Jenday and Blue Crown

[noblemacaw]

I am looking into both the Jenday and Blue Crown species of conure. I am researching both species but would love to hear from owners of these birds.

Loudness, staying affectionate after maturity, health issues, anything that you are willing to share about your experience with these two species.

Thank you for sharing about your darlings.

 

[thermodynamic]

I adopted an abandoned blue crown - left in a pet store's bathroom; the vet found him to be 151g, malnourished, and about 5 years old. He's now 175g, doing much better, but is probably less affectionate than how he might have been before being abandoned.

His top volume is barely louder than my three GCCs when they scream.

Tybbi almost never screams, and when he does it's only if the rest of the flock is shrieking (rare) or if he's demanding something (rarer).

His normalizations are quieter than my GCCs.

As he was abandoned, he's slow to adjust. He doesn't like being touched, but has gotten much better. He readily takes treats from my hand, lies on his back on the palm of my hand, and will let me scratch his neck -- though for the latter two I get the impression as if he's tolerating me rather than wanting me to do it. He's learned my vocalizations and context, and he adores perching on my finger, but he's just not the cuddling type. And that's okay.

But he will cry out and make the same "WAAAH" noise Rusty does, so I know he misses me. (I ensure spending enough time with them, but not during lunch - that's when, once they sense I'm in, will do their crying game... they love habit, so even if they want me to entertain, not during lunch... Only after getting home at day's end.)

If most Blue Crowns are like Tybbi, he'd made a fun apartment bird.

I only know that Jendays scream LOUD. Far louder. I can't gauge their regular vocalizations, but at a pet store that sold them, I could tell it was quite chatty, and a bit louder then the GCCs.

 

[ruffledfeathers]

I never had a Jenday, just a Sun and a Blue Crown. My BCC is still only a baby so i can't comment on his 'after maturity' behavior, but as a young bird (now 7 months old), he is just wonderful. I honestly can't think of anything he does that's even slightly annoying. He is sweet and friendly, calm, not noisy, makes sweet sounds and loves to play and snuggle.
Having had my sun as a baby and the blue crown as a baby, the blue crown is much more mellow while still being comical. (Georgie was stubborn and intense from the start where he is more curious and cheerful.....and obviously there can be differences from bird to bird but, my personal experience has been this way.)

 

[noblemacaw]

I really appreciate your answers to my questions about the parrots. At the rescue there is a 15 year old female BBC and a year and half Jenday. I wanted to get some feedback on these two species to get a feel for what to kind of expect from the parrots but in the end I will probably visit them and see which one chooses us. I am also interested in a bronze wing pionus and a Alex also so that gives us wiggle room as to a more successful match for us.