our new baby is home!

[goodshep]

Thanks Huntress for the info. I'll watch for signs of molting. I like the idea of letting a bird at least learn how to fly, bank a turn etc...so that if she ever got away she might be more able to navigate her way back. We have a lot of kids though (translate that open doors all the time) so we'd need to consider the safety of letting her stay unclipped. We got her from her from Cliff at the Baby Bird Farm in Rockford, IL. He hand raises all his birds. Here's a link to his website -
The Baby Bird Farm, home of sweet handfed baby Quakers and other parrots - Our Baby Birds

[MicahEspudo]

You cannot just simply let a bird learn how to fly... their parents teach them that. And obviously it doesn't have parents that can do that so you either have to clip its wings or alt. teach it out to fly.

[goodshep]

can you elaborate? How would you teach a bird to fly?

[MicahEspudo]

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Heres a site that can help. (they did this for outdoor flight training, but you can do it indoors also!)

Free Flight Training

this site may also help you.

:)