is it only the male bugie who talks i heard the female does not talk?

Answer 1

Males are just more prone to talk. The females will, but it takes more training

Answer 2

I have a male budgie and bought him from when he was a baby and started talking to him and he talks up a storm! -- He is older now, but he says complete sentences and has a big vocabulary; I think this is more than the norm w/males; however, males do talk a lot if you talk to them. You will see him practicing to himself over and over at night in his cage. Also if you put a mirror in the cage they say he's apt to talk more to the mirror than to you, but in my case he talked a lot both ways -- to the mirror (the "other bird") and to me. I've never had a female budgie, but I heard that they can talk but it is harder to train them to. In any case, I would say the more you want your budgie to talk: get a male for sure, and then the younger he is when you buy him the better. You can tell by looking at them which is male and which is female. The cere (area just above their beak in which their nostrils set) is blue or purplish blue in males, and pink or neutral color in females (sometimes it is hard to tell). And you want a bird that looks really spry, flying around a lot, very active. Like, when I bought my budgie he was flitting around the cage quite actively and had a very youthful look to him (they said he was a baby afterward, but at first I didn't know); whereas when he was flitting about you could see most of the other budgies all sitting still on the branches and a lot of them had an older, more ruffled.. tired, duller appearance to them (to try to explain it). :) You should start off with some simple phrases at first and he will learn those first, then over time -- as your friendship and bond between you -- grows, you can add more short phrases/sentences. When I first bought my budgie and brought him home, I took him out of the cage and he was flying all over; I was unused to him and he was unused to me. So I decided to keep him in the cage for quite a while and I talked to him in there fore quite a while. Then, I'd open the door, put my finger there and coax him out, and after time, he did step out on my finger. I think there really has to be a bond there and you have to talk to him often. (Also, be sure if you take him out of the cage that all the windows are closed and all the fans are off -- in every room. Also if you have a cat or other pets around put them in other rooms first or else he will get very distressed -- trust me, this is very important!! You may want to get his wings clipped (feathers clipped) from time to time at the vet; but I felt sorry for my bird doing it after two times because it distressed him too much to not be able to fly; so it ended up that he flew around the house -- which was fine, because everything was safe. I ended up giving him to my dad when I got married and moved out, because him and my dad became best buddies. It is really cute.... :) He is the light of his life. Budgies are awesome little companions. :) Happy budgie hunting (if that's what you're going to do!) :)

Answer 3

My male bugie talked, but you would have to listen very closely. And it was kind of hard to make out what he was saying. But you got to give him credit because he tried very hard to talk.

Answer 4

no thats not true all birds can talk.well not finchs i dont believe can talk. most budgies do not talk they can dont get me wrong.But its up to the bird and how you talk to them if they want to talk.