Jack the Mynah bird

[steveo]

I took some more pics today of Jack our Greater Hill Mynah , hes now over 15 years old




he decided he had enough of the photo shoot after this pic and tried to kill my camera strap

[Mindibun]

wow you dont see very many of those anymore. Weren't they the african grey of yesteryears? In regards to their popularity and talking ability I mean?

I heard a story of one once that was in a pet shop and the owner said to it, "you're a dirty bird" and the bird replied, "no, you're a dirty old man."

Dont know if it's true or not but I cracked up laughing.

[steveo]

wow you dont see very many of those anymore. Weren't they the african grey of yesteryears? In regards to their popularity and talking ability I mean?

Hi mindibun , yeah there not that common these days (not alot of breeders out there)
and yeah they were once the african grey of yesteryear due to the popularity and talking ability , they have very clear voices not croaky or any thing its just like a human voice

I heard a story of one once that was in a pet shop and the owner said to it, "you're a dirty bird" and the bird replied, "no, you're a dirty old man."

Dont know if it's true or not but I cracked up laughing.

yes like parrots (african greys in paticular) mynahs can talk in context , jack seems to aswell....if some asks a question like say (anyone wanna drink or something"
jack will always but in and say in a deep loud voice No!

[frankykeno]

Oh does your Jack bring back childhood memories for me! Where I grew up our local pet shop had Soc the Mynah bird. Soc was amazing and had a huge vocabulary! It was a standard Saturday trip to town which had to include a stop to talk to Soc. He was very smart, seemed to understand the reactions to certain words and sounds. He's wolf whistle only at females for instance and seemed to take evil joy in meowing if there were dogs in the store just to get them all going. Poor dear thing got really depressed one time when the store had a very talkative African Grey in and Soc lost the spotlight for a bit. Boy did Soc hate that bird LOL. When it sold, Soc perked right back up. He was a great bird and a huge draw for that pet store for many, many years.

[steveo]

Soc sounds wonderful , i remember you talking on here before about him,
Mynahs are soo damn intelligent it unreal , my jack always without fail lets out a real load shouting noise if a certain person is in the same room as him , i think jack knows the guy dont like the noise because as soon as he leaves the room , jack returns to his soft little cooing noises and speaking again lol , also i feed jack mealworms and crickets as treats , i put them in one of those thin plastic containers that crickets come in and he will examine the box at all angles before he works out how to open the box lol....then its instant death to the mealies and crickets lol

[JLC]

What a gorgeous bird!! He sounds like a real blessing to have!

[steveo]

Thanks judy

[NickMyers03]

ever thought of recording him and posting it?

[frankykeno]

Have you had Jack his whole 15 years?

[Shelby]

Cool, I love mynah birds, their talking ability is just amazing. Too bad there aren't more breeders (I've searched before and not come up with much)

Starlings are another amazing talking bird.