Breeding Congo African Grey my first medium-size parrot was a Congo African Grey. It was a plucker, but being a kid and and totally clueless about bigger birds (only had budgies, lovebirds and cockatiels) my sister and I thought that it was a young bird. When we realise we return it back to the shop.

I did not keep another Grey until many years later in  2013. Since then I’ve had one more single bird, another youngster in 2014.

In this article I will write about my experience with propagating Greys. The usual disclaimer, in a local context only and that what worked for me may not work for you.

 An Experience With The Congo African Grey

I acquired my first pair of wild-caught Greys from my mentor in the end parts of 2014. After hearing about him giving up most of his flock, a friend and me descend upon his dwellings and took over 3 proven Grey pairs and 2 proven Sun conure pairs. Later I would take over my first proven pair of Eclectus.

I consider myself very fortunate to be able to start with proven pairs and that they are true breeding pairs. Many hobbyists have no access to proven pairs. My friend and I had no proof that the birds are breeding pairs except for the oldest pair that had a few days’ old chick in the box. All that we had was my relationship with my mentor.

My mentor kept all his Greys in divided 3ft (90cm) cages. That would make it a 2ft x 1.5ft x 2ft height space for each pair. He did not like people taking photos, understandably. So this is my best replication of his setup.