What is age of this bird and what is this particular breed called?

Hi Friends
I will be obliged if you can guide me about the age of this cocktail brid , what is exact breed is this?
Sharing pictures of same bird .

I am told this is 8 months old and it is a male ..
Can we try to teach him some words? In this age (whatever is the age)

Hi Intisar,

As mentioned in your previous threads:
There is no way to make sure a bird will be able to learn words and talk. Some birds never talk. Some birds only pick up one word they choose (not what you try to teach it).

In addition, there might be concern that you had two cockatiels before that you gave up because they started biting. What would happen to this cockatiel if it starts biting or if it never talks?

Please be careful. Parrots have the mental capacity of a 3 year old human child. Buying then returning or reselling can have severe mental effects on them, including screaming and plucking and biting.

As for the 'breed' - there is no such thing as 'breed' when it comes to parrots. For cockatiels, there are just different colours. It's hard to see from the lighting, but at the moment it looks like it might be a lutino colouring.

Hope Heero is doing well with his formula! And not biting too hard yet

Intisar said:

Hi Friends
I will be obliged if you can guide me about the age of this cocktail brid , what is exact breed is this?
Sharing pictures of same bird .

I am told this is 8 months old and it is a male ..
Can we try to teach him some words? In this age (whatever is the age)

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He a lutino cockatiel. We refer to them as mutations, then breed. Being a male bird he likely whistle and start to talk. Mine learn hello when only a few months old and whistle and chirps quite a bit. Not all birds learn words and talk but when it come to Cockatiels the males tend to be the ones that talk and sing as raised and use to breed them.

He likely younger then 8 months, he hasn't gone through first major molt yet? They usually turn mostly yellow around 6 to 12 months old. He looks like he hasn't gone through first major molt yet from your pictures? He could be taking his time as well?

You see the yellowing as he gets older.



Yes do have other natural wood perch in cage beside the dowel perch.

BB my "normal grey" cockatiel was 4.5 months old when he came home with me. He learned how to "wolf whistle" in about a week. He is a male and he says a few words like "Hello".. "BB Good Boy".."Little Boy Little Boy" "C'mon" and "Beebers" He picked up all the words all by himself I didn't even have to try to teach him.

Jim

As already mentioned to you in other posts, you can never guarantee that any parrot of any species will actually talk...There are many African Greys, Macaws, Cockatoos, etc. who are male and never say a single word their entire lives...

I'm sorry but you keep buying birds and then when they don't start tallking very quickly you sell them, return them, whatever it is that you're doing with them, and then you bring home another one and do the same thing when it doesn't talk...You need to realize that not only can you not guarantee that any parrot or bird will ever talk at all, but you also are buying young birds that haven't even gone through puberty yet, and you're expecting them to talk within a certain amount of time or you get rid of them and replace them with a new young bird...You aren't giving them nearly enough time to begin talking, some birds who eventually become great talkers and learn hundreds of words and phrases don't say a single word until they are a couple of years old!!! So if you keep doing this you're just going to keep getting the same result...And as Ekkie stated above, these are parrots with the intelligence of a 3 year-old human-child, and you're treating them like they are a defective TV or a used car or something...That's not being a responsible or caring owner at all...I know you're from a country with a totally different set of beliefs, ethics, practices, etc., however plenty of people from your country come here for help with their parrots, and they love them very much and take great care of them, including getting them Vet care, and they love them very, very much...So in this particular case the cultural-differences between you and people in the US, the UK, Australia, etc. do not provide a valid excuse for what you've been doing with your birds...

If the only reason you want a parrot in the first place is because you want a pet that talks, which is how what you've been doing makes it look, then you shouldn't be getting a pet parrot to begin with, because what you are continually doing is harming them emotionally and very likely causing them to develop Feather-Destructive Behaviors like plucking, and even Self-Mutilation...Plus it's just ridiculous because not only do you have no way of choosing a bird that you know for certain will talk, but you're getting rid of them after only a very short period of time and while they're only a year or two old! Half of the parrots that you have already returned or sold are probably talking up a storm now that they're older and have had enough time to learn how!!! (for whatever reason, I have no idea what benefit a talking parrot gives you over a non-talking parrot, but you definitely have some reason),