What age??

[Choklits]

I bought a B&G macaw a month ago. He is now approx 6 months old and was hand reared. Right from the start i managed to bond with him to a point where he is completely relaxed with me and i can hold and touch him any way i want to without a fuss.
My question is, at what age are they ready to start training as he is still so young and does not seem to have a "personality" yet! Very quiet and "uninterested" in a training session....
Not sure if this makes sense?

[Pricey_boy]

He's ok to train now one of my I've had for about a month I adopted him at around 3 months old and also hasn't developed much of his personality yet and I've been target training him and he's very young If you go into general off topic you can see pictures of my birds that I started uploading its called photos of my birds you'll see my 4 month old flying to me

[Choklits]

Thanks for that...!
So its normal for a young bird to look uninterested and personality-less at that age?? I thought maybe there is something wrong with him because i see other that is just seeking attention whittiley and mine is very timid.

[Pricey_boy]

Yep these nothing wrong when your bird is fully bonded with you after a month or 2 and he starts begging for attention is true personality will come out and as they get older you see different traits

[marie83]

I mainly have experience with smaller species but I know with them that as smart as they are that its better to hold off on too much training in the first few months but that said they mature alot faster. I'm certainly not saying you should wait a few years until your parrot matures but maybe 6 months is a little soon for any kind of formal training sessions. With young animals everything in new and distracting to them and sometimes you can achieve more by biding your time.
That said there is still stuff they need to learn, stepping up and recall being two of the most important as both are not just convenient for us as their owner but more importantly can get the birds out of any potentially dangerous situations they may accidently find themselves in.

Other important stuff to learn is that being in a carrier is a good thing, new objects are not going to harm them, being sociable is a rewarding exerience where as biting is not. New foods are good to try, its ok for you to examine feet, lift wings etc. All this can be done by making it fun, all training of course should be fun but this can be done informally, tricks and stuff although fun are more complex than general day to day learning and can wait a while.

You also mention your bird doesn't seem to have much personality, this could be many things, maybe your bird is still settling in, a month is a generous length of time for an adaptable young bird but some can and do take longer, especially if they haven't been in a stimulating environment previously.
Calm and collected may actually be your birds personality, they aren't all livewires, overly curious, very shy etc even within the same species, again though this may be to do with a lack of stimulation previously.
Also as the previous poster mentioned, personalities develop over time. I can almost guarentee you are not the same person as when you were a child.
Alernitively has your bird had a vet check yet? There is possibly an underlying cause which is causing him to be more withdrawn.

Hope this helps