mmm thats a tough one as wonderful as they are it’s hard to say if they would make a good first bird. As nice as quakers can be and the fact they can learn to talk if they choose to learn, they can also be a bit onery, a bit dominant in personality and quakers are notorious known for being cage territorial which means they don’t really like you messing with their cage weather is’t cleaning or changing out toys, so you have to put them someplace away from the cage till you get done with it..I think they can be a bit of a handful for someone who has never had a bird before..

Technically I don’t think there are any good first birds as all birds are alot of work and considered high matinence and if your not prepared for the time and committment they require no bird is a good first bird