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I was on the internet yesterday and there is someone willing to sell parrot eggs on the internet. I have never heard of this before. This person is listing an Hyacinth egg for 60.00 Is this a scam or what? this person lives in California.Input please if anyone has heard of this? Thanks.

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SCAM!!

Breeders do not sell their eggs. This person is most likely in Nigeria. They claim to send the eggs in an incubator delivered to your door. Where is that incubator going to be plugged in during the trip? The eggs would be scrambled by the time they arrived. Plus it just doesn't make sense when you think about it. Why would a breeder sell the eggs when they could sell the babies directly out of the nest for much more?

The other two posts are correct and being a breeder since back in the age of dinosaurs I can tell you the things that you need to think about. The first one is that there is no such thing as a battery operated brooder that will keep the temperature at a controlled temperature for the trip. I mean even in controlled cases you still have to adjust the temperature every now and then. Then there is the right amount of humididty.Once again different temperatures can cause different humidity readings and that means adjusting both the humidity and temperatures. Finally like the second post said most eggs would not handle the movement and even in the right conditions the embryo is a delicate form of life and it will die in an instant if not taken care of and the least amount of vibration the better. So this is what I can tell you and there is more to shipping an egg then what these idiots even understand whom post these eggs for sale. The sad thing is that this scam goes on all over the world and even my friends in Australia have these posts show up on their websites within their country on local sites.

Denis

There is a scam post on this site, in the softbill and toucan section.
"toucangum"(e-mail richtom) also posted on a maui petshop site, listing his location as the island of Molokai. I don't think that toucans can be kept by private owners here.

My wife and I were out to Hawaii about two years ago and were looking at buying Pua Laws aviary and house, but the price was way out of reach and you are right about the birds. I learned quickly that not all birds are allowed into the state of Hawaii. There is a list and I haven't looked for it recently, but most of us figure that if it is warm that you can take your bird there and this is not true. Like other states on the main land Hawaii has restictions as they don't want to have harm done to their native birds, which are in danger now. Alan Lieberman is the man in Hawaii that is working very hard to keep certain species going there.

Denis

I appreciate your post. Most feral birds could also be destructive to our agriculture, and with the dangers of Avian flu and West Nile, there are severe restrictions to birds entering the state. Keeping a viable breeding population is a challenge and expensive for the local hobbyists. I just had 4 English Budgie males sent to me from Honolulu, and the shipping charges of an airline-approved crate, delivery to the airport, and air cargo totalled almost $100. As expected, 3 of the birds are not in breeding condition, and the other male appears to be a half-breed. Of course, that's the one that paired with my available hen, but they already have 3 eggs in the nest.

I have been in contact with the person selling the eggs and have been toying with her a little. She said she is in Redondo Beach--of course at a P.O. box. Her english is very broken and she keeps saying 50usd so it does sounds as if she is from outside the country. Part of me wants this to be true. Imagine having a hyacinth Macaw for 60.00!As the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true.....Thanks for all your responses!

If you want to see another scam regarding eggs and birds, try to get onto www.petshopmaui.com
select any item on the left menu, such as birds, and then select the bulletin board. The posts have been on for most of the year so far. Same eggs ? ! ! ! And the people ARE NOT on Molokai.

greylover -

Did you tell her where you live? If not, you should tell her you live in Hermosa Beach, which is right next to Redondo, and that you could pick up the egg(s) yourself. It would be interesting to see her response.

No one from the US would say 50 usd. We'd say $50.

Even if the $60 for a Hyacinth egg were true, I would strongly discourage you from buying one, unless you are VERY experienced at hand feeding the large macaws. A couple years ago, I considered buying a Hy for $5000 directly out of the nest. I had just moved into my first house, and I decided against it. Then later, I read that baby Hys have a higher mortality rate. I'm glad I didn't go for it.

If you are serious about wanting a Hyacinth, I know a breeder in the Chicago area that specializes in the larger macaws. I think he usually has a waiting list for his Hy babies.

Hi petdiva,
I am actually getting a baby greenwing macaw after Thanksgiving. The owners wanted me to take her before she was weaned (illegal)so I called my avian vet and she explained to me all the things that could go wrong plus macaws are the hardest to hand feed.A hyacinth macaw is my dream bird but my hubby is tolerating my birds as it is.My neighbor has a hy and she absolutely adores her! Thanks!

I know I am replying to an old post (before someone jumps on me), but I found this post and thought I would pass on in interesting story.

Years ago I was selling one of my baby cockatiels & 2 guys from Puerto Rico appeared at my door. One guy told me he was going to get into bringing parrot eggs into the US (because his cousin did this regularly). The cousin had a canvas vest with pockets in it. He successfully brought the eggs on the plane while he was wearing this vest! Supposedly the eggs were transferred to an incubator in the US, hatched and were sold as domestic parrots.

I told the two guys this was illegal and they really could not understand why. I always wondered if they got into the "business" also. This happened over 20 years ago.



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Hi and thank-you for responding.Maybe there are real deals out there but I would never encourage people to poach by fraternizing with them. I had never thought of the illegality of the situation.

That is just bringing in eggs from other countries. Now that egg vest may show up in the airport scans (???) I do not know.

When I was a kid, I tried to hatch some robins' eggs I found. I put them on my mother's pilot lite on her stove. Hard boiled them.

I have heard of people selling bird eggs. And you can send away for poultry/swan/peacock eggs.

I bought quail eggs and tried to hatch them years ago. Didn't hatch. I had someone give me some English keet eggs too. This time I put them under my own keets, and that worked. But to pay $50.00 for a parrot egg, no I do not think so. Of course there would be no guarantee if it didn't hatch, incubators are very tricky to get to work properly (never worked for me), and the best thing to sit on the egg is another bird. And there would be a good chance that you would lose the baby if you had to handfeed it from Day One. A different or similar species will not feed a strange species' babies.... Or if it does work, you will have beaten the odds!

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Disclaimer: My comments on this site are of my own opinion. My intent is a friendly chat, to promote the welfare and proper care of parrots, offer helpful bird advice, to alert this site to issues that may result in financial loss, or issues (pro or con) that may arise concerning obtaining, purchasing, or adopting pet birds/parrots. My intent is not to criticize or hurt anyone else's feelings. If anyone thinks my comments pertain to them specifically, I apologize to them in advance. If you object to my comments, private message me so as not to offend sensitive members on this site.
Thank you.