Learning to Fly

[Arwyn's mommy]

Hi everyone,
I am so excited because my husband has given the OK to let me grow out Arwyn's flight feathers!! being that she is only 10 months old and has always been clipped,will she know how to fly? Is it hard to control a flighted bird? If anyone could give me some advise about this new adventure I'm about to take I would love it! Thank you all so much. I can't wait to see my baby girl fly!!

[Mare]

That's great! Still being so young, I see no reason why she wouldn't be able to fly well. All my birds are flighted and I think it gives them added confidence to be able to move to where they want to be, by flying. It might get harder to keep Arwyn in one place though. When my Sassy girl is out, I sure cant leave her alone in a room, she gets around! :th_biggrin:
There are folks on here that can help you with training, lots of luck to you and Arwyn in your new venture!

[Arwyn's mommy]

That's great! Still being so young, I see no reason why she wouldn't be able to fly well. All my birds are flighted and I think it gives them added confidence to be able to move to where they want to be, by flying. It might get harder to keep Arwyn in one place though. When my Sassy girl is out, I sure cant leave her alone in a room, she gets around! :th_biggrin:
There are folks on here that can help you with training, lots of luck to you and Arwyn in your new venture!

Thank you for all the advise. I'm excited and scared all at the same time. She's already into everything and she can only coast as of now. I'm going it start training tomorrow. I can't wait to see how beautiful she looks when flying!

[Honesty]

Look forward to hearing how you get on with this :)

[Arwyn's mommy]

Look forward to hearing how you get on with this :)

I will be sure to keep everyone updated :th_hug8:

[ShellyBorg]

Having flighted birds is a pain and I love every min of it. Work on recall first!

[coltfire]

just if you have ceiling fans make sure they are off number one rule, and recall training is a must unless you want to be chasing Arwyn all over the house, you tube has lots of train video's on there, enjoy because he will and please keep us updated, and pics if you can get any of him in flight

[Blancaej]

How exciting! You already received some good advice here. Good luck and I can't wait to hear updates!

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[Turquoise]

How has the flight training for Arwyn been going, Amber? Has her flight feathers grown in enough for her to get any lift when trying to fly? Hope she loves flying and the training goes smoothly. :)

My GCC Peta flies straight to the macaw enclosures when her flight feathers grow out. She thinks she can whip them into submission. Roscoe my Catalina macaw fies straight to me when he tries in the house.

[Arwyn's mommy]

How has the flight training for Arwyn been going, Amber? Has her flight feathers grown in enough for her to get any lift when trying to fly? Hope she loves flying and the training goes smoothly. :)

My GCC Peta flies straight to the macaw enclosures when her flight feathers grow out. She thinks she can whip them into submission. Roscoe my Catalina macaw fies straight to me when he tries in the house.

She is doing great! She has one full length feather on each side and the others are getting longer but it will take awhile. She can fly off of things and glide rather far but her landing needs some work lol. She still likes to walk around rather then try to fly but I'm hoping that changes when she gets all her feathers.

Thanks for checking in on her. I will send more updates soon :)

[BeakFace]

My bird was 10 months old when I got him and clipped. My experience was a little scary and I don't think Murphy ever flew before. It took at least 6 months for his flight feathers to grow back. He was clumsy and awkward and didn't fly often at all until I got another bird that was full flighted and very young. Amazing to see Murphy finally fly with grace and control. He is very proud of himself. It took Bailey to do it. Bailey would fly toward Murphy who would get scared and fly off and thats what did it. Now he is a natural. In fact Murphy is great at recall. All my birds are recall trained and it so much fun for all of us!

[Minamommy]

This is great to see this. My U2 is 2 years old and I have decided to see if I can get her to "grow up " and stop wanting to eat soft cereal and eat pellets, fruits, ect. I too am so excited!! Recall training I never thought of though. I will check it out. I am currently trying to train to to stay in one spot *doubles up laughing*. Not working😁


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[spiritbird]

Do see that she is happier with her wings grown out?

[Minamommy]

Yes she does seem happier and more independent. She is eating all solid food no soft cereal. That was what I really wanted. Seeing her happy and well adjusted is great too.