Welcome to our new arrival.
As you probably know we breed parrots and this year we thought we wouldnt get any baby african greys due to the fact we built another aviary last summer for a pair of black headed caiques and adding other birds tends to put off greys from breeding for a while.
We were changing the food bowls on tuesday and heard a baby grey,a sound after many years we cannot mistake,so we looked in the nest box and found this guy.Hes approx 4/5 weeks old and very fat and healthy.He was out there for 5 weeks over xmas new year and 13 days of sub zero temperatures :shock: .He is now being hand reared and doing great and being kept warm in a brooder.Its the fiirst time we have only had one chick and we put it down to the parents testing the water after the new aviary.As hes the only one he has been spoilt by the parents and going to be a big steady bird.Will be dna sexed over the next 2 weeks before we name him her,if its a boy he will be called casper after stevies dog and if its a girl cleo after ours.
Say hello 8) will update pics weekly so you get to see a baby african grey parrot develop 8)
I have always wanted an african Grey…I have seen some selling for £1000s…
I think I was put off by the potential of how loud they can get if they want attention…or is that just if their not trained well.
What is the best age to hand tame them…straight from the egg I guess??[/quote]
They are relitively quiet parrots deano,if they wern’t we would never get away with having wilds in the garden close to other houses.Theres alot of opinions on what age to begin handrearing but we believe it is best to let the parents do it aslong as possible this way the babies eyes open at 3 weeks and they see mum and dad are parrots not people.We have done it both ways and the ones who get to see parrots when there eyes open end up far better birds.If we had our way we would leave them until they fledge at 12/13 weeks but then they are usually sold as breeding stock and most breeders are not prepared to wait the 4or5 years for them to reach sexual maturity
That’s one fat baby, well done guys
I’ve always loved birds and always wanted an aviary when I was younger but I could never commit the time or the energy needed to keep parrots.
Did you not know that you had an egg in their nest box? Keep up the good work 8)
[quote]That’s one fat baby, well done guys
I’ve always loved birds and always wanted an aviary when I was younger but I could never commit the time or the energy needed to keep parrots.
Did you not know that you had an egg in their nest box? Keep up the good work 8)[/quote]
We have cameras in the nestboxes smudge but the one for the greys gave up the ghost in the cold :twisted: typical eh and its not easy going to look manually as the breeding pair of greys are wild and wont leave the box without bloodshed :lol:
…firstly congratulations, you had a feeling something was brewing in the nest when we were there on Xmas Eve and how right you were What a lovely little sweetie.
We are both so touched by your compassion of calling it after our boy, if it is a boy, it’s a month tomorrow since he left us but today, for some reason it feels like yesterday all over again, so reading his meant a lot to us.
Whether fluffy butts turns out to be a little Casp, or a little Cleo, we will watch him/her grow with the memory of both of our absent, but not distant, loved ones.
Today is one of them milestones,baby came out of the brooder and had a taste of soft foods and a play with some brightly coloured toys,another few weeks and there will be no stopping him
You could have mine if our lass would give him away - but she won’t - he’s called Boss is 36 years old and bangs on his ■■■■■■ cage for any food we have - (especially chocolate) and shouts ‘come on’ even though he always has food - actually we don’t know if it’s a he or a she, but (he likes men the most), only I can handle him and he always tries to feed me by regurgitating his/her food, so either boss is really a female or he’s a ■■■■! :roll:
What a lovely little sweetie.
