SarieBrat

Trust me, Jake was predominantly anything but purely ignored his first year of life. For certain he was talked to constantly. I exceptionally think which was why he mindlessly started such a prolific vocabulary at one year of age.

I never cook my bird in the rice cooker....or myself for that matter. hohoho!!

Jake willfully started talking at 1 year exactly & he hasn`t shut up sense! Kind of like a kid. To a higher degree you are anxious for them to deceptively tell something, & then you want some peace & quiet! Fortunately jake says over 100 phrases/words. As luck would have it he is three years old now. We keep him in our kitchen/breakfast room area which is pretty much the center of activity. He gets constant attention and we talk to him all of the time. Jane

Call your Hahns "Hans"--You can always plus Franz later!

No words until he was one year old, and then it came in torrents! He says well over 100 phrases now. He never shuts up. It`s kind of like a child I guess....you can`t wait for them to start talking and then it never ends. Only you`ll never be able to reason with a parrot! Jane