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All, As no one here controls the domain name greyforums.net, and it could expire or be transferred or sold.... greyforums.org has been secured as a backup domain. Should one day we loose the domain for whatever reason, the site will be transferred to greyforums.org The domain will then be transferred to Taylon. I have no reason to believe the domain will go away, but I want you guys to always have the information stored here. After everything was repaired, I just got to thinking about it and want to have a back up plan. Backups are for emergencies only, so no worries. Just being safe.

Vannah is 28 and layed her first egg on Thursday morning (4/22). She 'layed' it while standing on her perch and it fell onto a piece of cardboard at the bottom of her cage. I wasn't there when it happened, but it had what we call a morning poo and some blood with it. I dont know if that came later or at the same time as the egg. Her behavior changed only slightly a few days before the egg came. She went back to normal pretty quickly too. My worry is the blood. She hasn't continued to bleed. After I found the egg, I checked her for injury and she seemed to be fine. She has had very small amounts of blood in her feces, so small I couldn't tell until I got a kleenex to clean one up. Her feces are also very loose. Yesterday (4/24) she was sitting with me and had small amounts of clear fluid leaking from her vent. I just don't want to miss anything and lose her. Does anyone have experience with egg laying that could shed some light on how she is doing?

Hi all, It's a bit quiet around these parts recently! Just checking in. How are you all? How are all your birds doing? Hope you're all looking after yourselves (and your flock, of course!)

Testing my pic size from here at work..:)

All good here! Timber had a nail trim Saturday, which you would think was major surgery if you are looking at his reaction. He's recovered and back to normal now.

Understood & agreed 100% !

WOw that posted huge....WIll have to figure out how to downsize my pics & videos.

My trash bird...:) 20210204_181251.mp4

Yes, although I check regularly..it has been quiet.... I am great, my flock is even better! My amazon is now 12 years old and finally getting less hormonal than in the past.so that's a good thing for us! Talon is 15 years old Rikki 15 years old Nilah 12 years old

Oh no. Well, if she's interested in incubating them, then she may become less likely to lay another one from what I've heard.

There is another egg tonight. Still standing on her perch again. She went down to the egg this time after about 15 or 20 minutes. I put the original one back in there too. She didn't pay any attention to it the first day so I didn't think she would need it. Now she's sitting on the fleece I put in one corner with both of the eggs. Not sure what to expect from here.

Vannah is still with us 9 and a half months later. She is definitely her own bird. It is hard trying to keep track of her because as soon as you open the door she she's off and running (still won't fly). I find her everywhere! Under the bed, the coffee table and the toilet... behind chairs, stools, and random furniture. If I didn't know better, I'd say she was a cat! She talks all the time to me and has conversations with herself. Her newest phrase is "tickle, tickle". Not sure if she picked it up from us or if she just remembered it. It's not something we say often. Though she is great with wood to chew on, we have found she is starting to prefer fabric. She also likes cardboard boxes, but that seems to put her in an egg laying mood.😳 Took the box away Thursday morning when I found the egg on top of it. She seems to be doing ok now, but see the post in the health room if you have thoughts about what to watch for on that. I am a little concerned that she might be hiding symptoms or issues from the egg...ya know because thats whet birds do. She is still just tolerating my husband, but even that has improved. She is tolerating her little "sisters" less though. If they are near she reaches for their tails or barks at them. They are smaller than she is, but have been with us for years. One is a Cockatiel (Piper) and the other is a Green-cheek Conure (Dusty). I figured Dusty would be the one she'd go after if anyone because she flies around and lands on Vannah's cage, and Piper keeps to herself and my husband. Vannah always goes for Piper first though if she's close enough. If she's more than 3 or 4 feet away its like she doesn't exsist though. With Dusty, as long as she's not occupying the shoulder where Vannah wants to snuggle, Dusty is fine. Weird. Well... more later I supose 🙂

Mine get Harrison's, but only a few like them as-is. I make birdie bread using ground up Harrison's pellets to make a 'flour' in order to get the rest to eat them along with more veggies.

Thank you! I may try that. Right now she's on a mix of Zupreem and Kaytee. Our stores are a bit limited in what they carry since last March. I'll see if I can find the Harrison's.