I am just curious to know what your Quaker can say! Everyone post their particular parrot's favorite phrases!

Ava is just learning to squawk a bit. Her words include...
"Hello!"
"Whatcha doin?"
"Peekaboo!"
"Uh-Oh!"
"Achoooo!"
"Thank you!"
And she just said her name yesterday!

I showed her Tucker's (jenfoxpoint's Quaker) youtube video where he says "Shake your booty!" and she looked very amazed and repeated him once, but hasn't said it since...

WHAT CAN YOUR QUAKER SAY?

Elliot says...
What
Good boy Elliot
Good boy go poop
good girl
you gotta go poop?
I love you
trying to say... "whacha squawkin for" but it sounds more like "im a squeaky toy" lol
ow ow ow ow
step up
and a bunch of other things that really are hard to make out

Spree is saying...
Step up
whaaaat (in a rolling voice)

I'll tell ya one thing: Clyde can say a heckuva lot more than he'll admit to. When he thinks no one can hear him, he says all kinds of things and I can't understand all of them, but it's more than he'll say when he knows I'm paying attention. What he'll say in front of us is "pepper" and "stinker" (he learned that one really fast!), "hello" and "pretty bird" and he makes sounds that are supposed to be "love you" but it's not very clear. He can say "huh?" and make kissing and clicking noises, and when he's feeling affectionate he says "awwwww." He whistles Beethoven's Fifth (just a few notes, we're working on it!) and is beginning to learn the Imperial March from Star Wars. He can mimic a cardinal and a couple of other birds whose names I don't know, but I hear them outside, and he can growl and bark -- both like a tiny little yippy dog and like our Lab's bark, which is something new that he just surprised me with the other day. He laughs like my husband, like me, and like himself, and can do the movie villain's "ha, ha, HA!" too. I'm trying to teach him "Clyde loves Mommy" and "I'm a good bird" and he hasn't even tried those yet.

Haha, Ava is just like Clyde. She mumbles a lot when she thinks no one is listening. When she's mad at my husband, she'll do this mumbly-gargle and my husband says she is cursing 'in parrot' at him!
I also forgot, Ava will 'bok bok bok' like a chicken!

Well he surprises me every day but so far as I'm aware of today, Pickles says:
Uh oh
Pretty bird
good boy
Pickles
come to mama
baby
no no no no no
I love you
stop it Pickles
step up
come on
c'mere
good girl
are you a good girl?
are you a good boy?
nite nite

I'm sure I'll forget a few but Simon says...

the best bird in the world
look at those feathers
(those 2 he learned from twiz)

ouch
sure
ok
come 'ere
what's the matter
oh $hit (he learned that from me)
Ruby (my female Ekkies name)
daddy daddy daddy
that's good sugar
gimme kiss

Elwood just started talking a bit, and it's REALLY garbled. However, he gets the intonation pretty well, so me and the hubby can understand it at least!

He says,
whatcha doin
step up
uh-oh

and his and my favorite:
want a bath?

My favs are
Peek-a-boo
c'mere
uhhh-ooooo
good boy
what are you doing?
step up
noooooo
laughs (like us)
hello baby

and my fav phrase all in one..."gimme kiss, smuck, thank you"

Donut clearly says......................

hello
good boy
cuddle
up
scratch
what ya doin
kiss kiss (noise)
quack quack (duck noise)
ha ha ha (evil laugh)

he can wolf whistle
and follow a whistle we do

he can sort of say.....
luv you
hello lexy (our dog)
treat

When Donut thinks we aren't listening he mumbles and practices other words. h
He can chatter non stop for about 10 mins.

Dont you just luv 'em!

Mine isn't talking yet. (Other than saying garbled things I can't really make out).

Of course, he is only 15 wks but I'm looking forward to when he does start talking.

