How do you tell if a macaws egg is alve or not?

Answer 1

Testing for fertility is virtually the same for all birds from pet parrots to poultry. The obvious is you must have a male and female to get a fertile egg. It sounds silly yes but you would be surprised how many people get an egg weather macaw, finch, or chicken and automatically assume its fertile. Think before you get excited about your new egg friend.

Candling is a method used in embryology to study the growth and development of an embryo inside an egg. There are several avian lab and equipment manufacturers that will sell you a piece of candling equipment. If you are smart enough to figure out it takes a male and female bird to make an egg... well you probably figured out the term candling. By shining a light through an egg you can see the embryo and if it's fertile or not.

An Egg Candling Light is as simple as a special pen light to something that looks like a flash light. Yes in the old days they used a candle. You have to be really good to use a candle that is why the modern Egg Candling Light is not just a flashlight. Could you use a flashlight? Depends on your eye and the flashlight. Some might say you cannot but remember this procedure started with a candle years ago.