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WHAT !!! No meat balls

Don't look at us keep posting. We know we're cute.

A Greys EVIL EYE can put fear into the hearts of FEARLESS people.

Too right. Alfie does a real good evil eye!

No shame and lots of gain.

A picture of one or more of your fids with a caption that will tell a story. Example. I just love wheat toast !!

You looking at me ??

Where did I leave that dust pan ??

Parrots are like potato chips, you can`t have just one.

From this post some people might think Greys are self centered. Wait they are !!!

I have 20 year old re-homed Lilac headed amazon who has laid eggs. The advice from the late Dave007 was to leave them alone until the zon lost interest. If you remove them too quickly your parrot might just lay more which is not a healthy idea.

It's been an absolute nightmare all around. Very stressful to say the least. I'm constantly thinking about them now whenever my birds create a chorus of songs, something I don't really wish to do. My poor Dexter is getting the short end of the stick. He loves being out in the aviary, and will initially sound off with excitement. After 15 minutes I must bring him inside, unless I'm able to help him settle down.

Hi , new to forum. I have a 26yr. old African grey. She has laid 2 eggs in last 2 weeks. I've read a few things online but was looking for advice thru experience. Thanks

Hello and welcome to the forums! We'd love to hear more about you and your grey. I'm afraid I can't offer much advice on the egg laying front as it's not something I have any experience with.

Hello and welcome!

Dave007 egg post Posted December 30, 2007 Someone else here just had had this happen to their grey only a few days ago. The person was equally in the dark about what was going on and what to do about it. I can tell you that periodically this will happen to a mature female grey who has never mated before. Normally, there's nothing to worry about. To much over attention to this situation will make the bird edgy and uncomfortable. More than likely, she will lay some more eggs and that's not unusual. A congo grey's incubation period is 28 to 32 days. Anyeggs that are there should be left alone until that amount of time has passed. Nature will her that the eggs are infertile and she'll spend much less time with them to the point of ignoring them. That'll be the time to take out the eggs and discard them. If the eggs are taken out immediately, it will only cause the grey to create new ones which you don't wanna do. More than likely it won't happen again or it might happen again in the future. The cause of this to happen is an over abundent hormonal period. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't. Continue with the same foods. Don't start moving things around in the cage and most importantly, don't make a big fuss over what she's doing. Peeks here and there will tell you everything you want to know. Get a calendar and mark off the day you saw the first egg. Let 30 days go by or when your grey shows no interest in the eggs. Your biird might start eating less and then eat a lot. Not to worry, it's normal. The bird won't starve itself. The only time to really worry is when a person has a DNAd guaranteed male and he lays an egg. That type of bird is classified as one who has an identity problem and psychiatrics are then implemented.

Welcome to the forum! Smokey is adorable! You're going to have so much fun learning about each other. I have 11 birds, but my CAG, Maalik, is very, very special! Enjoy him, and keep those pictures coming! 🙂

Yes, thank you so much... It appears that there is Flight feather damage from what i can see to the right wing, it appears secondary feathers have been clipped...It could be cage damage. Keep a check on flying. If he ever spreads his wings you can tell more, they should be symmetrical and of same length. Thank you...

Bonjour. This is my first post on the forum. We have an African Grey of eighteen years. He recently broke the lower mandible of his beak while antagonizing the dog. Our bird likes to climb down to the bottom of his cage, call the dog's name and bang on the bars with his beak, all to get the dog riled up! It seems that by doing this, he fractured his beak, and one day while sliding down his cage, my little buddy caught his beak on one of the bars, and it broke off! The poor little guy spent a couple nights in the hospital as a prosthetic beak was fashioned for him. The prognosis was for his beak to take a full year to heal. Now just a few months later, he's feeling better and is back to fu... er, messing with the dog! What can be done? I try to explain to him that he's going to hurt himself again. I'm sure my feathered friend understands me to an extent, but I think he just doesn't care! How can I keep him from reinjuring his beak?

Oh our Greys are just like people. They love to antagonize. With our grey Corky she will call Socks our cat and when Socks comes over to the cage she will come down to the bottom of her cage and scream at the cat and watch the cat jump two feet into the air and laugh at the cat as it runs away. The dumb cat keeps coming back when she calls it.

Thanks, We could write new lyrics for days.lol This was fun...

Welcome, wow poor baby's, this is a sad one, the only remedy I can see is keep them in separate rooms for a while, this will give time to heal and if your baby is away he might forget to bug your dog... Thanks

Hello Roger and welcome to our family. I would advise leaving the eggs with her, if you take them away she may only lay more to replace them and that could deplete her calcium stores. She may be interested in them and sit on them but that is fine, you can remove them after several weeks when she shows disinterest in them. Personally my grey has never laid an egg though she is a dna'd female but my sun conure has and I leave them with her until she tires of them then I remove one at a time.

I love the term mostly won. I mostly win to until my back is turned !!! Than bammmmmm !!!!!

Greetings and welcome to the Grey Forums! How long have you had this sweet lady? You can either leave the eggs until she ignores them or take them away as soon as she leaves them. They will rot after approximately 20 days so it is best to remove them before then. Once again, welcome.

All true and wonderful! I saw No shame on those birds faces🙉

Dexter is lovely so sorry your neighbor has such a difficult time with his sounds and giving you her negativity. Your new Bird palace is grand and my flock now want to move to your house. Sigh🙄

Good thinking on the ES letter. You may have outmaneuvered her.

That's a damn shame. I'm glad I don't have neighbors like that. I was down at the barn and all of mine were in full chorus....I could hear their racket clear down there. Our new neighbors told me my guineas were roosting on their roof. I said, yeah, guineas do that. I argued with the City of Allen not to let them build 10 ft from our barn. So sorry (not).

I'm sure everyone can relate to these images: Oh the Shame Bird Edition https://imgur.com/gallery/0c8X4Mh I especially liked the parrot rules one!