Hi Peanut - as soon as someone walks into the room
hello
hey baaaaaby
Step
Good Boy
gimme Kiss
Thank you
Whatcha doin
hiya birdbrain (thanks to dh)
C'mere
Sophie (dog)
Koda (dog)
Wantsome?
Amber
Bye bye
Whaaaat?
Hey
Quit
Stop it
No bite
Pretty Bird
Brat
he barks
he mimics the sound of the dogs drinking water
he mimics the sound of his cage door shutting
me mimics the sound of the front door shutting

he says alot of other stuff that I can't completely understand also.

I'm so jealous of all of you!

Pixie was hatched in March-ish - I got her in May.

She doesn't really say anything intelligible, but she makes a lot of garbly "talky" noises lately. Usually at bedtime.

What she does do is speak parrotlet. Sprite the p'let lives next door to her cage and he has a million birdy noises, and she has them all down pat, perfectly, except louder. She has actually taught him to cheep louder, go figure.

I guess since they spend 24 hours a day together, it doesn't surprise me that she's learned to talk like him instead of like us - I just hope she'll share a word or two with me eventually.

Our QP Cheeky is a real talker hes about two years old and he says over 90 words and sentences.

hers just a few...

Look at those beautiful feathers
whatya doin fat baby
the kitty goes meow
the kitty says brup brup
the doggie says ruff ruff
wheres Ronald
wheres Kibbie
good morning my darling
I love you
Rockin Robin cheeky
Ronalds workin and a workin
the duck says quack quack
you make me cry (then crys lol)
thats the birdies
gimme some peanut butter
cheeky wants a big bananna
Im a big big big big big big big big big big big big bananna
lets get a bite
cheeky are you hungry
he laffs like a cackling witch from our hallmark Halloween cauldron
thats scarey
I love you
Mmmm I like that
when he hears the fone ring he says hello?

he says many more but theres just a few

I need should teach him more words but havent in a good while...lazy me!

Lets see Milo (aka woogie) says :

Do woggie noise (then he will do the woggie noise)
Thats the sound that your face makes if you sling it back and forth really fast and hard. Kinda like a dog will do. Dont ask. LOL

Love papa

Mama's boy

good boy

Bless you papa

smells so good

peek I have to say the aboo part. LOL

kissing noise

smacks his lips when he thinks something is good

want some juice

want some water

I love you

clucks like a chicken

da ta da da

Remy doesn't say much that we can understand yet, but... last nite he starting saying "nite nite" very clearly!!! I was so excited! He also says "yea" when I tell him I love him.

I hope someday he learns the theme song to X-Files...it's my favorite show

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wow
lucky quakers you have...

Jelly doesnt say much
i adopted her from a friend of my boyfriend who i guess wasnt being nice to her...

she said once...

f..k off
or
back off

and make other baby sounds or noises i cant understand
LOL
she blows me kisses a lot when i get home from work

she is funny

Babys latest words are Monkey butt then he makes his monkey sound. Ive tried to get it on camera but the little green beast is camera shy

If I had to list all of the words Mr. Kiwi says, I would be out of breathe, he is over 8 years old and has quite a vocabulary!!....LOL.....But I have to say about JennFox's video of Tucker that I still think he is saying "Shake your Boobie", sorry but that is what it sounded like. Now Jen, what are you teaching that bird?

Kiwi has become a chatterbox!

his ultimate fav words are:
Kiwi Baby
nice to meet you
My name's kiwi
Wolf Whistles
Good Parrot
Come Here
Go Potty?
Good Poop
Step up
Sings "If your happy and you know it"
Sings "The quaker song"
What are you doing?
Peekabo
Ohhhhh (in several tones)
Laughs
Kisses
Makes Kissy Noise
He's in the process of learning "i Love you"
Oh my gosh
and good morning

Bijou can say

Good morning (even in the evening )

Thank you

Kisses for mummy

Jack stop (Jack's the dog)

Jack floor

Michael Schumacher (my friend taught him that to annoy me, as I don't like him )

Merry Christmas

Bee good boy (Bee, as that's his nickname)

and any combination of the above, the most annoying for me is ' Michael Schumacher, kisses for mummy'

