grinder Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thinking back to the fifties,it seemed like every home had a budgie cage in the corner .. We had one and I spent hours in front of that cage trying to get little Joey to talk, but I never got he/she ( Nobody was ever 100% certain what sex their Budgie was ) to uttered one blooming word,in fact I don't know anyone else that did either. Mind you he/she did use too whistle a lot, and in the days before we had a TV. the most exciting times of the week indoors were when we let Him /Her out.. It was safe enough as long as you remembered to shut all the windows, have a towel by you to get he/she back in the cage,and wear a hat ... I just wondered, did anybody ever manage to get theirs to talk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbiegrass Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 A good friend of mine has had budgies, and he always got them to talk. trouble was they swore like troopers,and often had to be put in another room just for peace and quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUZZIOWL Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 We've had Ozzie the Budgie for 6 years ..he talks like a Good 'Un .. eg : Eigh Narden ..Gerruz a pint ...Up the owls..Bugger off ..Budgerigar ..Excuse me ..Ozzie the Budgie ....Giuz a kiss ..Love you ...Bullsh*t ..are just a few things he regularly says .. Whilst i was in the kitchen one night , Ozzie was in the lounge and Football Heaven was on the Radio ..it was around the time when Tommy Spurr had left Sheff Wed .....Ozzie flew into the Kitchen and landed on my shoulder and said 'Great eh mate ..come on Tommy '..i couldn't believe what i was hearing .. A Budgie repeating what he'd heard on the Radio only moments earlier .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanl Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 My Sparkie used to talk....what yer doin, hello Sparkie, gis a kiss etc......he died a couple of years ago though. We still refer to the corner where his cage was as Sparkies corner. Oh and his cage was very rarely closed, just came and went as he pleased. I do miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUZZIOWL Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 My Sparkie used to talk....what yer doin, hello Sparkie, gis a kiss etc......he died a couple of years ago though. We still refer to the corner where his cage was as Sparkies corner. Oh and his cage was very rarely closed, just came and went as he pleased. I do miss him. Same with 'Oz the Budge' ..even when we go to bed , his cage is left open and when we come downstairs around 6:30 every weekday morning, he's always in the window looking onto the road .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Not a budgie but, when we lived (briefly) in Barnsley the local GP had a miner bird which had been left to him by a deceased miner. He sounded just like an old miner with the cough, wolf whistles and the blue language, not many people sat in the waiting room because it was too emabarrassing especially if you had children with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri bloomer Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 we had budgie at the same time sheffield united had players such as Tony Currie,Billy Deardon,Trevor Hockey,and Alan Woodward all played and as i am a united fan he used to recite their names plus up the blades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggimay Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 we had a budgie that never stopped talking he also use to try and sip your drink my mother in law had a sherry she tried to grab it, the bird fell in the glass he had a red head for weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble3082 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 We had a 2 male budgies at seperate times....the first, Joey, was very quiet and never talked, but his successor, Pip never shut up! He would say things like "hello Pip", "toodle-pip", the usual! But he also copied the dog haha. He would bark and growl, call the dog and whistle for her; they had a love-hate relationship and Pip was definately the boss of the two! He was a lovely bird, although VERY stubborn. He definately 'ruled the roost' hehe xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyO Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We had a budgie called Joey and he was a great talker. His cage door was left open and he used to perch high on the mantlepiece. I remember once we had visitors and when mom put the salad on the table joey flew down and had a bath in it with lettuce leaves going everywhere. We had a saladless dinner that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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