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what is the Best incubator and least expensive for an African Grey parrot?

I have a pair of African Congo Grey. The male is doing his mating ritual. I want to have an incubator on hand just in case I need it. Any suggestions on which one is better yet not costing me an arm and a leg? Thank you everyone for your help. I am hoping not to need the incubator, but wanted to be prepared for the worst. I am hopeing mother nature will take its natural choice...but want to be prepared if she doesnt. Its always better to be over prepared than not prepared at all.

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1. the best incubator is mother nature! but as it been parrot something like a brinsea octagon 2 pro with a humidity module on it about £500
2. The best value is the GQF Hovabator. They range in price from about $50 to $175 depending on the options. Still-air units are cheaper, but the forced air units control the temperature more accurately. The automatic turners are not required but make the process much more convenient. I have the picture window unit with the electronic control and the turner. Good suppliers for this unit are : www.dblrsupply.com www.cutlersupply.com I hope you know what you're getting into, and hope that you do not need to use it. All birds (except poultry and game birds) do best when they are fed by the parent birds for the first few days. This provides a boost to their immune system and aids in establishing the proper gut bacteria balance. These things can not be achieved artificially, making the first few days risky for the new chick. It is best to let the parents feed the young first and then pull them for hand feeding if you want to have super tame pets. I don't know what the best time is for greys to be pulled, but someone else here surely will. What you might try: if you have to pull the eggs to incubate them, replace them with fake eggs in the nest. The parents will continue to sit on the fake ones, but you will have the security of knowing that the real eggs are being incubated properly. Then when they are about to hatch, you can put them back in with the parent birds, and the parents might be better at feeding them than they were at incubating them. Keep an eye on them, look for full crops, and only pull them if you have to. Have hand feeding formula on hand just in case. Good luck.