He can bark and laugh as well, the laughing usually follows him biting strange sense of humor her has

Like some other people said, if I had to list all the stuff Peanut Butter can say, I might be here all day. Here are a few of the funny things: (mostly yelling at the dogs and cats)

Animal names:
Dito (Bandito)
Federali
Ho Chi Minh
Leon
BruiserBailey (they become one entity heehee)
Bennie
Bling
Peanut Butter

Phrases:

Watcha Doin'
How YOU doin'
Go lay down
MOVE!
Get outta the way!
You better be a good bird or you're gonna get punishment (Punishment involves getting back in the cage)
Get in your cage
Stay on your cage
TOUCHDOWN! (In response to cheering on tv during a game)
Are you the best bird Peanut Butter?
Do you love me (the song)
Mommy loves you
Gimme a kiss
Step up
get down
make a poo
Bad kitty
Bad dog
You better get your butt outside - go teetee boop (to the dogs)
Bennie, GET OUTTA THE CAT FOOD!
And she calls for my husband BaaaBaaaaaaYYYYYYYY!

Sounds:
Kissing (of course)
MWAH!
Me drinking water
Tia's bark
Uh-huh
MM-mm

Those are the most popular ones on a daily basis, but there are more!

Petey (4 y/o Male) is a talkative little bugger. His repertoire is ever growing and he continues to surprise us with the things that come out of his beak:
Hello
Hi
What'cha doing?
What'cha doing Petey bird?
I'm a good boy
Water, Water (during bath time)
Come here
Yum, yum
Thank you! - He says it when you feed him, let him out, put him to bed, hand him a toy he's dropped, pick him up - All in context!!!
Night, Night (when you cover his cage)
My name's Petey bird
"I'm a Little Quaker" - working on the rest of the Quaker song
and he does the Andy Griffith opening song whistle

Oh My! There are some talented birds out here!

Elmo, a little over a year old says:

Elmo (also strings it in 3's)
Hi Baby
Hi Elmo
Whatcha' Doing
Nite Nite or Go Nite Nite
Fresh Water (want fresh water)
No bite
Seed Treat
Ready
OK
Good Job (and Good job Elmo)
Where's Kiwi (Kiwi's my lovebird)
Row Row Row your boat song (starts out with Ready, OK, then the song, then finishes up with good job, good job Elmo)
E....O...ELMO (we're working on the L and M letters)
WHAT???
Thank you
out (out out out) when I tell the dogs to get out of the room
Go get it
C'mon (c'mon c'mon)
Pretty bird
Good bird
Bad bird (after a yelling spree from Elmo, I said bad bird, only once and he /she picked it up immediately and now when I yell at him to be quiet, he goes Bad bird)
(when you ask are you alright, shakes head affirmatively and goes yeahhhhhh)

Then there are a few things I can't quite decipher yet...think that's about it

Here is a list of Kiwi's favorite words.. I am also pretty sure he cusses me out under his breath frequently


Kiwi (very favorite, says it ALL the time)

Whatcha doin

Good job (usually followed by Kiwi)

Step up

Good boy (once again followed by Kiwi)

Come 'ere

Kiss, kisses

no bite (as he is biting me)

Here kitty kitty

Ty (my son)

Peek a boo (sometimes he says it quick and sometimes he drags it out)

I love you (just starting this one but I love it!!!)

Yay! I can finally add to this post!! 'Cuz... WHOOT! PRETTY BOY SAID HIS FIRST WORD TONIGHT!!!

He said Hello!

How do you teach your parrot to talk?? My quaker parrot, Kiwi, won't make a single noise!

Aww, congratulations to Pretty Boy!
To eshoo93, some Quakers never say a word but still make excellent, loving pets. How long have you had Kiwi? It took awhile for Ava to start talking to us. Most of the phrases Ava says weren't 'taught' to her. She just started repeating things we would say around her. The key is to keep your Quaker in a very active part of the house where the family gathers, so the Quaker will feel sociable and 'part of the flock' and hear your conversations. We have to be careful at our house, as we have a nosy Quaker AND a two year old little boy, so ANYTHING we say gets repeated by one of them. And it's not always something you'd want Grandma to hear.

