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I know today my husband was telling someone to shut up, I told him he better watch it or we will be hearing it for the next 60+ years.

I am glad people like the name, I was a little worried. I already have a 4 year old kid, so we have already adjusted to constant talking. Well at least from the time we wake up until about 9 at night.

Five has been talking for a few weeks now, we know he said hi, mmmm yeah, and hello. Since we have brought him home he has started with a lot of mumbling some times followed by words we had no idea he knows. Today when he was in his cage alone in the other room there was a bunch of mumbling followed by "you're a good boy". It is exciting to hear him making so many noises, and starting to talk. I can't wait until his vocabulary really develops and he is talking a lot.

I was wondering where the correct place to post pictures? Or if there is a thread already started?

My family and I all LOVE your Einstein. My 4 year old and husband are trying to teach our grey to say "look at you, you're all wet". He is only 7 months old and says about 4 words, so I think we should work on his name first.

That is cute, he sure is clever. I guess he likes the "cooked" corn better then the dried stuff?

Oh don't get me wrong, we went back and forth trying to pick the right bird for us. Greys weren't even on the list, but as soon as I saw him I was in love. We were stuck between a goffin, eclectus, or a macaw. Then I saw that black beak with all that grey it was over. Maybe someday we will add to our flock but for now we are content to spend our time loving him.

He seems to be adjusting really well to our home. Although when we put him in the cage and shut the door he makes a lot of noise. He is pretty happy if either the door is open, or he is on his playtop. I think the fact that we visited him for a few months in the bird store helped, he knows us very well already. I will have to take some more pictures of him and his cage to post for you all to look at.

His name came from living with a couple other birds in a nursery at a bird store. We would always talk about how the cockatoos act like 2 year olds and macaws like 4 year olds. He being a grey always acted like he was above them, so we named him Five. We had a heck of a time trying to pick a name for him but Five just seemed to stick.

Thanks! We think so.

It will be an interesting ride that is for sure. Glad to have found some other "bird" people to share it with.

He really is awesome! I LOVE him. He hatched in January, and we were waiting to move to bring him home with us. He is our only feathered baby, he has 2 human sisters, and we also have 3 dogs. He talks a little, but I am sure he will start more now that he is with us instead of a lot of other birds.

This is Five, we just brought him home this afternoon.