I’ve been looking into a pair of grays who are both of age and fertile according to some vet analysis papers. For some reason though they are just having a hard time reproducing. Their owner says they’re around 13 and they’ve been together for a long time, the hen lays one of the eggs are fertile. They stay in the same cage and she said the hen will begin to pluck if the nest box is removed.
I have done a small amount of research trying to see if I can solve the problem if I decide to move forward with it but I wanted to see if someone more experienced than I has had any of these issues and how they helped them. some general things I saw that could be the issue are:
They might need more privacy: there is a cockatoo caged nest them and it might be too much noise for them to feel private and comfortable.
they were put together too early: some people said if they are together too early it might trigger an instinct to not reproduce to avoid inbreeding.
thanks for replies I appreciate it ahead of time. I am very new when it comes to breeding and I love grays a lot so this seems like a dream come true if I can make it work.
I have done a small amount of research trying to see if I can solve the problem if I decide to move forward with it but I wanted to see if someone more experienced than I has had any of these issues and how they helped them. some general things I saw that could be the issue are:
They might need more privacy: there is a cockatoo caged nest them and it might be too much noise for them to feel private and comfortable.
they were put together too early: some people said if they are together too early it might trigger an instinct to not reproduce to avoid inbreeding.
thanks for replies I appreciate it ahead of time. I am very new when it comes to breeding and I love grays a lot so this seems like a dream come true if I can make it work.