Shakespeare sings the quaker song,
says I love you
Nite Nite
Kissy Kissy
Get Out Get Out
Yummy
Hello
Naughty Kitty
Who's a Poopy Bird
Shakespeare
Who's a pretty Bird

I haven't had Crabby that long, I think he is still getting use to us. He is 4 years old. He does a lot of mumbling, but clearly says...

un-oh
alright
step up
he does the whole chicken thing.. bluk, bluck, blukeee
and he says something that sounds like Jared.. not sure what this is..
He also will poop on command, so when I hold him, he wont poop on me.

Bindi will only say
step up
kiss me
I love you.

Bailey only says
kiss me, which I think is pretty good for a GCC.

I'll give you the same answer I've given several other people... What jump-started Simon talking was watching Twiz videos in the video section. We had been trying to teach him things before that but without much success.. I suggested to Glenda that she play some Twizzlebeak videos for Simon and that's all it took. At first he was saying things he learned from Twiz like "look at those feathers" and "best bird in the world" but before long he was learning lots of other things..
Steve

Tobey's hatchday is May 31st so he's still young. But he's starting to make noises that sound like attempts at speech. He really pays attention when people talk to him. We've heard, and appropriately used, laughter. It's pretty hillarious! It's my understanding that quakers aren't really mimics, that they understand the words, so repetition of conversation, more than just repetition if words is what they learn from. Anyone else heard that? So based on that I talk to him about what's going on. I repeat the same phrases for getting him up and feeding and going to bed. He steps up just about every time and knows when I say come here where on his perch I want him to be so I can get him out.
The phrases I think he hears most are:
Good morning Tobey
Kisses?
Whatcha doing?
Step up
Good birdie
Come here
Sam (my yorkies name)
Kitty
Time to go back (meaning it's time to go back to the cage for whatever reason)

Thanks ALOT!

Good boy
C'mere
I love you
Give me a treat
Thank you
Can I have a kiss?
Sorry
Lentil
Hi
You're okay
I'll be right (back, but he hasn't said back yet!)
Step-up
he can growl
he can make kissing sounds
he makes clicking sounds when I make them to him
he has made purring sounds

I actually got those record a voice gizmos, one I got has about a 30 sec spot you record message, its motion activated and has a mirror and perch (seed cup as well but its small).

I had recorded something for another bird and just added it to Elmo's cage...Elmo was not in the office with me as he is now, so wasn't get a ton of people contact during the day. I was walking past the room and heard what I had recorded but not in my voice, lol. Now Elms in the office with me and I have 2 of those gizmo's on either side of the cage, with something different on it. I have one with Ready, Ok, Row row row your boat (etc) ending with Good job, Good job elmo. The other now has E...L..M...O ELMO recorded a few times. Drives me nuts during the day but beats speaking it till your'e blue in the face.

Good luck, be patient. All 3 of my birds speak (Kiwi says step up and Kiwi, Oatie says Oatie,Oatie,Oatie, pretty bird and whatcha doin)

Erm, not sure really, just repeating what we wanted Bijou to learn, but in a happy voice, when my friend taught him to say Michael Schumacher, she looked after him for a weekend and told me he has said it, but I thought she was just having me on, and it was another 7 months before he said it here with me and it came out of the blue, so don't ever give up

Hello my name is andrew,and my little green owner says

hello

whatcha doin

here kiti kiti

where's andrew

yum yum

and lots of garbeling

Gonzo is a real talker, lets see if I can remember all he says.

He sings,
1- The theme song to Law & Order.
2- Old McDonald had a farm.
3- Go to Sleep.
4- A pirates life for Me.
5- Happy Birthday.
6- Rock a Bye Baby.

