Rest in peace Zeebs ❤️ we’ll always love you and will never forget your part in the flock🐤

I would love to share my process because I had what seems to be a very common mistake. My Parakeet (Kio) was not taking a liking to the stick at all! He would freeze up whenever I got it near him. He wasn't showing the body language that he didn't like it, just that he wanted nothing to do with it. Sooooo... I took a common tip into consideration and decided to "be creative". My parakeet is very food driven. He loves millet like Tony loves Chewy (Ha ha. Comic ref). He will do anything for millet. So I took a branch of millet and tore off one of the little ball things and put it next to the stick. Kio started biting at the millet. The more he ate, the more I exposed the stick. I took away the millet and he poked the stick! I said good boy (Because I'm still waiting for my clicker -_-) and gave him millet. After that, he had no problems with the stick. Now, we are well on our way to a perfectly target trained birb! I hope this helped anyone and everyone that had the same problem! I hope you enJOYed the tiny story thing. It literaly happened five seconds ago. He is chirping away from his cage... ~Joy~

Thank you! You continue to be one of the best, most detailed, most helpful, most thoughtful bird channels on youtube. Newt is a precious little bean, love his red tummy and smiley little eyes! I'm looking forward to seeing him learn all kinds of new tricks! (once those flight feathers grow back, a recall tutorial would be awesome!)

So glad I found this video! Pearly, my parakeet is about 6 months old. I estimate that she was 3 months old when I got her from the store. Her wings are clipped and she's an escape artist. And watching you do the target training with the bird inside the cage was just the answer I needed! I have gotten her to eat from my hand, and am now just starting to finger train her. I have a smaller cage that I've put her in and we sit on my apartment deck in the shade on warm afternoons. What's interesting is that she's catching on to the word "outside" and she will let me pick her up to put her in the smaller cage. I've refrained from using my hand that way, but she will sit on the side of her large cage and actually let me pick her up when she knows she's going to be outside. And she will go from the smaller cage, to her larger one when we come back in, all by herself. She's definitely the shy scared bird and easily traumatized. When I first got her home she sat like a statue and wouldn't eat or drink water for 2 days straight! I put a small pyramid under her cage and then she started eating and drinking. I really think the pyramid helped . Now I'm wondering how to get her to stay on a training perch when I do start getting her out for training.

Newt is absolutely GORGEOUS!! I was wondering if you could make a video on how to introduce two birds?

Your conure is so cute! I love your chanel and have been following it for a while. I am getting a half moon conure and I was wondering if you could please make a video on setting up a bird cage and give tips about perch placement, food bowl placement, etc? I was also wondering if could please make more DIY toy tutorials. I have recreated a couple of the ones you made, and I love them. Thank you very much.

I started doing this with my untame conures (because I wanted to start taming them ;)) they learned so quickly and are very eager to do it for treats haha. It's a positive experience for both me and my two conures! One of them wasn't comfortable with it being over their head but super quickly got used it. In a span of like 1 1/2 sessions (1/2 because one of them was small) all in one day, they learned it and are moving all around to get the stick! Thank you so much, I'm very excited to continue working on our bond!

Like your shirt: SOMEDAY YOU'LL GO FAR, AND I HOPE YOU STAY THERE

He looks like he has cute blushy cheeks! All the pictures of Newt on tumblr have been giving me life

Hey @Flock-Talk I don't think you need to worry about making these excellent quality videos ALL of the time. Sometimes it's just nice to see you interacting and playing with your birds with no point. There are lots of great bird channels I follow where the content creators just share videos of their birds, and sometimes, that's all we want. Your excellent quality videos make you top-of-the-heap, but in the in-between periods where you aren't inspired and have nothing new to say, why not just share some random clips of the birds? That's enough for many of us!

Soda caught on right away! Cloud however, wants to stick to spin and shake. 😂😍💕🥰😄😄🦜

I recommend to do clicker training first , very easy and it lets then know when they did a good job , love your videos , hope you come back soon

Newt is so cute! I have been on your channel for a couple of years and I'm so happy for your new addition!

Thanks to this tutorial my lovebird now follows a blue ballpoint pen around! Im starting to think he actually enjoys this game especially since he gets a treat and praise afterwards ♡

Just saying, your channel is the most helpful channel I've found for training birds, keep up the good work!

*bows head* Master you have returned! 🙏 Don't leaves us again! Newt is adorable. I also wanted to say that I was inspired by you to get my own budgies! Thank you flock-talk! 🙌💕😆

Thank you for your videos!! Never thought I would be able to train my guy, but he is doing great since I’ve started using your advice and training videos 😁

OMG!!! You’re back!! I love you!😭❤️❤️

wow, im so glad i found ur channel, u r the MOST helpful bird channel ever, so detailed. the tutorials r awesome!

