Very interesting! I can't compare the two yet as I am still awaiting my blue I want. However, having 2 green quakers I have noticed how different they are. My male Angel I have had since he was 3 weeks old and he is now 3 years. Talks up a storm, very busy, learns quickly. Jacquee, a female I got from another member in May, she only says a couple words, doesn't seem to pay much attention to toys but loves to cuddle and be held and loved.I have tried and tried to teach her words buts she will mostly just squawk at me. So even green quakers can be totally different. I can't wait until I get a blue so I can compare and see if I notice a difference.

I have a blue who's 4 1/2 months old and have had her for only 2 1/2 wks. She is extremely loving and cuddly, and appears to be smart. After only 2 days, she flew to the floor and walked out of my off ice, found the living room and walked up to her cage, climbed on the bottom shelf and "called" for me to come and put her to bed. Now there is another cage exactly like hers that belongs to my cockatiel next to hers. Yet from the floor she knew which one was hers! Anyway, she shows no signs of attempting to talk yet. Both her parents (blues) talk; the mama better than the dad. I am wondering at what age, generally, they begin to talk. Any info or advice here? I know: REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT! Thanks.

hi everyone, i saw this comment and had to sign in, i just got my blue quaker male and my friend got her quaker a green one, male…they both camer from the same breeder…….i am interested in how different one color bird is too the next…..i have parakeets so i wonder if my quaker will only sqauak nowing he heres my other birds all day long??? thanks sheilla

I have to agree with you on this. We had a green that was very sassy but an excellent talker. Our blue does talk alot but very shyly. She (blue)will only talk when my head is turned and not around anyone else unless saying bye-bye. Sometimes she will ask for a drink or a bite of my food. The green would talk whenever and very often. He (green) would talk to anyone at anytime when engaged. The blue is also very cuddly and sweet when compared to the green. The green liked to bite around his cage but our blue does not. My blue can probably say 20 - 25 words and phrases on top of 5 or so different whistles. I can carry on a conversation with her as long as i am not looking at her. She is 1 year old. Our late green was of an unknown age and was wild caught but was most likely someones lost pet. He had a vast vocabulary, far bigger than our blues. Another difference between the 2 colors might be how clear they speak. The green spoke clearly in a deeper voice and our blue can be hard to understand at times. Take into consideration that our blue is 1 year old and our green was most likely middle aged.

My experience is with 2 birds only but from what i have just read it all sounds pretty much right on the money.

Greens = great talkers and have a bit more of an attitude
Blues = better family pets but are not as good at talking

One thing i forgot to mention was our blue does pick up words sometimes after hearing them only once and it was the same with the green. As far as one being more intelligent than the other…they are both equal.

Hi all, that is very interesting what everyone has noted. Stendeck is a blue and was talking at only a few weeks old and has a vast vocabluary, see Stendeck on youtube for proof,but this I think is due to the breeder being a chatter box and very hands on and my enthusiasm at having a talking bird. And yes he is very very sweet and smaller than greens seem to be. Now I wonder why this all is genetically speeking???

I truely believe from the experience I've had with Quakers, both colors, that each bird is individually different. Some of my greens speak very strongly and some of my blues do just as well. Some of the greens don't do so well and some of the blues the same. I have noticed though that the blues do seem a bit more gentle.

Hi, Scooter my female blue is a great little talker and very clear she love to sit right near my mouth when I sing or talk to her I have had her since she was 3 months old and she has just had her 1st birthday on the 13th oct, and is a very sweet natured little lady. Dudda my special needs blue male is 10 months old and he talks like a duck lol, he will lay on his back and says play dead amongst other things. Recently I aquired 2 more quakers a male blue about 10 months old he was an avairy bird but in the 2 months since owning him he has actually started talking he says Hello when I come through the door which is quite sweet and then there is the green quaker she/he I purchased from a pet store around 2 mths ago as well and is in the same cage as the blue male I call them heckle and jeckle she/he is a noisy quaker and at the moment is trying to build a nest I am hoping that she/he is a girl and seems to be showing all the signs that she/he is.

i would really lke to know about boy how do you know if they are boy or girls?

