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48 hour bird egg…eating, caring, etc…?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

So, you may have seen my last question about how i found a bird egg, that i do not know if it it a Robin or a Greckel. yes, i suppose you have, if not, well, then, keep reading. So, i have been incubating this egg for about 48 hours now. I DO know that it is ALIVE and growing. The egg has gotten a bit bigger since i last measured it (the day we found the egg). There were no birds nest around, not up in the short trees we have here…no where! the closest nest in in my backyard, in my BBQ pit, but i have been watching that nest since it was being built. there were 5 eggs the day before they hatched, and about 3 minutes after they all had hatched, i went outside and counted the chicks…and still 5! i know that i didnt miscount the # of eggs, there have only been 5, and no more, no less, since!
i have been rotating the egg regularly, and monitoring the size, and heat of the incubator…
my question is what i should do to prepair for the hatch.
once it hatches, its going to be hungry, right? so what do i feed it? i own 3 birds of my own, but, anyways, should i feed it parakeet fod for the first few “whiles”. i wont be keeping it as a pet, i am going to care for it until it opens its eyes, then its straight the ASPCA.
here are all my questions-
•what should i feed it after it hatches?
•BEFORE it hatches, what should i put it in? should i place it in a box, then back on the heating pad?
•what should i do to prepare for the hatch?
•do i need to find worms? or can i buy them from the fishing section at wal-mart?
•how many times do i need to feed it?
•what are good signs of health that i should be looking for?
•REMEBER, ITS A ROBIN EGG, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT I SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE CHICK DOESNT HAVE?
thnkx soooo much! ♥
btw, i do know that it is alive, i have tested it. and that was a visual account, im not sure that it has gotten bigger. please do not try to mock my intelligence.

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What Do I Do If My Wild Bird Egg Hatches?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin| 6 Comments

how do i look after a wild bird i dont have an incubator but i have made a nest and box and it is kept warm daily, i candled it and ther is sumthink inside it, i have no idea how old the egg is but im going to be really confues wen and if it hatches!!
IM FROM ENGLAND!

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What do I do with bird egg I found?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin| 8 Comments

So I went outside today and I saw two little blue brown-speckled eggs cracked open on the grass. One was just a shell the other had yolk pouring out. Then I found one that seems in tact. I put some grass in a box and put the egg in. The I put that under a lamp. What do I do now? I did some research saying it could be dead already and that I have to keep turning the egg so the embryo doesn’t stick to the egg. I saw a nest it must have fallen out of but it’s too high up for me to reach and theres wasps in there so I’m not going near it.

Anyone know how to care for bird eggs? What do I do if it hatches?

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Help with the bird egg!?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

Okay so i woke up today and went outside to check on my parakeets about 10 of them.So i put a nesting box in there and i saw one dead bird in there and the other one laying the egg.So there is 2 parakeets in that nest box one is dead i think is an adult and the Female is laying the egg any reason the other one died? And the Female bird seems staying on her egg the whole day she never get food.Will it die? What should i do with the dead bird and the female.Because the female is very aggressive toward me is protecting is egg so i cant get the dead bird out.Help i want the bird egg to hatch! Thank You for answering.PLEASE help

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Found a speckled bird egg, Need some advice on how to tell its still alive. Also ANY INFO that could be helpfu

Posted on December 17, 2011 by admin| 6 Comments

I found a speckled brown and white egg on the ground. There was no nest in sight, so I’ve had it under a lamp and in a box with washcloths for about a day. I can’t tell if its alive or not. I turn it every few hours though. It would be helpful if i could get some advice on what i should do…Including if its alive…..

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Can you help me with this bird egg?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

Yesterday, I found a bird’s egg by my neighbor’s yard. It was on the ground with no nest nearby. I set up a crude incubator to help keep it warm. I put the egg in a shoe box with some blankets and am heating it with one 60 watt and 40 watt bulb. They are at least 5 inches away from the egg. I contacted my local humane society and was told that I can bring it in tomorrow (which I plan on doing). Can you inform me on what else I should be (or shouldn’t be doing)? Thanks

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So when I was little I hatched a bird egg that was abandoned…?

Posted on April 10, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

When I was little, I found a nest that had been abandoned. I knew it was abandoned because I watched one bird, a yellow and black one, attack the mother bird (black and blue), and the yellow bird knocked three of the eggs out of the nest. I later found the mother bird on my front doorstep, dead :( (I’m assuming my cat got it, ha. He used to bring us presents lol). Anyway..
There was one egg left in that nest.

I brought it inside, but it in a little box with tissues on a heating pad.
About a week later, I woke up to a bird chirping. Haha.
I felt so accomplished.
Anyway..
I had NO idea what to do with a wild bird :|
I fed it milk and bread all turned into moosh in a dropper thing..
But the bird only lived to be a couple weeks old :( And one time I checked on it, it was dead!

I never knew what happened. I also want to do that again (but of course I’m not gonna go nest-robbing, ha.)

Do you know why the bird died?
I’m assuming it was the diet. Haha.
I don’t think baby birds are meant to eat cows milk and human bread… Haha

But oh well.
It was probably 7 years ago, I was only like 10..

But yea.
Just curious.
And… What is the RIGHT way to incubate eggs anyway? I just used a heating pad. I know an INCUBATER would have been smarter but yea. Didn’t have one. Haha.

K bye.
I don’t think baby birds are meant to eat cows milk and human bread… Haha

But oh well.
It was probably 7 years ago, I was only like 10..

But yea.
Just curious.
And… What is the RIGHT way to incubate eggs anyway? I just used a heating pad. I know an INCUBATER would have been smarter but yea. Didn’t have one. Haha.

K bye.
oops those details posted twice ha my bad

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