My parakeet isn't chirping...?!?

It is normal for them not to make a noise for a few days to a week after you bring them home. Have you tried putting on a radio in the room. Sometimes that will get them chatting.

I have had budgies for almost 12 years and i can almost guarantee that he will chirp one of these days..just give him some time..most of my birds have chirped the second day they got here but then again I've always had more then one bird in a big cage sort of like a small avary so they feel more at home with company...since you only have one budgie its probably still afraid and wondering whether or not you are "safe" to be around.....talk to him in a sweet voice every day and he should get accustomed to you..also go to youtube and play some parakeets chirping for him and let him listen to it that almost always gets birds' attention whenever they hear another bird chirp especially if its a young one...if you don't hear any chirping for a week i would suggest calling a vet just to make sure nothing is wrong with him...good luck with your budgie...Oh and about the yawning, a lot of birds yawn its pretty natural to them it means that they're relaxed especially if you hear a little grinding sound they make with their beaks that means that they're really relaxed...when they're yawning really frequently and hang in front of the bars in the cage to try to get more oxygen then take him to a vet because birds' lungs are really delicate..if you have any airfresheners in your home i would suggest getting rid of them..the vapors are really harmful to pet birds...

my parakeet did the same thing, give it a week or so, just do what i did i bought two females and man he is a talking now, he is one happy bird,