Doe@4:18pm I have found these comments very interesting. I have had a young Green "Kiwi" for about a year. A Blue "Berry" and a Cinnamon "Spice" for a few weeks. The latter 2 are 5 months old. "Kiwi" flew from me on 09/18/07. I was devastated and got the other 2 to fill the void. I perservered in my search and got "Kiwi" back on 10/17/2007.I'm so happy!! He/she is wonderful; sweet and affectionate. No words yet but I'm working on it. The Blue "Berry" is relentless at harassing him/her. The Cinnamon "Spice" sometimes gets on the bandwagon & joins "Berry" in the harrassment games but seems to be quite a bit more shy. I'm hoping this will pass as they mature a little. How do you tell the males from the females? Does beak color and/or body size tell you anything? I know about my Umbrella Cockatoo "Coco" from literature: eye color, etc. I believe my Blue Front Amazon "Gator" is also a female. Thanks . . . Doe

I'm hoping to get my first quaker this Sunday, the breeder has one green and two blue ones left, about 8-9 weeks old, I am very excited. I need loads of info on these little birds, I have been reading up on them for weeks now.

how did you get Kiwi back? Thank GOOdness!

other than DNA testing, I read that the beak of the male is longer.

i hAVE FOUND MY BLUE QUAKER TO TALK MORE THAN MY GREEN QUAKER BUTS IT IS EARLY DAYS YET

I will have to agree to these observations. My green quaker, Yoshi, is very sassy. He only allows me to handle him, and only responds to me. But of course, he's my baby. He hates my mom for some strange reason. She gives him more treats, and sucks up to him for than I do and is still rejected! When he's petted he often quickly nips at my hand. It doesn't hurt but is getting annoying. Also, he is a very good talker and has been since he was 2 months old. Now he's attempting songs at 6 months!
I want a blue quaker and the ones I've looked at are definately sweeter and tolerate petting more. I'm trying to save up for the one I want.

Hello, I am thinking that maybe it is all about the bird. I have a green, Jade. I just got him on Saturday. My first and only. He seems to be like me and my husband. He wants to cuddle every night around dark thirty. I don't work but when my husband gets up, Jade continues in sleep mode. I leave Jade's cage open at night (always open) and don't cover him. He is very comfortable with this. When I get up, he begins to move around. If he wants me right away, he stands half in and half out. If not, then he goes about his day. If I try to get him when he doesn't want me, he lays snuggly on the cage and won't budge. Somedays he is clingy and somedays he doesn't want me to hold him. He tells me no-no if he doesn't want me. He already says my name, "no-no"(while shaking his head no), (bobs his head only for yes) and "get down"(when he wants me to come and get him).

Any way… even fish have their own personalities… When we found Jade, a sibling was with him. It didn't want to be held. I held Jade briefly and the store clerk said that there was only one person in the whole store that he did not like. Every one that worked there loved Jade but the other was too hard to work with. While getting the paper work done, they put him back with his sibling. The other bird figured out that I was taking Jade home and became active and competitive for my attention. I couldn't tell the two apart any more but knew that Jade would go to the store clerk.

I was looking for another Schnauzer to replace the one that just had to be put down when I saw and immediately fell in love with Jade. Schnauzer pup has been put on hold.

I have a greem quaker parrot and he definitely is a lot sassier and tends to pluck his feathers more often than my best friend's blue quaker parrot.

i have a green quaker named bo-bo he is very talkable but is also really screechy, he says where you going then waits a few minutes and replies ready to go, then follows that with "opps wrong way"lol he can count to 5, says bye bye, peak a boo, .. he can mock your laugh, bark like a dog, click his tongue like i do, sound like a motorboat, says pretty boy and pretty bird,he mocks blue on blues clues, says well, what, bo-bo, good boy, he growls, crows, i bought him off a previous owner who didnt mess with him much because when i asked if he could talk she couldnt tell me any words he could say and the first hour after getting him settled in his home he was talking up a storm and this is when i learnt what he could say and do needless to say within an hour with him i knew all the words he could say and i had only owned him 2 hours and the previous owner said she owned him 6 months… pretty sad that she didnt know this he loves to be held and he will sneak a kiss on your lip every now and then and say kiss kiss.. i have 2 cockatiels and i would rather have a quaker any day not that i dont love them but quakers are exactly the kind of bird i was looking for one that could talk and that wasnt huge. I'd recommend a quaker to anyone that asked what type of bird they should get.. was the best 100 dollars i ever spent.