He says,

1- Gonzo good boy.
2- Want some?
3- Here him?
4- Mommy
5- Daddy
6- Come on.
7- What ya doing?
8- Where'd he go.
9- Night Night.
10-You see Quack Quack?
11-Cozy.
12-Whats that.
13-Buzz Buzz man (the lawnmower)
14-Wheres the birdie?
15-Arrrrrr.
16-Love you.
17-Here we go.
18-See him.
19-Hello.

Then the sounds he mimics are,
1-A police siren.
2-A lawnmower.
3-Chirping birds.
4-Kisses.
5-Drinking.

He whistles to,
1-Little house on the praire song.
2-M*A*S*H song.
3-The music on the Weather Channel.

Thats all I can think of now, but his first word was Hello.

Thanks so much! That really helps. Kiwi doesn't really like to be in well lit parts of the house- but that's where the family is, so now she's going to be there with us! She does step up onto your finger- only when she's in a good mood, and that's not everyday! She's a sweet heart. My sister and brother love her and really want her to talk, so I'll keep her around all the people.

Kiwi's learned z new phrase and tried it out with me for the first time today hehe

So our routine is he lifts up his toes.. we do the foot skae and nice to meet you! and recently he's been keeping his foot held in the air so i come in and kiss the air near his toes and go "kiss those toes" silly i know lol

So today... lifts up a foot to his bell of all things lol and in a sweet little voice goes "kisses toes kiss toes!" haha too cute!

omg thats so adorable
*wants to kiss his toes too!*

Upstairs! Upstairs!

This is one of Horatio's favourite words. It does not matter if you are going upstairs or down it is always Upstairs!

He loves going around the house with you so going upstairs is a treat that he looks forward to and upstairs is the shower, his blow dry and the computer room, all favourite things.

Kiwi Says

Kiwi
Beethoven (also sings it)
Super bird (also goes da da da dut daa daaaa)
What
Good Boy (this is very clear)
Gimmi a kiss compleat with wet kissy noise
Awwwww
Jungle Bells and sings it.


I recently taught him "hello baby" "love you" -he has only said this twice though. He's also barking like our neighbors dog too. Also "am I a good boy?"

He doesn't really talk to troy but will kinda birdie growl at him when he's near. Kiwi also mimics our finches from time to time.

How did you get him to poop on command!? I wear a recieving blanket like a small cape so when kiwi hangs out for HOURS at a time on my shoulder I don't get pooped on? How oh how did you teach him that!!??

Herbie also says a lot of what other people are posting, but having three dogs, he's picked up on some funny stuff...
outside go peepees
on your couch
in the kitchen
sit down
These are all to the dogs, he'll especially say sit down when they start barking.

He also says
My little birdie
new water (when I am taking his water out to replace)
hey baby
please, or pretty please (when he sees us with food, Chris (my hubby) taught him that, now he says it all the time when we have food)
All gone (when we scrape plates or bowls, or when we eat in the kitchen and he is finished with the goodies we give him)
I love listening to him talk, he is too cute!
On another quick note, I gave him a clear drinking straw, and he is constantly weaving it through his bars, taking it down and repositioning it. He won't touch the colored bendy straws, he just loves his clear one. It keeps him very busy putting it just right. then moving it...

Sage said his first words about a month ago, Good boy. I was soo excited because I was taking him to my parent's house soon and hoped he'd impress them. Of course he didn't utter a word, dance, or give kisses while we were there. But now, he is talking a lot! Some days are crystal clear and others he just mumbles. I've been trying to get a good video, but no luck yet. He says: Good boy, What a good boy, Take a bath?, thank you!, makes a "big kiss" noise, What are you doing? (which I was impressed, cause he actually says each word, not whatcha doin'? like I'd expect), he said Peekaboo and com'ere once. Today while I was cleaning his cage and rearranging toys he kept saying "what are you doing?" and "Good boy" like, hey what are you doing? I'm being good! You don't need to screw up my home!