How to Train African Lovebirds for free flight

1. Hand feeding.

: You must to know how to hand feed your bird, if the bird knows how to feed by you, that is the time to start the step by step training.



2. Walking Recall

:If your bird know how to walk, now its the time to start walking recall.

:First recall is 1-2 feet away from you, use your handfeeding syringe to call, and do it every meal. (if the bird master the short recall you can do the long distance recall. 5-10 feet)



3. Step Up

: Train your bird to step up on your hand, that is the practice on how your bird know to fly on your hand. (do it every meal)



4. Jump Recall

: If your bird know how to fly it is the time to train him jump recall, 2-3 inch away the 1st fly of your bird, its like your bird jump on you hand. continue to the step by trying to distance on your bird, it is the way that your bird practicing how to fly.



5. Descending and Ascending 

: Descending - Put your bird on higher perch and try to call him on the ground, (purpose of doing that is if your bird fly and go to the tree your bird know how to go down on you)

: Ascending - Put your bird on the ground and try to call him.



6. Blind Recall

: Put your bird on perch and go hide to him and call him.

: Blind recall is very important training of your bird because if your bird lost and cant see you, the bird will find you, and through your voice and whistle the bird will recognize you and fined you.



7. Whistle Calling

: Calling through whistle is important to know your bird, because if your bird fly so high whistle is the way to call him, he will find the sound of whistle.



8. Out Door Recall

: This is the final step of training, put all the step in indoor training, you can throw your bird, you can put your bird on perch and call him.

Most important of training is the bonding,, every after meal, you must bond to your bird, play him, cuddle him, put your bird on your shoulder and your chest,  so that the bird merge on you.