Breeding african grey?

Question

is there any one who has bread arican greys in captivity i wanted to get some tips on this i m leaving in india ahmedabad.

Answer 1

Not sure if you are leaving India?

If you have a mated pair, they will need a very large cage so they can fly to and from the nest box.  Their nutrition must be increased before they lay eggs - add additional cuttle bones on the inside of the cage - soft side in.  If they are short of calcium, the female can die laying an egg.  

Do Google - breeding Congo African Greys.  That will help you the most.  Good luck...

Answer 2

don't give an African Grey a cuttle bone. The shell on the back is very sharp when broken. It will literally cut up a birds gizzard. My friend lost two of her Greys within a week or so apart. The vet came back with the same thing on both birds. They died from internal bleeding from pcs of the cuttle bone shell slicing up the inside of their gizzard. I get three clutches a year from my pair. They lay four eggs per nest and usually hatch three babies. They feed them well until I pull them. They have never seen a cuttle bone since I have owned them.

Here is what I feed my parrots. I breed Amazons as well as Greys.

1 cup Amazon Bean Mix, half dozen grapes,  two fig newtons, four raw peanuts in the shell, 1 tbsp of raw almonds, about 1/8 of a green apple, 1/2 cup pigeon grains soaked over night in water, 1/2 cup of frozen corn and green peas, fresh uncooked beets, chopped greens, (kale, mustard, dandelion)

to this I add a pinch of Nekton MSA, a pinch of Pro Boost, and about 1/2 tsp of organic palm fruit oil. I give them this every morning in a bowl. I also give them Zupreem Breeders Pellets in a hopper and they have them all the time. I feed this to my birds from the time my lights hit 13 hours until the last baby is pulled from the nest. On the Greys I know from experience when they are about ready to lay. I start giving them the soft food about three weeks before they are due to lay. The last babies were huge and they had fed them very well. I was going to gage my baby Grey's weight against a breeders babies in England. My birds were about 50 - 60 grams heavier than their birds were at a earlier date. So if their baby were 300 grams at a certain age, my babies would weigh 350 -360 grams at the same age. I have three in the nest now. This is their second clutch this year. They will lay again about the middle of October. I have never had a bit of problem with them as far a calcium goes. She lays four eggs every time and has since I bought them three years ago. Usually they hatch three eggs out of the four.

The cage size that I use is 4' x 4' x 6' long. It is constructed out of 1/2" x 1" welded wire that was washed down with white vinegar twice. I have a nest that is the grandfather style. It is 36" tall and is 14" x 14". They are a wild caught pair. I don't know how old they are. They  are very seldom out in the cage. Once in a while I will catch a glimpse of the c**k bird disappearing into the nest. I go sometimes as long as two months without seeing the female. I am planning on getting a closed circuit TV system for the Bird barn so I can watch the birds without me being  in there.