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Well, as I have just witnessed. I to have a pair of Timneh's. Bought them 2 years ago. They laid 5 to 6 batches of infertiles (some was fertile just not sat properly). I removed the box for about 6 months. Built them a new one when I returned it to them. They immedietly laid another batch (2 eggs). And to my surprise they hatched one!! Then ATE it.
It's been another month since the first batch back and on Easter Morning I heard a CHEEP!! I know have 2-3 babies in the nest. I hear them as I am typing. The parents seem to be feeding fine.
When I bought the pair I was told that the Female was a pet they tried to make a breeder. I am not sure how long she had them but it was apparent that they had not laid and hatched before. Everything is going great.....just took them 2 1/2 years for them to figure it out!!

You've only had this Timneh pair for less than a year. I think it's a little early to consider pairing them with other mates. Breeding pairs, particularly African Greys, can take quite a while to adjust after relocating them to a new home. The breeder I got my two Congo pets from retired. It was over two years before the new owner had babies from either pair. A woman I know had to sell her pairs because she took in her granddaughter, who has asthma. I bought her Timneh pair, which had given her babies. It has been almost two years since I brought them into my home, and they have not produced for me. Sometimes I think part of the problem is that they are calling back and forth to my two pet Greys.

Thanks. Hopefully that's all it is. They are happy being in a room by themselves. Lot's of privacy. They do call to my pet Greys every evening but that certainly doesn't bother the hen. She is already trying to "nest" in the bottom of her cage. Tearing up papers, etc. I go in a few times a day and clean out the mess in hopes she will get ot of the mood. She doesn't seem to care if the male is in the cage with her or not.

Yep. We have read your question. You have not been reading the realistic responses. What you want is an instant miracle.