Week one with my rehomed macaw | A TWIST IN HER STORY, SHES HOW OLD?!?

Week one with my rehoused blue and gold macaw complete! Rescue parrots are always a challenge but so rewarding! This week we have cone on leaps and bounds with her training! Parrot training is challenging to the mind but I love it.
A massive twist this week finding out that she is 29 not 11 years old!!
I can’t wait to start trick training with her and achieve some amazing things with this funny little bird! She is one clever parrot and I love her she’s just the most beautiful character!
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[@noradinneen1]

You're so lovely with her. She's coming on in leaps & bounds!

[@larrylaird3576]

You are exceptional with your patients and love congratulations for a week on a 29 year old blue and gold makaw. She is a gorgeous bird....

[@rosec7008]

She seems to have a wonderful personality! Shes lovely x

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

For sure she does !!

[@calumhunter815]

Agree 100%. My beast is a U2. Early days was 'no' & finger wagging (and getting finger bitten) after being rebuked, 'do you want a cuddle?' Homer shuffles along to apologise with a snug. Parrots are amazingly affectionate and learn quickly. Little bastards.

[@dianevalentine4969]

Well. Done beautiful coco. You are definitely in the right place.

[@sassenach5964]

That was wonderful watching Coco progress. Thank you for taping this.

[@sarahhare50]

She's such a sweetheart. You've made great progress with her

[@nancyprime1038]

So glad she has found a place where the humans around her will look out for her!

[@yamunadevi68]

Wow 29 what a lucky girl to now be with you. You two are absolutely adorable together! And what an important video, you showed such patience and happiness at the steps that she’s taking to trust you. It’s such a good reminder and lesson how we/I need to be with our feathers friends.

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

Thank you that means so much cx

[@love-light369]

Birds have memories like elephants, so she's come a long way in trusting you! Well done... Loved her 'bye' at the end! 👌💛

[@jasonstone1046]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@tee5210]

She’s so lucky to have found you 💕

[@dianasaur2131]

So glad to have found this channel. ❤

[@chriscampbell7314]

She's absolutely beautiful and deserves life well lived.Thankyou for loving her.♥️🦜

[@Vicky1138thx]

I love your relationship with your birds ... you really do care and it shows 🥰

[@gordsjackson8109]

Fantastic progress, we'll done coco 👏🏻 and well done Craig !!!

[@magdalenagaj8801]

Just love her😍. She's gone have wonderful life

[@akoilady9097]

What s great video of patient training! You are very good at it and at explaining. CoCo is coming along so well. She will thrive with you.

[@wandadougherty6667]

What ever happened to coco? I haven’t seen any new videos with her. Your initial progress was amazing and she seems like you two bonded quickly. I rescued a 10 year old green wing macaw 3 weeks ago and we are taken it much slower as I know very little about her past. Everyday is a new adventure and we are learning a little more about one another each interaction. I hope one day we too will have strong lasting bond like the both of you.

[@jimjj8446]

That is a huge birb 2:43 i would be scared to get bit 😲

[@lyonspainter]

Beautiful.... and the bird.x

[@BirdNerdSophie]

Wow - that's really quite an age difference! Fantastic progress so far - you must be so proud of her (and yourself!). The fact that you can give her head scritches is amazing and shows such trust! :)

[@canacludhmorharp]

Coco is so beautiful. Thank you for your love and kindness. Coco is adorable and I am so happy to watch this really hopeful story. Thank you.

[@urielgrey]

It's neat you are so close to 1k! Congratulations 🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

Fingers crossed 🤞🏼 it’s really exciting and I truly am grateful for all the support!

[@kaylo2344]

She’s such a beautiful bird ❤️

[@bean6644]

You are just as special & precious as your bird friends Craig you light up my day! 💖

[@jerridarnell4268]

She seems very happy!

