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Those cuddly, lovable quaker parakeets, with their mischievous nature and spell-binding charm, are quickly becoming one of the most popular avian companions available. Cited as one of the "top ten best talkers" by Bird Talk Magazine, quaker parakeets are fun-loving, active, and can charm their way into your heart in the blink of an eye. The growing popularity of this species is further enhanced by their extremely reasonable price, making them one of the most affordable companion birds currently in existence.
While the most widely available color continues to be the normal green, they represent a sky-rocketing popularity. The mutations don't appear to have many personal characteristics that are different from the normal greens with the exception of being slightly smaller in body build and reportedly perhaps not quite as prolific. One extremely rare mutation is the strikingly beautiful yellow Quaker, with coloration of pure buttercup yellow; the forehead and underparts appearing a grayish white. This mutation has dark eyes. The yellow coloration is believed to be a simple recessive color mutation. As noted, the body build of this lutino appears to be slightly more slender than the normal greens.The yellow quaker babies are rare & will be more commonly available within the next few years.
A similar mutation is the lutino quaker, also with the yellow colorations but having red eyes.
Not as rare as the yellow and becoming well established in aviculture, the blue mutation is a simple recessive trait, and this coloration is becoming much more widely available. This color mutation can best be described as a powdery soft Wedgewood, with cheeks, throat and breast a silvery blue-gray. The wings are a deep striking blue, and the underside is iridescent. The blue mutation also has dark eyes. The . Quakers that are split-to-blue (a visual green quaker which carries the gene for producing the blue mutations)
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TEACHING YOUR PARROT TO TALK!!!!!!!!!!!
QUAKERS TALKING ABILITY(QUAKERS ARE A GOOD PARROT TO TEACH TO TALK)
Actions speak louder than words, eh? Wanna bet?
Didn't think so!!!
Quakers are legendary talkers. This fact is undisputed. So what does it take to get 'em started? Not much!
Parrots speak "human", right? Yeah, Quakers do. And so do African Grays, Amazons, and Conures, to name a few. But African Grays and Quakers are almost legendary in their ability to acquire extensive vocabularies and use words appropriately.
First of all, it's important to understand what it takes for a bird to talk...
Birds do not have a larynx, or vocal chords. This is what enables you and I to speak. In order for a bird to enunciate human sounds, they must learn to control the movement of the muscles in the throat to manipulate the movement of air well enough to reproduce tones and sounds. Sound complicated? It is.
So don't be discouraged when your Quaker doesn't say, "Thanks for picking me from the clutch...", when you bring him home that first day. Learning to accurately reproduce human spaech takes time, and depends on the birds particular inherent physical capabilities, as well as their...
Environmental Motivation
If you have taken time to thoroughly research this website, your heart is in the right place. Follow up by reading some of the GREAT booksout there on the market today about parrots . The more knowledge you have about Quaker behavior, the more you can stimulate and bond with your Quaker. The more bonded and stimulated your Quaker is, the greater his desire to communicate with you. That is why parrots talk. Mimicing is a birds natural way of communicating with its flockmates. Every day you hear wild birds calling to one another. This is the basis on which we motivate our birds to speak to us.
So, do tapes work?
Well, is your parrot bonded to a tape? Probably not. Although birds do most often learn to speak the words and phrases we use most frequently, the repetition is based upon the fact that the words are uttered often as a part of the birds emotional environment.
Now, this is not to say that belting out "Jingle Bells" to your Quaker will motivate him to sing it in rounds. Parrots usually begin speaking with simple one syllable words like "What" and "Good". This is because, quite simply, they're easier. Birds also seem to love words that end with 'eeeeeeee' sounds like "pretty" and "yummy". Some words attract their ear, some are just easier to reproduce. However, rest assured, once your parrot is motivated to speak to you, and gets a big response for doing so, new words are just around the corner.
Quakers usually begin talking between 3-6 months of age. One of the most frequently first reproduced human sounds is kissing. SMOOCH-SMOOCH-SMOOCH. Think how many hundred times they probably hear it the week we bring them home! Quakers will often practice their human sounds at low volume and often their early attempts will be misconstrued as 'noise'. Don't discourage your parrot from noise making if you want a well enunciated parrot later on. Practice makes perfect!
There is some obvious (to me at least) truth to the fact that birds speak more frequently and at louder volume in their cages and when you are out of sight. Behavioral experts call this 'barrier frustration'. I call it "desperation motivation', same thing. In the wild, parrots constantly call out to their flockmates to establish location and territory against other species of bird. When you leave your parrots sight, instinct has it that he will call to you. If you respond, odds are he will too. You leave the room...
If you respond to your bird each time he calls to you in this manner you are teaching him some very important lessons. First off, vocalization gets results. Secondly, you understand what he's saying to you. This is a very important motivation for acquiring human speech. Keep loving your Quaker, stimulating your Quaker, and talking to your Quaker. People who talk have birds that talk.
Back to those physical attributes...
African Grays are by far the best talkers in the bird kingdom. Quakers have been known to have vocabularies of up to hundreds of words, most used appropriately from time to time, but their physical capabilites do not allow them the same clarity as Grays. When speaking to your Quaker, speak as clearly and plainly as you can. Talking baby talk will only further distort the birds imitation of the sound, sometime rendering it useless.
Although I have never known a Quaker that did not speak at all, you may choose to buy a bird that is already saying "mmmmm,good" by the time its weaned if this is extremely important to you. Regardless, your Quaker will talk eventually, and when he does, it's all over...
Not as rare as the yellow and becoming well established in aviculture, the blue mutation is a simple recessive trait, and this coloration is becoming much more widely available. This color mutation can best be described as a powdery soft Wedgewood, with cheeks, throat and breast a silvery blue-gray. The wings are a deep striking blue, and the underside is iridescent. The blue mutation also has dark eyes. The . Quakers that are split-to-blue (a visual green quaker which carries the gene for producing the blue mutations) 