This was very helpful! I started training my bird five minutes ago and she's already doing great!

I'm so glad you're back! Can't wait to see more

Yay! An upload! I noticed you have a green cheecked conure on your hand for the video, it's so adorable and it looks like the parrot I'm looking at adopting!

Your shirts always give me life.

Your trainig and info videos are the very best i have come across on you tube! Thank you so much for such in depth explanations! I just rescued a budgie that had flown into my place of work.. no one claimed it after weeks of having adds up.. so i guess i have a new friend and she's already climbing onto my finger for treats! Even sat on my shoulder for the first time last night! :)

This channel is the best for training my birds! Thanks so much!

Ahhhhh yayyy new bird, new video!!!im so exciteddd! Thank you for this videooo❤️❤️❤️❤️

Another wonderful video that is clear and easy to follow that has helped bird owners all around. thank you!

Excellent advice! Thanks for sharing this.

I love this channel. You are the most helpful out there.

at first my bird was trying to fly onto the stick😂 but seriously, thank you so much for making an extremely clear and detailed tutorial because now my bird has learned her first trick! I am so proud of her and if it weren't for you my bird wouldn't have learned this trick in such a short period of time. Thank you❤❤

YOU'RE BACK!!

Aww he loves you! Great channel, these are fantastic tutorials :)

I’m so happy you got a green cheek! This channel is one of the best bird channels out there, and me, getting a green cheek myself, am happy that you have gotten one! I have one question, what is Newt’s cage? It’s hard to find big cages for creek cheeks with a good size and design. Thanks!

I taught my lovebird how to target in one week! Thanks so much for your helpful videos!

Thank u I was having a hard time training my burden to target train so the missing piece was very helpful thank you,

welcome back

Aw! Newt is adorable!

Thank you I have a green cheek concure and this is really helpful!!!

!!!! Birb mom is alive lmao. Edit: on another note, I do wonder if the mirror you have is "safe"? It's still a bit blurry concept since at another vid you said it can get birds in a little complicated situation. Anyway, great vid, as always. Newt is incredibly awesome :v

God damn, i used to follow this lady on tumblr YEARS ago and only just now saw that she still does bird stuff and on you-tube. Good job with the birds, and nice hair. I still say you do a whole video on training cats while still featuring the birds and not clarifying the joke

So target training is like one of the basics! Im glad its also quite easy and simple for my bird to learn

On your blog you've posted a lot about doing easy foraging for newt and more difficult foraging for mia. Could you do a video on all the different ways you do foraging for them, diff ideas for how to hide food, and how you vary the difficulty and work them up to more difficult foraging? My bird is great at the foraging I provide for him but the moment I make it more difficult he just ignores it. Thanks!!

Well presented! Good info!

I have a green cheek conure which is the same thing as a maroon belly conure! I’m so sorry for you loss. I had a parakeet names Kiwi, and he only lived for 9 months. All of the vets we met said we had the greatest connection. They have never saw a connection like that. They said the Kiwi would have died sooner but he wanted to say goodbye one last time. Have Zeebe forever be in your heart!

Thank you! I really needed to see this video.

While you say this is basically the first thing you've taught him, how did you get him accustomed to you? He seems very comfortable on your shoulder; how did you reach that point in only a few weeks?

Thank you for this video, I am considering getting a ringneck that was hand raised but not sold and has been waiting for a home for a year and not had much interaction, I'm going to practice on my daughters bird that is very much in need of training, but will be going to visit this ringneck in 6 days so want to see if this will help with him. I had almost given up hope on getting him because I knew he hasn't had much handling.

He is so cute! He could not have a better bird mama! Good luck!😍😂

I'm starting this process with my two parakeets, they're both more used to my hand in the cage so that's what I've been doing. I expect it to take a long time but hopefully we get it!

Thank you for all the great training videos. They’ve been really helpful for us and our small flock. For some reason I’ve had a hard time target training our birds. What do you think of clicker training?

Thank you so much for this video! Helped me so much! at first i was using the clicker and it DID not work. without the clicker soooo much better

I am using for training pen! pen-clicker!

I got my bird this saturday and ive already taught him how two step up i also bought another one latet on and they seem naturally tame lol

R.I.P zeeby love u we will remember u and ur part in the flock

Please continue to make videosssssss daaaaaaa!!!

thanks for your videos. they are GREAT X

this has helped alot thank you!!!

