Jayd

ROFLMAO... Hahahhahahahhahhah, Tanya, the'll be different each day then they are today!!! Most Grey's don't cuddle when they get older, and size doesn't matter....Keep them both.....You can go..enee-mene-mynee-moe!!!!!! Who ever you pick is going to be lucky!!!!!! Jayd

Here's a link to one of the scales Walmart carry's......http://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Biggest-Loser-Digital-Food-Scale-6.6-lb.-Capacity/11090896 You weigh them in Grams, not Ounces. The scale doesn't need to be able to measure over 700 grams.. Thanks Jayd

Ha Ha HA, Quinn is practicing his speech, they can talk at any time, but it's around a year old+ when they really talk....Be patience..... Your doing Grey't Jayd

Thanks Tanya, When you decide which one your going to keep, some of the time when you play with him, take him into another room away from the other baby, spend more personal time with the one you choose. But don't ignore the other one, more bonding......Thanks Jayd

Welcome, here's a thread I just posted a few days ago. Keep more food available for him then he'll ever eat . He'll get over this, it's normal, he's testing his limit's, seeing how much he can get away with. Give Quinn a little rope, but you must remain leader, he's a child, about 2 years old....Jayd http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?189769-Abundent-Feeding!

Yes, once again Welcome.......Jayd Please remember, the people of this Grey't forum are passionate about these wonderful birds, you'll always get a true and honest answer, sometimes it may be one you don't want to hear, but were here for you....Always

Keep track of what they eat, like you have been, that's good. It's really important that we know their weigh, it's the first sign of illness and how they really are! Thanks Jayd

In the last hundred years or so, I've raised so many different kind of birds, even weaned a few Grey's, When I finally got our own Grey's, it was to the Grey Forums I turned to... There is a different's...You truly are first time bird owner!!!!Jayd

Awareness, to educate what is going on, to make aware to the next generation.

* Spinach has oval-shaped, dark-green leaves with a slightly spicy taste. Spinach is the highest source of fiber, calcium and Vitamin A of the leafy greens, with minerals and vitamin C as well. An extremely nutritious food, it also is a good source of iron and potassium. Although it contains oxalates it can be fed in moderation without a problem. Medicinal benefits: Blood builder and beneficial to feather health. Contains lutein and zeaxanthin, which prevent damage to the eyes from sunlight and free radicals. It binds calcium....Yes this is true..... Dandelion and beet greens are the best.....Chard binds and has to much salt, a little is ok.Jayd

Sorry about your suns, We have a couple ourselves, all our fids are flighted for their safety. As you know, a bird with clipped wings can still fly, a slight breeze and their gone, problem is the get in a tree or roof and they can't get down,if they do, no breeze they fall and kill or hurt themselves. A Grey is a much more intelligent than a conure, mentally a clipped wing Grey most times develop mental problems when clipped. a Grey thinks, and contemplates his surroundings, a Amazon or conure says "Oh well", a Grey says "What if" before the fact. Hears some good reading on Grey's. Thanks Jayd http://www.africangreys.com/ http://www.alexfoundation.org/

Hi, we give all our fids a product called "Rice Dream" [reg, no vanilla] It's a rice product and is good for them, Golly, it tastes like low fat milk, most stores carry it, just put a few Cherrio's and a little rice milk and enjoy breakfast wit you Grey....Jayd

Hello, Good food, not to many tomatoes, or spinach. Important veggies include: Leafy dark green's,like kale,collards,carrot tops, dandelion greens, mustard greens, squash, check out the veggie list. you also need your grains, brown rice cooked, mung, chick peas,split peas and lentils cooked, pasta etc. You actually give very little fruit to a Grey. Thanks Jayd

Welcome. sounds like your doing Grey't, he's just learning to use his wings, exploring, it takes time and patience. May I ask, why would you want to clip his wings? To put it simply, flying is what helps keep a Grey sane! A majority of problems a Grey might have, is contributed to clipping.. There's a lot of good articles on clipping, please reconsider... Keep up the good work,..Jayd

Good Morning, Why don't you wait a little longer. Can the babies heads fit between the bars? How are they eating? Why don't you start a new thread? Example: Help!Twins need a name!! Thanks Jayd

Greetings and welcome to the forum...When you get a chance stop by our Welcome room and introduce yourselves...Sometimes it's slow here on the week ends...The best thing to do is keep your conure and keets in a separate room.[sorry] Your conure was flock leader till Winston came along, you can try but I don't think it will work now, is to separate Winston from your other birds for a few days, then introduce Winston to your conure,This means your conure gets greeted first, spoken to 1st, 1st new toy, held 1st,etc, etc. Winston will always be 2nd. Unless they were raised together, chances are slim that Winston will leave them alone. I hope you don't clip anyone's wings, it could devastate either one of them...Thanks Jayd

Will we ever learn? Or make ourselves ex-stink? One by one were making parrots and other animals disappear...

