My macaw recently made an egg

[Pajarita]

I don't know how eggs are in your country but, here, we can get medium, large, extra large and jumbo eggs and the medium ones are very similar to a macaw egg.

[seagoatdeb]

Arent you worried that using chicken eggs might expose the Macaw to possible Samonella?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377917/

[liz]

Wash it with dish soap and rinse twice then dry with a towel.

[Pajarita]

Yes, washing them, as Liz recommends, would do it but they would also have to be boiled before putting them in the nest.

[seagoatdeb]

yes that is what i have been taught, you must boil them to kill the Samonella.

[Pajarita]

Actually, I would hard-boil them even if there was no danger of salmonella (to avoid breakage).

[Bird woman]

You can order safe dummy eggs on line , all sizes . B.W.

[Pajarita]

Yes, Birdwoman, you are 100% correct but the OP is in Sweden or Finland and the bird has already laid the egg so I figured that the fastest thing would be to use a chicken egg to replace the real one.

[Bird woman]

Sometimes they will have them at the grange or a feed store , but over there ?????? Do they farm or is it to cold ? Ignorant about other countries B.W.

[Wolf]

Not sure but I believe that they are one of the worlds leaders in greenhouse technologies for growing food.