A:AnswerYes, it does cook rice. There might be a recipe in the book it comes with or online such as this one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5Ipk9g0VM
A:AnswerIf you are concerned about a pet bird, they will be fine. If they are not having trouble with cooking on the stove, they wouldn't have problems with this. Unless they don't enjoy your food! lol
A:AnswerYes! You'll want to google how to get the right temp and time for the weight and whatever setting you'll be using (pressure cook, slow cook, etc). I pressure cook frozen chicken breasts and they're just fine. They take longer to cook though.