any one know how i can get my budgies to talk?

Question

I HEARD BUDGIES CAOULD TALK BUT I DONT KNOW HOW
+ I ALSO HEARD THEY DONT TALK WHEN THEY R WID OTHER BUDGIES BUT CAN ANY1 GIVE ME AS MUCH DETAIL AS THEY COULD ON HOW TO GET MY BUDGIES TO TALK
thanks

Answer 1

i grew up with twenty budgies and ive never known one talk yet !

Answer 2

Yes, but you must have a single male bird. Females do occasionally talk,but not as good as a male.You need a young male around 4 months old. A bird over 9 months very rarely talks well.Its best done on a one to one basis,or your bird may get confused. The bird should be located in an area where it will receive plenty of attention and interaction.Wait until your bird has settled into his new surroundings and is comfortable and happy. Place the cage onto a table,with no other distractions. Approach the cage slowly and speak in soft, gentle tones. Once you sense that the bird feels comfortable, you can begin short training periods. Start with a simple, short word, such as “hello”, or his name In between lessons, speak to and interact with the bird so that it gets used to hearing your voice. This action, in itself, may encourage it to talk. Birds seem to respond better to high pitch voices, so encourage mom and the kids to take part in the lessons.
Don’t whistle or encourage your bird to do so or it may abandon its attempt at talking. This is because whistling comes more naturally for the bird. You can always wait until after it has picked up some words before you teach it to whistle.
Teaching your bird to say its first word may not come easy. It takes time and tremendous patience!!!Depending on the bird, the amount of training, and the phrase you are teaching, it can take anywhere from one week to six months(mine took three weeks) before you see any results. You may first hear a lot of babbling, as it attempts to repeat the words. Reward your bird with a treat when you hear this, as it will encourage the bird to speak. As time goes by, the babble may become clearer and you may begin to recognize the word or phrase as your bird practices his lessons. Once it has mastered its first words, your bird will learn additional phrases more quickly.
Teaching your bird to talk can sometimes be an exasperating experience. However, you will be greatly rewarded when you hear your feathered friend repeat those words and phrases you so diligently taught him. Good luck!

Answer 3

Budgies can and do talk! I had a male that said "Stinky thing", "Come on Kerry/Eileen/Caroline/Maureen" (it knew a lot of family names!), "Pretty boy Joey!", "That bloody budgie" and "Budgie, budgie, budgie!"

I've had about 6 budgies and I've found the males tend to talk better than the hens. Also lone budgies generally train better than paired budgies.

The secret is simply repetition. Keep repeating the phrase over and over to them- they tilt their head to listen. They take a few weeks to pick it up so be warned that perseverance is required!

Also something to be aware of is they do have little chipring patterns for things so although your budgie might not be a fantastic talker, it'll still have a little chirp pattern it uses for greeting which you can listen out for and will enjoy getting a fuss for trying.

Kez

Answer 4

Having another budgie or a mirror in the cage with them will make it less likely to talk as they will talk to the other bird or their reflection and not listen to what you're saying. You don't necessarily have to train it to talk by sitting in front of it and repeating words. Just talk to it normally during the day and it should pick up a few words. Putting a cover over the cage at night will help aswell as they won't be able to see what you're doing so they'll be listening harder.

Answer 5

If you have multiple budgies it is true they are less likely to talk. Just as with a human immersed in another language, they are most likely to learn and speak the new language if that is all they have to talk with - because they have other budgies with them, they can speak their native "language" preferentially and are likely to keep doing so. Most budgies kept alone will be so lonely they have a real impetus to learn to speak with you. Personally, when I got my budgies, I wanted them to speak but I realized after I got just one and he was very lonely while I was at work, that it was more important to me that he be happy with other budgie company.

If they do learn to speak, it will be because of your patient repetition and listening to what they say and rewarding it. Remember that how they repeat after you will be at a much higher pitch and possibly a little bird-scrambled with clicks and squawks so it can be a little tough to sort out, but if they say anything remotely close to what you say to them, praise them lavishly and repeat the phrase. Reward more as they get closer to what you want. Do this about a million times, *laugh* I use the phrase "pretty bird" to help soothe mine when they are agitated, and use it lovingly and with much obvious admiration when they do something good. They have heard it often enough now that they make a sound something like it, and I widen my eyes, make my voice excited to tell them "Oh, you are soooo smart!!! Pretty bird! What a pretty bird!" when they do, which they like. It has been two years and they are just starting to sound like what they want to imitate.

If I were a stay at home person instead of working all day, I could spend much more time reinforcing this. If they are slow it is because they don't have a lot of reason to learn it and I don't spend too much time teaching it.

The biggest thing in my opinion is never to train them negatively. Being birds it's a big survival trait to learn something negative _fast_ so if you make them hate a phrase by repeating it as if you're mad or frustrated, they will never do it and will be upset by the phrase later. Reinforce them with special food treats like millet seed and warm, calm but excited happy voice while telling them how well they are doing and repeating the phrase you want. They might never pick it up, so remember that the most important thing of anything is that they are happy and healthy and cute as all get out. Talking is just icing on the cake. ^_^

Answer 6

It is only the **** bird that talks the hen does not , the **** bird has a blue beak, and if you talk every day to the budgie it will start to talk. We had a budgie years ago, and we could not hear the television for it plus they are go for company especielly if you are on your own.

Answer 7

Budgies can talk. I've heard them. You need to have them on there own an spend hours and hours saying 'who's a pretty boy' or such like. Patience and perseverance is the key. From my limited knowledge I don't believe they will talk if you have 2.

Answer 8

Budgies very rarely talk. The best talker is the African Grey. Just talk to your bird repeat the word alot....and mabye he/she will.

If it does learn it wont be till about two years old at least..... I think

Answer 9

Just repetitive talking to them,simple words.
Remove mirrors and toys then they will listen to you
did it once with a male budgie as they say females wont talk.
PS finger tame them first lso they will never talk
if other birds present.

Answer 10

Get a spotlight and shine it in the budgies eyes. If he doesn't talk threaten him or slap him about a bit. He will talk. I have seen this at the movies.

Answer 11

our budgie used to imitate the phone ringing used to cause a lot of confusion. what you do is every time you're with the bird pepeat the same phrase over and over again , takes a lot of patience might take weeks , but he will eventually get it