I think every one that I have ever met that could talk learned "pretty bird" first... seems to be one of the easier phrases for them to learn
i agree totally
That is the phrase I am trying to teach her. I don't know if she'll ever talk, because I can't seem to keep up with teaching her. When school starts, it'll give me even less time to work with her. I am still going to work with taming her.
All of mine picked up "pretty bird" pretty fast BUT none of them learned to talk until they were very tame. Once they consider you their buddy and want to interact with you then it becomes fairly easy to teach them to talk. My little hand raised parakeet was the one who learned the most words the fastest. That bird had a huge vocabulary and even used certain words at appropriate times. But he was very, very bonded to me, if the cage was open he was glued to me like fleas on a monkey.
With your bird I'd work on taming her first. Spend as much time as you can with her, talk to her and make little birds sounds to get her interested. Offer her favorite food from your hand. Mine had a few favorite seeds he liked so I'd wet my finger, dip it in the seed and let him peck them off. She's a little older so it may take a while, just have to be persistent. She's a very pretty bird by the way! 
wife to long suffering husband who has built more miles of fence, barns, coops and enclosures then one man should have to, two teenage boys, current flock of 13 assorted hens and 1 big red roo, 2 goats, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 bunnies and 1 cockatiel.
wife to long suffering husband who has built more miles of fence, barns, coops and enclosures then one man should have to, two teenage boys, current flock of 13 assorted hens and 1 big red roo, 2 goats, 2 dogs, 4 cats, 2 bunnies and 1 cockatiel.
