KiddenAround
98 posts
Oct 03, 2008
8:00 AM
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Since 4,000 horses aren't enough to take care of (not really, but the feed bill feels like it!), cattle, chickens, pigeons, dogs aren't keeping me busy enough, I recently fulfilled a life dream and got myself a parrot. She's a baby African Grey and they don't usually start talking until they're a year old.
My girl, Lucy (Ricardo!), is only 4 months old, almost 5 months, not talking yet but picking up my whistles really well.
I have taught her the "hey you" whistle, and the flirty wolf whistle.
This morning, for the first time, she woke me up (from the next room)with the "hey you" whistle.
This morning, it made me smile.
Tomorrow morning, I bet it will make me smile again.
Next week, it might make me hungry.
For Parrot and Dumplings.
HAHA!
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-- Laura in Texas
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birdman
655 posts
Oct 03, 2008
9:08 AM
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Laura, just wait til she learn how to crow like a rooster...for the next 50 years! LOL
Once they start mimicking and talking they WON'T shut up. And their vocabulary can be HUGE!
Been there, done that.
Have fun with her,
Russ
PS: I hope you got the Congo Grey and not the Timney Grey.
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kopetsa
1701 posts
Oct 03, 2008
12:23 PM
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That's awesome Laura! sounds good.. you may not be so happy as time progresses on.. lolol :D Good luck with her!
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Andrew
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mario
99 posts
Oct 03, 2008
2:14 PM
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Laura .........you have 4000 horses ...Wowwww that s a lot .....Mario
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kopetsa
1702 posts
Oct 03, 2008
2:32 PM
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lol Mario that is impossible.. 1 would be enough work for me.. :D
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Andrew
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mario
100 posts
Oct 03, 2008
2:43 PM
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to Andrew ....that s what Laura wrote ....
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kopetsa
1703 posts
Oct 03, 2008
2:46 PM
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I know I would think shes talking about all animals together.. but that is still crazy.. lol
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Andrew
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mario
101 posts
Oct 03, 2008
4:01 PM
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Laura help us please .....how many horses do you have ? Mario
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sippi
578 posts
Oct 03, 2008
5:18 PM
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Laura I had a friend that had one. He was a firefighter and the parrot learned the alarm whistle. He would go off in the middle of the night and they would jump up and go to the fire station only to be the only one there. They had to shut him in a room at night.
sippi
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KiddenAround
101 posts
Oct 03, 2008
7:52 PM
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Mario, I was being silly when I said I had 4,000 but when I have to pay the feed bill, it FEELS like I do! I just have a few, but feed is $15 a sack and a horse can eat 2 sacks a week. That adds up! (But I make my living with the horses so it's a necessary expense.)
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-- Laura
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KiddenAround
102 posts
Oct 03, 2008
7:56 PM
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Thanks, Andrew. Hey, Sippi -- that would be horrible if a bird learned that alarm. They are capable of really shrill sounds, and I'd have to move her to the pigeon house if she did that!
Russ, she is a Congo, but I've heard the Timnehs aren't as inclined to bite. Why are you advising against the TAG?
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-- Laura
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