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What should I do with my macaws egg?

I have a blue and gold macaw that has layed three eggs so far(the first two were destroyed by the male macaw), after this last egg was layed I took the male away and separated him....Do I hatch the egg with an incubator or let the mother hatch it? Do I keep the male (father) away or put him back and if I put him away for how long? Does the mother bird need any spesific food or shelter? This has never happened and I want to keep the egg to hatch if possible. Please help ohh the egg is only hours old and currently the mother is sitting on it.

Public Comments

1. Call your local vet. Tell them you need the advice of an AVIAN VET, and see who they recommend. Call the avian vet and ask the same questions. Proper breeding of baby birds warrants expertise, financial resources, patience and time. For now, let the mother continue to sit on the egg. Call the vet first thing in the AM or now, depending on your time zone.
2. Let nature take its course and let mom do what she was designed to do. If you do not want to take any chances then a incubator may be the direction to go. I would base that decision on what mom is doing. Is she spending time on the egg or ignoring it.
3. Why did you pull the male? If the cage is not big enough eggs will get broken, make sure the cage is big enough and replace the male with the hen. For right now you need to let the hen have the egg to hatch it out. Apparently you don't know what you are doing and the last thing you need to do is have more birds filling up the rescues. Place the egg back with the hen and let her do what she needs to do. You can't properly turn the egg like the hen can. Meanwhile work on getting a bigger cage to properly house both macaws. Good Luck!