Good video that helped me a lot I have be trying to do it for a long time and this video helped a lot now I can do it

You should make a playlist of the tricks in order of what u recommend teaching them

With treats, do you hold off food in their cage to ensure that they're eagar for treats for training sessions? About to begin training tomorrow. Thank you, loving the videos ☺️🇦🇺

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I love u! U inspired my channel thnx soooo much! Have a good day

I see that the comments are quite old, but your video was very helpful. Fortunately, Rainbow is also a quick learner.

We just got a maroon bellied conure! I love him

First of all, I LOVE your videos!!! Also, is this how i teach my bird to find A? I like the trick in your video of 20 parrot tricks. :)

@flock-talk I'm wondering if you have any tips for helping tame birds that have never been tame. My cockatiels have never been tame an I am struggling with getting them to want to interact with me, or others. Great video! I will be starting target training ASAP!

My parrotlet will not target train with me outside of his cage, he actually seems more comfortable when I give him his treats etc with my hands inside of his cage! He is so cuuute!

I know your birds were hand trained, but how did they get comfortable around you? I enjoy watching your bond with your birds grow, thank you for informing us in your videos.

I love your videos and i'm hoping you could do a tutorial on how to potty train your bird:)

HI. I love how calm you are with your birds! I have been using this video to target train my GCC, Gillian. I’ve had Gilly for just about a week and it is 7months old. When I get him to the top of the door, he just flies off or goes to visit my keets cage. If I try to get him to step up, he just backs away, but he will come to the stick for a treat nearly every time. How do I get him to stay put on the door and learn to step up? You make it look so easy but I’m not getting it :( Thank you

You're the best!!!😇✌️🐤

Very helpful, you just got a new subscriber and like🙂

Hi! It was a great idea to make all the tricks from mia and the other learned to a different species... Great work. Like you hair though.

YEAH FLOCK TALK IS IN THE HOUSE! (Also second comment)

LOVE U THIS TEACHES MY BIRDS SO MUCH

Hi! If it isn't too hard for you, can you make a video about what I should do the first 2-4 weeks of buying and bringing home a new bird?

P.S. your channel helps me a lot

8:01 Haha, little thief! That's adorable.

Look t-shirt xD *someday you will go far and I hope you will stay there!*

IMG ILYSM THX MY PARROTLET AND I LOVE UR VIDS

and also last thing if you tie the millet/trick to the treat it stops them from being scared of the stick

Hi. Any advice on training/taming two parrotlets living in same cage. I read it's not a good idea to keep two but they do seem to get on well and both are interested in me and eating millet from my hand which I thought was good after only a few days of getting them. So is it possible to train two? Thanks

You are the best *teacher* , my teacher ^_^

Hello... I am new to birds. I have 2 budgies I wish to train. Both female. One is now 5 months old and I have had with me for 2 months . And the other is 5 weeks old and I have had with me for almost 2 weeks. My question is when target training are you using the clicker when the bird touches the stick? Are you saying “ Target” or any word(s) to indicate you want the bird to respond to a command? Thank you

Aloha! This is a little off-topic, but my 6-month-old parakeet has an annoying habit of sitting on my shoulder or chest and yanking out my facial hair. I don't really scold him because im unsure if hes just grooming affectionately or being a jerk. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Huge fan of your channel. Big mahalo for everything you do to educate people about these incredible creatures.

He is cute!! Maroon bellied conures aren't as common as pets as other conures, how'd you end up with him?

aww newt looks cute^-^

I love your videos!! If one was to get a bird where would they get one? I am assuming not at a pet store. Does it matter if you have to ship the bird? Just a few questions...

Could someone tell me how long i should wait before starting to train budgie i got him 3 days ago and I’m not sure what i should do with Piccilo

Should I teach them targeting or step up first?

What treats do you use when not using a millet branch?

You and Newt match!!! Cute!

Ah, I miss your rich brown hair, but that's a fun new color!

Should you use a clicker with this? I have a little parrotlet who’s not tamed but i want to start taming him. :)

Where did u get ur parrotlet

I noticed that when you showed video of training Newt you choose to do a voiceover instead of using the original audio that went with it. Were you including a verbal bridge? If not, when do you introduce a bridge? My parrotlet is terrified of the clicker, so I use 'good bird', but I would like to try the clicker again sometime.

I have a parrotet now named Aldune!

Sorry to hear about Zebe..

What treat do u use In target training, I have a untamed cockatiel and will not accept the sunflower seed from my hand

mabye you could make a video about taming newt ?