Amen..............................................................

Another Shade of Grey......Jayd N'kisi is an African Grey Parrot who exhibits apparently advanced English usage skills and other abilities. According to news reports and websites,[1][2] as of January 2004, N'kisi had a vocabulary of about 950 words and used them in context, frequently in complete sentences, has approximated verb forms to maintain the correct tense (such as saying flied when not knowing the past tense of fly), and does not depend on learned phrases to communicate his thoughts. According to these sources, N'kisi is capable of understanding photographic images, and is able to name objects (within his vocabulary) appearing in a photo. He is also said to be capable of inventing new terms for things he does not know words for. One anecdote recounted by the chimpanzee scientist Jane Goodall[3] says that, upon meeting her in person after seeing a photo of her, N'Kisi asked, "Got a chimp?" It is claimed he demonstrates what appears to be a sense of humor. N'kisi has also taken part in a published scientific study of telepathic abilities. The researchers who conducted the study claimed the results to present a statistically significant indication of ability, while the study[4] has been criticized by skeptics. There is also some controversy about whether parrots are capable of using language, or merely mimic what they hear. Some scientific studies—for example those conducted over a 30-year period by Irene Pepperberg with an African Grey named Alex and other parrots, which have been covered in stories on network television on numerous occasions[5]—have suggested that these parrots are capable of using words meaningfully in linguistic tasks, and scientists are now beginning to recognize the intelligence of parrots.[6] References ^ Parrot's Oratory Stuns Scientists (BBC News) ^ Animal world's communication kings (BBC News) ^ Society for Scientific Exploration | Journal of Scientific Exploration | Testing a Language-Using Parrot for Telepathy ^ Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence-and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process: Amazon.de: Irene Pepperberg: Englische Bücher ^ Parrot Intelligence External links The N'kisi Project Page Hear N'kisi Speak Skeptic's Dictionary entry on N'kisi A rebuttal to Skeptic

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Thank you, Grey't post.....Jayd

Here they are!!!!!!!!!!! They sure look good Mama, wait till you see what they look like next week.......Jayd

This week Amazon is: The Blue-fronted Yellow-shouldered Amazon (Amazona aestiva aestiva) Also known as the Turquoise-fronted Amazon and Blue-fronted Parrot. Its name derives from the distinctive blue marking over its beak. The Blue-fronted Amazon is one of the most common companion parrots, and a favorite pet bird in the United States. However, it is endangered in its natural habitat in North-eastern Bolivia, South-Western Mato Grosso, Brazil, Paraguay, Northern Argentina and Northernmost Buenos Aires. The Blue-fronted Amazon Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot is found in the arid areas of northern Venezuela, the Venezuelan islands of Margarita and La Blanquilla, and the island of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). It has been extirpated from Aruba and possibly also Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles).There is also a small feral breeding population that has established itself in Stuttgart, South-western Germany. Blue-fronted Amazons average 14 - 15 inches (~35 cm) in length (from head to tail tip) and weigh 9.7 to 18 oz (275 to 510 grams) - the average being 14.1 to 15.2 oz (400 to 430 grams).The Parrot is mainly green and about 33 cm long. It has a whitish forehead and lores, and a yellow crown, ocular region and - often - ear coverts and chin. The bare eye-ring is white. The thighs and the bend of the wing ("shoulder") are yellow, but both can be difficult to see. The throat, cheeks and belly often have a bluish tinge. As most members of the genus Amazona, it has broad dark blue tips to the remiges and a red wing-speculum.Its beak is horn coloured. A wide range of color combinations have been produced. Some birds have no blue head feathers whatsoever; others have turquoise blue on their forehead or even the whole front of the bird (face, neck and chest) is blue. Most have yellow somewhere on their head or face; some have blue, a little white and then yellow as head markings. There are also significant individual variations in both facial pattern and amount of yellow/red to the "shoulder". In one extreme, individuals with essentially no yellow to the head and entirely green "shoulder" are known from north-western Argentina. References 1. ^ "Species factsheet: Amazona barbadensis". BirdLife International (2008). http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1677&m=0. Retrieved 22 August 2008. http://www.parrots.org/index.php/parrotgallery/category/C172/P0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-shouldered_Amazon http://www.avianweb.com/bluefrontedamazon.html

That was nice, my speakers are bad.... Jayd

That made my day.....Love it........Jayd