Where can I get fertile Macaw eggs?

[Invisible93]

Hello first off Hi ParrotForums... this is my first post here.
Now, I would like to get into breeding Macaws (In low amounts) and am definitely not going throught the hastle of letting them bread on their own. No I am not a breeder in it only for the money. I love these animals, am aware of each home they go to, and treat them as if they were my beloved dog.
I have hatched chickens on multiple occasions before, and am a but familiar with the macaw process... actually, not at all.

Basicall i need to know the following.

1) Where can I buy Fertile Macaw Eggs (scarlet, or the one that starts with an H that i cant quite remember)

2) Where can i find, or if you can tell me, what are the incubation condition (humidity, temperature, how often should they be rotated if at all, etc).

I really appreciate the help from the awesome forum. If you are wondering why I need to incubate the eggs...

I will hatch Macaws and keep them in a luxoriouse environment for their first month, before selling them to trusted family, and friends... *IMPORTANT* I do a house check, and questionarre before even considering selling any type of animal/bird to a potential owner.

Thanks again

 

[SilverSage]

My heart is racing, my head is pounding, and I am TRYING to tell myself that you MIGHT be kidding, or you might actually mean well. But I'm having a hard time.

I'm not sure where to start...
Do I start with the fact that you have obviously never even owned a macaw or other parrot? It is obvious from your post. Even parrot lovers who have owned birds for years aren't all equipped to handle the developmental needs of a baby parrot.

Do I start with the fact that you clearly have done NO RESEARCH, or have much intention of doing so? You don't even know THE NAME of the species you are interested in raising! 30 seconds on google could tell you that!!!!!

Do I start with the fact that you plan to sell them after ONE MONTH???? I know SIX MONTH OLD macaws who aren't weaned yet!

Do I start with the fact that you supposedly "love" these birds, yet you aren't willing to go through the trouble of breeding them yourself, and clearly ARE in it for the money?

Do I start with the fact that incubating chickens doesn't hold a candle to incubating parrots? That transporting parrot eggs is extremely difficult and risky, and they can't just be shipped like chicken eggs, and they can't just be hatched in a chicken egg incubator?

Do I start with how easy it is to kill the babies? How they are altricial, naked, blind, unable to even hold their heads up for long? unlike chickens?

Do I start with how you can turn them into a chronic biter, screamer, plucker, phobic miserable bird by doing things wrong at a young age, but not see the consequences for years into the future? Thus you would doom them to a living hell with your ignorance?

As a breeder myself, this post makes me sick. I sincerely hope you are a CHILD, and a young one at that, because only a young child could make this post with any sort of integrity. I am so upset right now, I can't figure out where to even START telling you this isn't ok, so instead of writing you a post, I'm just going to copy and paste the response I gave the last person who wanted a parrot egg:


"It is well known that buying an unweaned baby is a huge risk. It is a practice that I do not support, and almost all sellers who practice this are unethical, uneducated, selfish, and shouldn't be producing babies at all. Selling eggs would be simply an extreme version of selling unweaned where 99% of eggs do not survive to hatch, and 99% of hatches do not survive to weaning, and 99% of surviving babies are developmentally damaged. That would mean something like.... 0.000001% of babies sold would live good and normal lives? Is that the right amount of zeros? So no, no one who would engage in that kind of a practice can also be trusted not to cheat you."

Basically, you CAN'T just go out and get the eggs. THANK GOD that these creatures might just be safe from this kind of lunacy.

 

[Mekaisto]

Why would you want to hatch them? A human-raised bird rarely makes a good breeder.

You will not find fertile eggs for sale - parrot eggs aren't like poultry eggs, they don't survive long outside of an incubator, or in travel.

Not going through the hassle of letting them breed on their own? What do you mean by this?

Why scarlet or hyacinth macaws? Do you have any experience with them? Incubating, hatching and rearing parrots isn't something that can just be learned on a forum like this, or in a book. If you are serious about breeding parrots, find someone who already does in your area and talk to them about it.

"Hatch macaws and keep them in a luxurious environment for their first month". Macaws take far longer than a month to wean. Scarlet macaws usually take at least 100 days to fledge, which means round the clock care for almost a third of a year - longer if the bird is stubborn to wean. Plus the additional care required for the breeding pair(s)

You say you'll sell them to friends and family - do your friends and family want macaws? Do they realise the commitment necessary for having a large macaw as a pet?

