question about breeding

[Hawaiisheila]

Is it true that the birds have to be kind of wild to be breeders?

can one put two domesticated grey together to breed? the person I bought the bird from says he was going to use my bird as a breeder but my bird was too domesticated.

[TheGreyMiester]

My breeder told me a little about this; she did say that males that are hand fed and tamed will "forget" how to either breed or raise the baby but the females do not.

[Guest Monique]

My guess is that it probably depends upon the bird. One thing about parrots is they are monogomous and they are picky. You can't just put two birds together and get a bonded pair. They aren't like dogs where a male will simply breed with a female when she is in heat. :blush: Says a lot about the intelligience of parrots to me . Other than that, I cannot say from personal experience, as I have never done any breeding myself.