Yes, I meant the Blue Throats…I have Amazons on the brain because we're talking about them on another list. Very interesting thoughts about the BTMs. I've met a few in person and have spent a bit of time with one who lives near me and really like him. He's never come across as intense but very smart for sure. I do have a friend who really wanted a BTM and decided to rehome one and had a heck of a time with her. She was older and was just over the top. She ended up rehoming her because she just couldn't handle her even with help from a well versed BTM owner, so I definitely can understand where you're coming from. I always thought Scarlets were the problem children of the Macaw family!:) I'm much more a 'too person and hoping to add a Major to my family in the future.
And just to add a bit of chicken to keep on track as I'm sure people are sick of hearing about parrots, we've been letting Dagbert run around the parrot room during the day when we're at work with the parrots caged of course. He seems to really enjoy it. He's such a character. I really wish we could get him a chicken buddy though or two but until we move…I've axed the idea.
Jen and the flock
http://www.birdiedebutantes.com/
http://www.tntbirdtoys.com/
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>From: jajeanpierre <jajeanpierre@yahoo.com>
>To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:54 PM
>Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Parrots and Chickens
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>Do you mean Blue Throated Macaw or a Blue Headed Macaw? I don't think the Blue Headed Macaw is available in the pet trade.
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>I think both the Red Fronts and the Blue Throats are really noisy birds. I also think the Blue Throats are a very, very "hot" bird and really aren't the bird that the parrot world thinks they are. I thought it was just my Blue Throat, but I worked with many Blue Throats at Steve Martin's workshops and watched lots of other trainers working them. They were a challenge for most people. Just too darned intense and fast. You had to be really, really quick with them or they would get frustrated and could get aggressive in their frustration.
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>I taught one Blue Throat to color discriminate in about three days. He didn't even have the beginnings of a retrieve when I started. He had to learn to pick up a red disc and put it in the cup on his right when two empty cups were presented. Then he had to learn to pick up a blue disc and put it in the cup on his left. Then he had to learn to notice that the disc colors were coming randomly and put them in their proper cup. It's not an easy behavior to teach--there are so many steps to get to the final behavior and so many places they can make an error. He was such an intense bird to work with, I had to teach him a behavior to do when my trainer and I were discussing the session or he would just bite me in frustration.
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>I find Scarlets a very mellow bird when compared to a Blue Throat--and a lot quieter. That's not how Blue Throats are presented to the parrot world, though. There is nothing laid back about a Blue Throat.
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