I'm ordering and egg and raising a baby

[Doublete]

My gcc was weaned when I got him. He did choose me in the bird store but I would say he merely likes me. He's 7 months now.

My amazon is almost 5, and I've had her since march. I do believe she adores me and our bond is very good for the relative new ness. I would suggest an older rehome... As it seems once they have a chance to choose a new "person" they know how good they have it and won't want to screw up... Whereas a young bird doesn't know so will test the bond and the boundaries...

 

[Ann333]

My gcc was weaned when I got him. He did choose me in the bird store but I would say he merely likes me. He's 7 months now.

My amazon is almost 5, and I've had her since march. I do believe she adores me and our bond is very good for the relative new ness. I would suggest an older rehome... As it seems once they have a chance to choose a new "person" they know how good they have it and won't want to screw up... Whereas a young bird doesn't know so will test the bond and the boundaries...

Interesting. I never thought of it this way. Have to say, I hope this isn't the case with all birds. I'd like to really be bonded to my bird but he was not an older rehome.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Would this "egg" be coming from Cameroon or Nigeria (or similar country) by any chance? In any case, this sounds like a scam to me too. There is NO WAY an egg can be shipped. It would die. They need to be kept at constant temperatures and rotated at precise timing intervals. Plus, no breeder (even bad ones who'd sell unweaned babies) would sell an egg.

Im not sure why you would think this. How do you guys think most fowl breeders get eggs? Eggs absolutely can be shipped. Now, parrot eggs I don't think is normal / a good idea, but chicken/quail/etc type eggs are shipped all the time and live. Now shipping is hard on eggs, but it's very very common.

I still think this is a bad idea, but you can ship eggs fine. So long as it doesn't begin incubating before you ship.

Yes, it's quite common in poultry and fowl eggs, and depending on the source the hatch rate is quite high.

How can April be sure that this is a scam? Well of course NOBODY can be certain of that, but chances are 99.99999% that it is indeed a scam. I can't tell you how many of these ads we (the moderators) remove from the forum after having checked out the brand new members that posted them. The vast majority of those (ex) members are indeed out of Cameroon and/or Nigeria. And the vast majority have track records of being registered scammers.

 

[JerseyWendy]

BTW, this scam has been around for years already.

https://danielwalthers.com/blog/?p=20

Aves International- Internet scams- THE FACTS

 

[Doublete]

My gcc was weaned when I got him. He did choose me in the bird store but I would say he merely likes me. He's 7 months now.

My amazon is almost 5, and I've had her since march. I do believe she adores me and our bond is very good for the relative new ness. I would suggest an older rehome... As it seems once they have a chance to choose a new "person" they know how good they have it and won't want to screw up... Whereas a young bird doesn't know so will test the bond and the boundaries...

Interesting. I never thought of it this way. Have to say, I hope this isn't the case with all birds. I'd like to really be bonded to my bird but he was not an older rehome.

It's probably not 100% the case but in a lot of cases... It is...

 

[Mekaisto]

Poultry eggs and parrot eggs are completely different. Altricial and precocial chicks have completely different incubation requirements. This is a scam, and if it's not - you're not going to have a lot of luck getting the egg to hatch.

 

[Kiwibird]

Would this "egg" be coming from Cameroon or Nigeria (or similar country) by any chance? In any case, this sounds like a scam to me too. There is NO WAY an egg can be shipped. It would die. They need to be kept at constant temperatures and rotated at precise timing intervals. Plus, no breeder (even bad ones who'd sell unweaned babies) would sell an egg.

Im not sure why you would think this. How do you guys think most fowl breeders get eggs? Eggs absolutely can be shipped. Now, parrot eggs I don't think is normal / a good idea, but chicken/quail/etc type eggs are shipped all the time and live. Now shipping is hard on eggs, but it's very very common.

I still think this is a bad idea, but you can ship eggs fine. So long as it doesn't begin incubating before you ship.

Comparing poultry eggs to parrot eggs is comparing apples to oranges. Poultry eggs have entirely different (and much less sensitive, to my understanding) heat, humidity and rotation requirements to parrot eggs. Poultry birds, in general, are much hardier than parrots in a wide variety of climates, and thus, have hardier eggs able to withstand the variety of climates the egg may be exposed to. Parrots are seasonal layers who's bodies are triggered by very precise environmental factors (which is why breeding many species is so tricky). Not to mention, chicken and other poultry laying habits are different to parrot laying habits. If the egg doesn't hatch, they won't just be able to send another one right away due to rarity and once the narrow window of the breeding season is over for the year, it's over.

Plus, this scam has been around forever! It's all over craigslist- "Live parrot eggs! Ready to ship from Cameroon!" with some googled images of said species and details how you can wire money to some country that would probably take WEEKS to ship a package to the US from due to exports/import laws (not to mention, I'm pretty sure import of live parrot eggs is just as illegal as live birds without special permits). I'm sure some dishonest people in the US might've picked up on this lucrative scam so there *may* be some US based "eggs" around now too, but that doesn't make it any less of a scam.

 

[Birdman666]

Bottom line: Don't say we didn't warn you...

I won't even ask if you're an experienced hand feeder, I don't want to even go that far. Chances are I won't have to worry about it because the odds are the egg will never hatch... assuming it isn't one of those "disappearing Camaroon eggs." (i.e. scam.)

This is something that is better left to a good breeder.

The MYTH that handfeeding a baby increases it's bond with you is exactly that - MYTH - that's been busted for decades - but people still buy into it...

(And then they make mistakes hand feeding and kill thier babies.)

This MYTH was perpetuated by LAZY breeders who wanted to make money from selling the eggs, but didn't want to take on the HUGE responsibility of hand feeding the chicks...

YOU DO IT (SUCKER!!!) SO THE BIRD WILL BOND TO YOU...

IT WAS CRAP THEN. IT'S CRAP NOW. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A BOATLOAD OF CRAP... and it gets baby birds killed, so it's time to BUST this MYTH at every given opportunity!

NOVICES SHOULD NOT BUY UNWEANED BABY BIRDS! That is NOT MYTH!

 

[JerseyWendy]

The OP changed her mind.

http://www.parrotforums.com/congo-t...comments-i-realized-getting-egg-bad-idea.html