HI EVERYONE I HAVE A GREEN QUAKER PARRORT. HOW DO I KNOW IF ITS MALE OR FEMALE?

what should I look for introducing a 5yr old blue ( I just bought) to my green 1 yr old I've raised since a baby. They've been together for a week now. I'd like TO see any sexual traits of either sex? Is there any thing special in behavior etc?
The blue submitted rt away when put in w/ the green? Would that be an indicator ? or just an acknowledgment of entering someone else's domain?
any help would be appreciated, thnks, bob

I think bird colors are like people colors? Like blacks & whites etc? Doesn't matter what color you are, it's the enviorment & experiences that determine whether you are a talker or a noise maker? or a peaceful mellow fellow, or a grumpy old man, or an overactive noisy kid?
I've only had my blue for a week but I can see he's a squawker/noise maker, while the green talks a blue streak!

I do belive this is true blues are more gental than the green. I have one of each. The green one looks for me more and looks for my attention. The blue one has never bit me. The green one has but enjoys my presence.

I have a blue Quaker about two years old. Darby (boy I think) talks quite a bit. He picks up on new things to say and its fun to teach him to say things on cue. He will say "thank you" whenever the doors to his food and water dishes are closed. He is learning "go get my toy" when he drops his toys off the top of his cage. He is very cuddly and is VERY interested in whatever we are doing. My only complaint is his high pitched chirp that he makes. It is unpleasant, but not constant. We've tried ignoring him when he is chirping, talking sweetly to him to try to get him to talk instead of chirping. Any suggestions?

hello everyone well tell u about quakers we have 4 pairs my blue name prince is a fine talking he say who your daddy i love u babe give me a kiss he sings some of bad to bone zz top music we had hime since he was 10 wks old baby is a green /split blue very smart very lovableshe tired to sing but prince will laugh yes quaker laugh my other prs are breeders adime is all right unless he watching over eggs then he very proceting the eggs carrie is admie parter she a total bit– ant thing even feeding her so u can go with blue or greens or the splits still have fine pet till they breed then total diff story

How to tell if you have a male or female quaker? DNA-sexing is the only method. A quaker parrot is sexually monomorphic. That means both sexes look the same.

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… Green vs. Blue ~ I have a male green quaker that will be two-years old on 19th of May. Sprocket is a pretty good talker. Some words he even learned the first time I said them. You know where you say a word once, and then they repeat the word right back to you.

As far as personality/ behavior goes: Sprocket is a one-person bird — despite all that I did to socialize him as a baby — he won't allow: Other people to touch him, his cage, or toys. He is interested in other people, but will back away from them if they get too close. Or attack if they touch "his" things.

My husband is a great source of interest to Sprocket though. He enjoys nothing more than observing him doing mundane activities: Putting on socks/ clothes/ a belt/ shoes, removing items from a bag, stacking books… Sprocket almost seems like an alien from another planet observing another creature for scientific study. Each little movement is carefully catologed, and memorized.

Honestly it is one of the most unusual human-pet interactions that I've ever seen.

Pet Vs. Pet Interactions * — Sprocket is an insanly jealous bird. He doesn't like it when I give even the smallest attention to any of the other household pets. Neither the birds or even cats are 'acceptable' to him. In fact, he tries to attack the cats —- often biting their tail(s), and nose(s). I must always be careful to watch him closely, and protect the poor cats from this extreme aggression.

* For reference ~ My house contains: Two cats, two cockatiels, and a blue pacific parrotlet.

Sometime this year we will be adding a blue female quaker to the household. I fully expect Sprocket, and the "interlooper" to not have anything to do with each other. I will Not allow him to harm her, because he is jealous, and I fully expect that I will have my hands full between the two of them. That's all right. I look forward to having a blue quaker that will bond to both my husband & I.

It will be nice for a change to have a "large bird" in the house that will accept affection from both of us, and not mind going to "the grandparents' hand" when they stop by for a visit.

I actually have a very stupid question…my husband and I bought our first quakers the other day. My question is they are green but they have blue on their underwings and tails. Is this normal? Thanks for any help you can give me!

How did you know your quaker was a male or female? thank you.

I think up above somewhere it said the only way to know for sure if it's a girl or boy is to have them dna sexed.

Hello,
I have two quaker parrots one blue and one green, the info that u have provided is very true for my birds.
LOLA my green is very sassy with an attitude almost all the time. PHILIP my blue is a very sweet little bird but very shy.
The family plays with philip alot more than with lola, this is because of her aggression. And it seems that no matter what i do,i can not get her to be less aggressive. I was told by the breader that my green was a female and the blue a male, but sometimes i think that its the other way around. I think males are more aggressive and dominant, as is natural. I HAVE A QUESTION- One day i was out and my bf was home with the birds, when i get home he tells me that philip the blue bird was missing one of his claws. When i looked at his claw it was bleeding, he was missing the part where his claw connects to the skin. My bf had no idea of how this happened. And my question is- Could philip have done this to himself, or maybe lola? She is aggressive. IT IS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME!

