I would avoid newpaper. Go to the pet store. Find a book about Lovebirds that has a section on breeding. Read that section and the rest of the book, too. It will make you a better owner and your birds will be happier and healthier.

Put a handful of wood shavings on the cage or aviary floor.

Hi . You can make a nest box easy enough and put it on the side of the cage you might have to cut one of the bars where the Hole will be.