rickhowes Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Good Morning Group, I am new to this website and hope yall can give me some answers. We bought our Congo Grey when it was 2 days old. The breeder kept it for 4 months and we raised it since then. We have always thought it was a male, but this morning SHE presented us with an egg. She sits right with it and we don't know what the proper thing to do is. Do we leave it? Do we take it away? What is the right thing to do??? HELP PLEASE Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hiya rickhowes and welcome to the forum. Below is a link where Dave gives some great advice, hope this helps. http://www.greyforums.net/forums/african-grey/52133-my-african-grey-just-laid-an-egg.html#56262 Hope you enjoy it here:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hello Rick and welcome to the family, so glad you could join us and we look forward to hearing more about you and your grey. I would just leave it with her for right now, she may lay another or two before it is over with and then I think you would leave them for a natural length of incubation and then remove them. At that time I would remove whatever she laid them in so she won't get the idea to lay some more. We do have some threads here that deal with this very problem so do a search to find them and you may find more advice and we do have several very knowledgeable members who can guide you further with their expertise. Please do read thru the many threads for lots of useful information and do ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. If you have some pictures of this grey you would like to share with us we would love to see her. BTW, what is her name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Thanks for finding that thread Caroline, that should be very helpful to Rick, karma to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Thank you SO MUCH for the reply. This was a total shock to us. SHE was born in Cocoa, Florida, so we named HER (this will take some getting used to since we always called her a boy. We named her KOKO, knowing you can't be sure of the sex of the bird. We never cared because she is just a pet and never will be bred. Thanks again, Rick, Nadelle and KOKO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 And I just read my reply and surely didn't mean it to sound like she is "just a pet". She is a member of our family and certainly is loved by all. She is very particular who she likes and lets you know quickly who she doesn't like. Thanks to all of you who replied and Nadelle and myself feel better about this whole situation. Thanks again, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hi Rick, Nadelle and Koko. Well now you know Koko is a female! Hope to hear more about Koko and if you have any pictures you would like to share, we would love to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Thanks for the reply. I tried to upload some pictures but the files are too large. Maybe someone can let me know how to make this work. Seems like such a neat site. Thanks Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Well, it is Friday morning and KoKo presented us with another egg this morning. The first one, got broken and we removed it and cleaned the cage and put some shredded paper in the bottom. She formed a nest out of it and this morning her new present was there. Her appetite is fine and she still is friendly and appears normal in every way. Thanks so much for all the concern and advice. You guys have a great day. Rick, Nadelle and KoKo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrettyPax Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 In terms of re-sizing the photos to fit the site's specifications, do you have an adobe photo shop- like program? There's a tab called something like "image size" and you can adjust the dimensions that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaM Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Or you can go to www.tinypic.com You just browse for the file you want to upload and then select "message board" in the Resize field, click Upload Now... When it's done, copy the IMG code into your message here (the whole thing including the IMG in brackets at the beginning and at the end) and it will magically appear. At least it seems like magic to me! The site doesn't store it or anything, just use as needed. Hope that helps. Lisa<br><br>Post edited by: LisaM, at: 2009/02/08 01:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickhowes Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Ok guys, it worked, Here is KoKo and the baby from across the street. Thanks for the help, Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycos_mom Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 KOKO is beautiful. She looks very happy and very loved. The baby is cute also. Koko must be very content and happy to have actually laid eggs. How old is Koko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Koko is a very beautiful grey. The neighbor's daughter is a sweetheart too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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