african greys

[poppy]

does anyone know anyone to breed african greys in ur lounge and raise babies?

 

[greycloud]

Do you mean right in your actual living quarters where all the family action is? If so, No. Greys are very cautious when it comes to breeding. They need solitude and quiet.

 

[poppy]

hi yes in the lounge have a cage and nest box this is 2nd time first time eggs not fertile not sure this time only let me clean cage and feed them was still mating day after 1st egg but now sitting on 2 eggs someone said about spraying nest box with water we not breeders they just family pets

 

[henpecked]

If you have pet CAGs that are breeding you are very lucky, as greycloud said most need to be completely isolated to breed. However if this is their first clutch then infertile eggs are not uncommon, it usually takes them a few trys to get it right.

 

[poppy]

hi this is homma and marge 2nd clutch of eggs we watch them on a cam in nest box he is so lovely towards her.mind u he looks very lonely all by himself.do u have parrots?

 

[henpecked]

Hey Poppy, Yes i have about 40 mostly Amazons and a pair of TAGs, I Breed Amazons, and take in a few rescues (not to rehome) and have 5 pets that are not breeders(4 YN,1 Panama) If you are having infertile eggs there can be several reasons, have they been DNA'd ? Has your male every been lapiscopicaly examined? ( Is there a tatoo at the bend of the wing ?) Is he banded? What age?

 

[peg53]

Hi my congo was bred and parent reared in the same situation. The lady who I got peggy from had a female as a pet and then she bought a male in for company. After a few months they then decided to put a nest box up and they had a clutch that was infertile, after then hen left them she threw them out of the box a few months later she laid a clutch of 4 and hatched them all the parents reared them all to independence. The pair have continued to breed indoors and are still going. It shocked me very much I really did not think that they would have bred but yes they did.

 

[poppy]

hi thanks for positive replys fingers crossed they are fertile good to here other people have bred indoors.wow how many birds you both have and to take in ones that need a home and would never dream of getting rid them have had ours 8yrs and dna male.any tips on spraying box with water?

 

[peg53]

If the weather is hot I always spray my boxes in the morning and mid afternoon. I would spray the nest box with a mist perhaps a couple of times a day, I would keep a bowl of water for the birds to bath in they will know if they need to add some humidity to the nest. Have you worked out when they would be due? what do you plan to do hand rear or parent rear?

 

[poppy]

hi peg 53 thanks for the water tip will do that.i would love to hand rear them never done it befor got a broader so half way there and got plenty time on my hands to so i hope to.only just realised u from wales is that in uk as most people USA on this site. if ur birds outside how they coped with bad weather heard people lost some to the cold.

 

[peg53]

Yes from uk. My birds have done really well through the bad weather, you wont to have a look for some good books on amazon.

 

[poppy]

sprayed this morning not 2impressed got the central heating on so warm and dry heat i suppose would dry the eggs.what time of year do ur greys bred?any special food yours like?they not too keen on the egg food but love eggs other wise and the shell.

 

[peg53]

Mine are in the boxes at the moment so fingers crossed. My birds are really hit and miss sometime they will demolish certain food and then another time they will ignore it I always mix sweetcorn in with egg food and mash it together. If a pair of my birds are reluctant I will hold back their fruit and veg so they will try the eggfood and then I will mash their other fruit and veg and mix it with the egg food. If I just mix their fruit and veg with the eggfood first they pick out the bits what they want and ignore the egg food. so that is why I hold their favorites back. In the cold weather like this I make up a batch of mixed rice and pulses and give them a nice warm portion they all have a little go at it but it makes me feel better lol.