Melyza,
Do you think it was bitten off? Quakers do tend to be a little aggressive towards other birds and if they are fairly new to the home, each other, and are young they will sometimes fight to establish dominance. During a scuffle one could have attacked the feet since that is the easiest thing to grab on a bird. Also, if they're young (like under 2 years)they could be going through "terrible twos stage". There's info on that on this site. My Quaker is starting to go through that, but I worked and trained him well b4 that and his tantrums are very short.

About the blues vs. greens. For the most part I agree. My green quaker, Yoshi, has his issues once in a while, but I think that's just his terrible twos stage. Other than that he is a big mommy's bird sucky. I'm 16 y/o and we understand each other's frustrations. I've handled a couple blues and find they are better as a family bird compared to greens since blues tend to be more placid and are easier to train to allow strangers and different people to handle them

… Sjdavis: Yes, a normal green quaker is supposed to have blue on their wings. Don't worry, a lot of people are like: "I think my green quaker is part blue too." - LOL

If you don't know, you don't know, and BTW that was a good question. A lot of first time quaker lover's need to ask questions like you done!

Melyza @ 5:41 pm: "I was told by the breader that my green was a female and the blue a male, but sometimes i think that its the other way around.

I HAVE A QUESTION- One day i was out and my bf was home with the birds, when i get home he tells me that philip the blue bird was missing one of his claws. And my question is- Could philip have done this to himself, or maybe lola? She is aggressive. IT IS STILL A MYSTERY TO ME!"

Hallo Melyza ~ Actually all of the quaker studies have discovered: The female is the more agressive one! It is she that guards the nest. So your agressive female is behaving normally.

Quaker's tend to pluck their feather's and some even mutilate themselves. Ewww… I know! Your male could have done this to his foot, or he could have got it caught somewhere and lost it like that.

A quaker who has caught themself on something may chew themselves loose. You've heard of wolves with their paws stuck in traps chewing themselves free? This is the same sort of thing.

These birds also have the habit of chewing the toes off of other birds, as well. If your female is very aggressive, she could have "done the honours".

A lot of possiblities! But as long as he can climb, and didn't become infected in his missing toe then he's alright.

Quaker Terrible Two's: They are supposed to start at 18 months (that's a year-and-a-half old), and not end until they're 36 months — That's 3 years old!

My Sprocket is going to turn two this May. I've not seen any major signs of trouble. I've alway's watched the floor agression, and when he wants to "be independent" I make sure he is in a place where he cannot get himself into mischief.

Some quaker's never experience their Terrible Two's, and some only go through mild ones. I got lucky with mine. He's either going to be mild, or not even have them!

The only update that I forgot to write about my Sprocket is: He now goes to my husband!

It's funny, one day he just looked over at him, and did the 'begging dance' to be picked up. I carried him over to my husband's arm, and he stayed there talking up a storm.

This is the only personality shift I've seen as my quaker approuches his two-year mark.

It's the only change, and it's a positive one! How lucky can a person get? I'm thrilled that my quaker & husband are "getting along".

One question a person asked was about the screeching: The only method I've found to stop a bird is to repeat something that they say, over, and over until they speak it. This will hopefully make them speak, instead of squawk.

I will add though: It works beautifully with my cockatiel, but not at all with my parrotlet. And the quaker? Sometimes you can distract him, but he usually squawks when something is up: He needs to be fed, or I'm not giving him the attention he feels he needs. In those cases, I just ignore him until he is quiet Then give him the attention he wanted. But only if he's silent or "talking like a person".

It's really all you can do. Show a quaker any attention for 'bad' behavior, and they will do it from sun up to sun down from now until the end of time.

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I all i have 5 quakers the firdt one i paid for hen i was given the other 4 and they are all green.. All 5 of them have totally different personalities.. 3 of them are very cage protective.. they are even bird room protective.. but once out of the bird room then they are very well behaved i can take all 5 of them out in public.. i do not own a blue quaker and i am so happy that thru you folks i am learning bout the blues as well as the green quakers… i do want to say that i do own a 22 year old quaker named Ernie.. he is just a sweet heart .. i would like to hear from other folks that has a older quaker .. oh by the way none of mine talk in front of people.. i says ok ok … ans another one says couple of things, but thats it but mine do tricks . shakes hands gives kisses and lays on their backs.. well thanks for me to be able to share ….