I don't mean to come off as rude - there are simply important things to consider before breeding parrots.

 

[Doublete]

Yea so I saw this post... And couldn't figure out how to formulate any answer.
I do hope you mean well.

But just... No.


Now I'll go check on my birdie bread I just made because I have severe insomnia.

 

[JerseyWendy]

#1 reason I absolutely dread posts/threads like this is because it will most definitely invite SCAMMERS. :54:

To the OP, Invisible93, please have a look: http://www.parrotforums.com/questions-answers/57454-parrot-eggs.html

 

[Birdman666]

Usually in the nest box, under the female.

Where they belong.

 

[Birdman666]

Yea so I saw this post... And couldn't figure out how to formulate any answer.
I do hope you mean well.

But just... No.


Now I'll go check on my birdie bread I just made because I have severe insomnia.

That's actually as good an answer as there is to this one... it's the only real answer you can give someone.

You have no idea how hard what you are contemplating would actually be. Bad Idea.

As others have pointed out, no reputable breeder will sell you their eggs (Especially Hyacinth eggs), and the disreputable ones will sell you infertile eggs, and then blame it on you when they don't hatch.

So, nice thoughts... not practical.

Go on to the next thought...

 

[Aquila]

Avoiding saying anything mean here because I know it's pointless.

But I echo everything everyone else has said here and please don't go through with it, it's a waste of a valuable egg, especially with macaws. Please stick to chickens if you just want to hatch birds. Don't sacrifice the lives of parrots for the sake of your own enjoyment.

 

[Birdman666]

Oh, and by the way HYACINTH MACAWS are the hardest of all of them to hand feed and wean properly. Here is the warning from a major macaw breeder site:

"Hyacinths that are not fed correctly as chicks will be stunted and of small size when feathered at three months of age. Babies need a high fat
content in the hand-feeding diet to develop normally. Our Hyacinth chicks weigh 1400-1600 grams at maximum weight (approximately two- three months of age) and wean at between 1250-1400 grams.

PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE AN UNWEANED BABY HYACINTH MACAW!

Hand-rearing of this species can be difficult and, tragically, many chicks die each year at the hands of inexperienced hand-feeders."

It's no joke. There's about a 50% mortality rate...

DON'T! These ain't chickens...

 

[MangoandKiwi]

Hi Invisible93,

(Since the Ethics of the subject are already covered by others)
Breeding and selling Macaws will COST YOU MORE MONEY than you will earn. You will need lots and lots of money for the care of the animals and will never get the money back.


Now, if you want to do something good and love the animals you can work at a rescue or adopt birds that will need all your love and attention

Maybe you can start a company making Parrot toys? Or Manzanita parrot trees.

 

[Doublete]

Just thinking maybe the other macaw is a harlequin? Since the first is a scarlet? Maybe just maybe....

 

[Captsteve]

Go to the grocery store, they sell them by the dozen. With the right care your business will be booming in short order!

 

[Kiwibird]

You do realize if you are genuinely interested in breeding large macaws, they don't reach sexual maturity until around 9-11 years old right (so a minimum of a decade before they would even be capable of reproducing)? And on top of that, being pair bond birds (who mate for life, meaning 50+ years) they do not just mate with any old bird of the opposite gender. They are notoriously picky about choosing their mates, as they'll be with that bird for the rest of their lives. Not to mention incubation and hand feeding is so delicate and tricky to do, most EXPERIENCED parrot owners wouldn't touch that process with a 10 foot barge pole, let alone a complete novice.

Parrots are lovely pets (and should not come home until after they are fully weaned), but breeding them is something that should be left to the best of the best, most experienced bird experts.

 

[ToMang07]

Nothing more than a scammer.

 

[MonicaMc]

If this is a serious post, then I wonder if the OP might be a young adult unaware how breeding and raising parrots is vastly different than raising chickens??? Thus could use the education?


I mean, it's easy to buy fertile chicken eggs or day old chickens and get them shipped directly to your doorstep, but with parrots, that's not as easily possible.... especially since day old chickens can survive for several hours without food and would require no additional heat as long as the wheather isn't too bad... not only that but they are pretty independent compared to young parrots which *must* have heat at all times at that young of an age and would need formula after x-amount of hours after hatching.... and that it can take months for macaws to wean vs chickens are easy to care for at a young age.






Just a thought.