Need help, just got a new african grey.

Welcome to the forum.

LingLing will need time to adjust to you, especially as she is a year old and not a baby.

You will need to approach her carefully, letting her make the decisions as to when and how you can touch her. Do not try to force her or pressure her, as this will just anger and upset her, and will result in her not trusting you.

Try letting her sit outside her cage without you trying to get her onto your hand. Instead, give her treats from your hand until she becomes more eager to have contact with you. Remember, the cage is her territory, not yours, don't push things. Speak quietly, in a friendly and gentle voice and don't loom over her.

As to speaking, she will do this in her own good time. There is no set timetable. There are greys on this forum who spoke their first words at five months and grey who didn't speak until they were two and over, and some who never spoke at all.

Lidia

Welcome to the forum.
You will be able to train her to stand on your hand with step-up training but not until she has settled down a bit more.
Talking is often something which is totally unpredictable. They can hear some things every day but never repeat them while other words are picked up almost immediately. The best thing to do is just keep talking to her as much as you can in normal conversation, that way she will also learn to use words in context.

Jane