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Originally Posted by mommaof3
Pippy~ You got both your youngsters from the same breeder at the same time? My husband and I have been considering that because we both will be working when we get our birds. And sometimes have even thought about getting three. Of course adding the third one at a later date and time. Just wanted to see if someone else had done the same thing we were thinking about doing. Then we were wondering about the whole quarantine thing when you get two birds from the same clutch, is it necessary to quarantine them? These are the things we are unsure about. We still have like three years (he says four but I always win) to work out the details but we are trying to educate ourselves as much as we possibly can before hand. We know that experience wont come until we actually get out birds but we figured it was better to be prepared and know about the species we are getting before we get them.
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Yes, they are from the same breeder, same clutch
Do you mean do they need to be quarantined from each other? If they are from the same breeder and clutch then no. Many UK breeders now allow the parent birds to raise the chicks until they're six weeks old then bring them in and hand rear them. Some still hand rear from the egg using a brooder.
Either way, the birds will have been together from the word go so no, no quarantine is needed
Ideally you want same-sex birds. Mojo and Shinda are brother and sister. It wasn't planned that way and is a bit of a long story how I came to have them both but two of the same sex would have been a better option.
I've taken advice from many people ranging from an avian vet to experienced breeders and most say that so long as I don't provide them with a nest box, or anything resembling a nest box (so the Chubes they have in their cage may have to go once they reach sexual maturity at about five years of age) that it's unlikely they will lay.
I've also taken advice as to what to do if Mojo does lay, I absolutely won't allow any eggs to hatch!
So yes, a pair of DNA tested same-sex Greys from the same clutch is the absolute ideal situation!