How Much Noise

[Merlee]

Well, I am at a crossroads tonight. I have been looking for a 3rd bird for a couple of months, a dyh. I was planning to go look at one Saturday, but then I was wondering how the noise level may change in the mornings. Currently, my two birds that I have are EXTREMELY quiet in the mornings. Everybody in the house can sleep in until 9 a.m. What are the odds that it will stay that way with a 3rd one? I have a YN and a B&G macaw. Just wondering what would happen with a rehome dyh. lol.

How is it at your house with multiple amazons?

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I don't have a amazon, but with all birds it's up to the individual. Rosie is very quite nearly all the time. She likes to sleep in until 8:30-9:30 if possible. Kenji on the other hand wakes up as soon as the sun is up, or with my morning alarm if I'm getting up early. Once Kenji is up he's up, he'll make all sorts of noises from a very loud peep, his impressive blue and gold impression, and simple talking and household noises.

 

[Urgula]

I had quakers, lovebirds, ringnecks and now an amazon and everybody is quiet until I wake up regardless the hour of the day.
My amazon would talk to himself around 9-12, but he stopped.
My lovebird watches me, as soon as I open my eyes (literally), the 'sirens' start and he pretty much tries to break out of the cage. All the birds will pick it up and scream. If I sleep until 3pm, everybody will do their stuff in/on the cages quietly. My birds are in my bedroom, maybe it's because of that.
I don't close the curtains, so they're not affected my lack of daylight, but they will still be quiet.

 

[MikeyTN]

Everyone who knows the amount of birds I have thinking my house would be very noisy but it's not. It was at one point when I had Java the U2, that was something else....I've been in people's houses with Amazons and they were rather quiet.

 

[yann]

i would say that amazons are generally not very noisy felluhs. in the mornings and day mine is pretty much all quiet, but in the evenings he can make VERY OBNOXIOUS sounds if he is feeling ignored. its not so much of screaming…but a honking sound that can reaaallly get on your nerves:/

 

[TessieB]

My Orange Wing was a morning bird. He'd start at the crack of dawn with an ear splitting shriek comparable to a smoke alarm hanging on the ceiling. Fortunately, I am a morning person and am up up doing the chores at 5 am. With so many birds and a job, I had a routine of cleaning cages, socializing with the social birds, grooming the horses, feeding the dogs and the routine started long before dawn. Most mornings Oscar serenaded me from his perch as long as the light was on in the room. Once the sun was up and he saw me outside working a horse, he'd scream and shriek and I could hear him a mile away. He had quiet times, though, but it was not in the morning. I think birds adapt to their owner's schedule and since I was a morning person, he was a morning bird.

 

[Merlee]

Well, I am a morning person too, but the rest of the family members are not. lol. I may allow myself the luxury of being in bed until 8:30 when not going to work, but sleeping in is rare.

I see JerseyWendy didn't comment here. hehe. I know her house can be quite noisy at times.

 

[SandyBee]

Bosley our DYH stays quiet until we get the cage cover off, actually both our birds are good that way. But as eveeryone says its up to the individual bird.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Well, I am a morning person too, but the rest of the family members are not. lol. I may allow myself the luxury of being in bed until 8:30 when not going to work, but sleeping in is rare.

I see JerseyWendy didn't comment here. hehe. I know her house can be quite noisy at times.

BAHAHAHAHAH!!! Oh here I am!

Believe it or not, my fids are quiet until I uncover them in the morning. Not a peep out of anyone. BUT I start with my birdy chores at 8AM sharp each and every morning, and it's not the Amazons that are loud that early in the day. :54:

The loudest of them is Ripley, NO doubt about that, closely followed by Niko. And yes, Sam can go at it, too, but he mostly just sings and talks.

And, as soon as lights are out in the evening at 8PM, I don't hear another peep out of either of them.

 

[Terry57]

i have an orange winged amazon, yellow crowned amazon, hawkhead and blue headed pionus in the same room, and they all sleep until I wake them at 8:30 each morning. As soon as I come in and start turning their lights on, my Pi (Talli) is the loudest of any of them. My Yellow Crowned (Dexter) is very quiet, and my orange winged (Slater) usually just sings and whistles. My hawkhead (Dar) is mostly quiet, but wow, when she makes noise everyone in the house knows it

 

[ParkersMom]

I have my 2 BF zons, Charlie doesn't make much noise in general unless Parker gets her going. Parker will quietly whistle in the am until I get up. My biggest noise maker is Juno the caique, if she knows I am awake she will sound the alarm till I say hello to her, but even then Parker still is fairly quiet...He will get loud if he hears you on the phone though and also at night but more talking and mumbling than anything

 

[Merlee]

Ok, then I will continue with getting another amazon. I was just having second thoughts and the fallout from my teenagers about the noise the birds will make when I am up. lol. Payback time.

 

[legal_eagle]

I'd say the odds are 50/50. But even if you think it's likely that the new bird would be as quiet as your current birds, you should be prepared and accept the situation if it turns out he's a noisy bird in the morning.

 

[Merlee]

Well, after reading other people's responses, I think the new bird would follow the lead of the birds already here. If the existing flock is quiet, wouldn't the newbie act accordingly?

 

[MikeyTN]

It depends on the individual bird! You may get lucky....

 

[henpecked]

I'm not sure i'd count on 2 quiet birds keeping a loud bird quiet. I have both types in the house. it seems the "talkers"(the more vocal birds) will get the quiet birds going. The opposite is not true. I don't think the quiet birds keep the noisier birds quiet at all. The noisy birds are always primed and any excuse will set them off, Granted none of my birds are really screamers but they talk,laugh,sing,etc alot. They do learn to mimic each other and of course the quiet bird will respond if another bird uses one of his phases. You should hear a good round of "hello" in my house, or laughing,,,OMG , my wife can get the whole flock going and it's pretty funny, it'll get anybody out of a bad mood. I don't think there's many guarantees when adding another zon to the flock.Only one way to find out.

Amazons are individuals with very different personalities. In general terms you have "talkers" and those that don't or very little.(i don't think any of my 40+ zons including wild caught breeders, hasn't spoken a human word). The talking is because it's their way of commmunicating, the birds that learn ,human speech equals attention or at least communicates their desires, ie; wellsocialized birds, will talk their fool head off. If a talking bird who is raise neglected and not well socialized ,talks ,then that's a amazon that talks. Imagine a "talker" raised with someone who goes the extra mile to interact with their bird.( like Ant and her CAG) You never know what your getting when rehoming amazons. Some are just waiting to blossom and some are just a product of their environment. Their best chance is a good "bird person" finding them.

 

[Merlee]

One of the joys of having a parrot is the ability to talk. What I am not looking forward to is the possibility of one screaming all day long. I would rather have a bird speak English all day than screaming.

 

[henpecked]

My answer to that is,, reward good behavior and ignore the bad.