[@HelloSirHowCanIScamYouToday]

Older than me and she's still playful, I'm impressed

[@claredooley4071]

Aww this is so sweet 😁 she’s lovely your amazing with parrots

[@QueenAmethyst55]

It was so touching. Well done. 👍

[@christishields2931]

Thank you for sharing your love for your animals you are an amazing human being. I love every video I've seen and I love you!

[@nadiarogo4511]

Looking forward to seeing more of Coco. She is so wonderful! Love your channel :)

[@heroniza]

Lovely 😍

[@WaechterDerNacht]

Dang, she's older than me! Im surprised how fast she learns, i would've thought that takes way longer even to this state.

[@Foxybiker72]

Great video Craig. I love macaws great birds

[@drhyshek]

Nice job!

[@urielgrey]

Love your shorts! This is fascinating and so awesome to see her learning and loving life! It's so nice seeing you interacting with you. It's amazing how far she has come and I'm excited to see further training! So nice she will have a fuller more rewarding remainder of her life :)

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

I love those shorts! One of favourite species on them and made from recycled plastic! What more could you want??

[@urielgrey]

@@craigscrazyflock3810 that makes those shorts epic!! I love clothes that are either 2nd hand or recycled materials :)

[@eliotdaoust3765]

You're progressingso well! Youare verry talented with birds! I'm verry impressed!

[@ocgirl4076]

She is gorgeous! So fascinating. Love your channel 😊

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

Thank you I just adore what I do!

[@SeabassFishbrains]

What a sweet girl! The name Coco really suits her

[@teresawalton8889]

New subscriber here! My family has been enjoying your videos, keep them coming, such beautiful birds ❤️

[@ttt69420]

Her beak and skin looks very healthy for 29. What aviary are you using? And what pellet do you prefer for macaws?

[@rufflesal]

She so beautiful! Do you feed her any clay?

[@layla1954]

Coco is doing very well with her training. Are you keeping her? She is lovely!!

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

Yes she’s going to stay here and hopefully I can get her integrated with my flock of macaws! 🤞🏼

[@karencrane4005]

Craig I really could do with help. I inherited my macaw when my father passed away. She’s 23 now. She loves me and me only, especially when other people are about her behavior becomes very nervous. To train her with her seed do I need to remove her seed for a short while? She constantly has full bowls and I think the only thing she would yearn for are fresh almonds (with shell).

[@infallibleblue]

I’m coocoo for CoCo!

[@amsd5780]

Wowie, already eating all healthy? Congrats! How the hell did you do that? I just got a cockatiel yesterday, I am helping a wildlife rescue that happens to take parrots as well to get « rid of them » so I will be training most of them so that people are more open to adopting them. However it is my first parrot ever, and although I’ve done research I lack practical work. How did you go about changing Coco’s diet? I would love to change that for my new little lad ❤️ thank you for taking care of Coco!

[@amsd5780]

Oh and what kind of rewards do you give to a bird that has been on a full seed diet?

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

She loves her seeds and nuts as rewards.

[@tee5210]

I hope she gets to stay with you!

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

She will 🥰

[@dogteam9194]

what type of tree are the branches in your aviary from?

[@AmericanAviationLLC]

I just picked up a macaw and he has never flew a day. The old owner kept her in a cage and never let him out. Can I still teach him to fly? He is 18 years old

[@be6715]

How long are your training sessions? Thank you.

[@kenyajimenez891]

I have 2 new sun conures they Have no issue stepping upand traing recalls but as soon as you try to touch them they will scream and try to bite but they will clean u and give kisses as Long is you don't touch them what should i do to get them to let me pet them they act like normal birds though just no touch

[@chelseyhorton4503]

Did she have an infection in her nose when you got her ?? Looks a little inflamed and flakey

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

Nope, never been unwell thankfully, Are you referring to the natural shedding on her beak?

[@zionseden3879]

I just got one how do you look up the number

[@birdsfacts8422]

Can she fly

[@handelviola]

she's not a little girl. she's a lady!

[@craigscrazyflock3810]

For sure she’s a lady but she’s my little girl 🥰