier if you start with a younger bird, preferably in the weaning phase, which is equivalent to a human child of about 2 to 5 years old. But at the same time, it doesn't mean it's not impossible to teach an older bird to speak.
For the most part, birds learn by mimickry, which makes it pretty easy to encourage them to communicate. Although, they do not speak like a human speaks, birds are able to maneuver their voice box and tongue to some degree to make sounds mimic words in the human language.
In order to teach your bird how to talk, there are a few different methods that you can try, as not all methods work the same with all birds and of all species. The simplest method of training a bird to speak is by keeping in mind a few basic characteristics of yourself, with the more important being patience.
Your bird isn't going to learn how to speak in one day. It will take time, care, and plenty of patience in order to properly train your bird how to talk. You will want to set up a nice routine that your bird can adjust to, as well.
One method of teaching your bird how to talk is the following:
Start off in a quiet room, preferrably towards dusk or in the morning, as birds like to talk most during these times. You can start with simple phrases such as "I love you," "kisses," etc.
The easies method would be to rub and scratch the bird's neck and repeat "I love you" again and again. Or kiss the bird's beak, and each time say, "Kiss." By saying simple phrases that can be associated with actions and behaviors your bird will catch on a little quicker.
Another example is when feeding the bird, say "Mmm" or "Looks good," etc.
Just remember repitition is the key to training your bird.
Some people will record themselves saying short phrases or use pre-recorded CDs and DVDs. You can leave these CDs in during the day while you are at work on a loop setting, so that your bird is hearing the phrases all day long. The concern with this is whether the bird will associate the words and phrases with actions.
I would suggest reading the following book in order to get more tips to training your bird how to talk:
Teaching Your Bird to Talk by Diane Grindol and Tom Roudybush
And, if you want to try out a pre-recorded CD: check out the following "Feathered Phonics The Easy Way To Teach Your Bird To Speak" CD series. There are many other CDs in the series, but these are just the first four to get your started teaching your bird how to talk.
* Volume 1: 96 Words and Phrases
* Volume 2: 96 Songs, Tunes, Whistles, and Rhymes
* Volume 3: Barnyard Fun! 96 Sound Effects and Words
* Volume 4: 96 More Words and Phrases
Here's a list of pet birds that have the capability to learn how to speak > Birds that can Talk
Because birds learn how to communicate very early in age, it is easier if you start with a younger bird, preferably in the weaning phase, which is equivalent to a human child of about 2 to 5 years old. But at the same time, it doesn't mean it's not impossible to teach an older bird to speak.
For the most part, birds learn by mimickry, which makes it pretty easy to encourage them to communicate. Although, they do not speak like a human speaks, birds are able to maneuver their voice box and tongue to some degree to make sounds mimic words in the human language.
In order to teach your bird how to talk, there are a few different methods that you can try, as not all methods work the same with all birds and of all species. The simplest method of training a bird to speak is by keeping in mind a few basic characteristics of yourself, with the more important being patience.
Your bird isn't going to learn how to speak in one day. It will take time, care, and plenty of patience in order to properly train your bird how to talk. You will want to set up a nice routine that your bird can adjust to, as well.
One method of teaching your bird how to talk is the following:
Start off in a quiet room, preferrably towards dusk or in the morning, as birds like to talk most during these times. You can start with simple phrases such as "I love you," "kisses," etc.
The easies method would be to rub and scratch the bird's neck and repeat "I love you" again and again. Or kiss the bird's beak, and each time say, "Kiss." By saying simple phrases that can be associated with actions and behaviors your bird will catch on a little quicker.
Another example is when feeding the bird, say "Mmm" or "Looks good," etc.
Just remember repitition is the key to training your bird.
Some people will record themselves saying short phrases or use pre-recorded CDs and DVDs. You can leave these CDs in during the day while you are at work on a loop setting, so that your bird is hearing the phrases all day long. The concern with this is whether the bird will associate the words and phrases with actions.
I would suggest reading the following book in order to get more tips to training your bird how to talk:
Teaching Your Bird to Talk by Diane Grindol and Tom Roudybush
And, if you want to try out a pre-recorded CD: check out the following "Feathered Phonics The Easy Way To Teach Your Bird To Speak" CD series. There are many other CDs in the series, but these are just the first four to get your started teaching your bird how to talk.
* Volume 1: 96 Words and Phrases
* Volume 2: 96 Songs, Tunes, Whistles, and Rhymes
* Volume 3: Barnyard Fun! 96 Sound Effects and Words
* Volume 4: 96 More Words and Phrases
Here's a list of pet birds that have the capability to learn how to speak > Birds that can Talk
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