Bird Eggs?!?

Question

HELP!!! My sister and I found bird eggs but how long 'till they hatch!!!??? They're bright blue... HELP!!!

Answer 1

leave them alone!! if u touch the eggs the mother wont ever touch them again but when they do hatch it is fine to touch them but they have gross bacteria!! :o

Answer 2

I found a duck egg not to long ago, I think I may have killed it=<

they have to stay warm, bird eggs of any kind are super hard to keep alive by a human-

Answer 3

probably a coulple of days to a couple of weeks. if there is a big dark spot on it and they are cold then they are dead and won't hatch. if they are still alive, keep them under a heater lamp  with a blanket underneath them until they hatch.

Answer 4

in about 6 weeks.

Answer 5

Well, it's hard to tell. It would probably be prudent to pick them out of the nest now and eat them as soon as possible before they get too developed.

Answer 6

i would leave them alone

the mama wont touch them if she knows you touched them

Answer 7

your sister has found some robin's eggs. If she found them on the ground, there might not be hope for them and if they do hatch, the chicks don't stand a chance unless you are a professional animal wildlife person. (judging by the question you have asked, you are not :) ) if she found them in a tree she needs to put them back right away so the mom can take care of them properly. try to find an animal wildlife rescue near where you live. they deal with that stuff a lot.

Answer 8

Make sure the egg's already been dead or alive.

Answer 9

Where did you find them? If it was on the ground or something I'd keep them "warm", not hot, but warm, for the time being and look in the yellow pages or internet for your closest animal shelter, or any place that would take in animals. Few of us would be able to handle raising young chicks, so if they hatch, it would be best to give it to someone who might be able to do something.

Or they're already goners. Who knows.

Answer 10

Sounds like they may be robin eggs. Gestation for robin eggs is approximately two weeks. Has the bird been taking care of them? If not, the eggs may be dead and they may never hatch. Whichever it is, do not touch the nest. Do watch from a distance and if the mother bird is taking care of them, you'll get to see little naked baby birds very soon!

Answer 11

If you have messed with them then they are dead already.

Answer 12

i hope it works out.  we had some eggs hatch and the neighbors cat ate them   i hate that cat.

help please

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Answer 13

Put them back where you found them.  Taking them out of the wild is illegal.

You are breaking federal wildlife laws.  Wild birds are protected.  You cannot touch or take birds, eggs or nests.

Wild birds need to be raised by wild parents.  They know how to care for their own babies.  They do not need your help, and you don't need to break the law.

Don't worry about touching the eggs.  Birds cannot smell humans.  The parents will not reject the eggs because they have been touched.

edit***  If you didn't touch, or take the eggs - why scream "Help!?"   No reason to get excited.

It takes about 2 weeks of incubation before the eggs will hatch.

Please keep your distance.  Try binoculars.

edit***   I'm a little concerned.  What exactly do you mean by "take care of them".  There isn't just a mom - there's a dad, too.  Both parents take care of their young.  They do not need any help.    You are not a friend to them  - you are a threat, and that's the way it's supposed to be.  Wild animals need to have a fear of humans.

What nesting birds need is privacy and safety.   You shouldn't be anywhere near their nest.  If you have cats - please keep them indoors.  If you disturb the parent birds, or if they are threatened by other predators, they may abandon the nest.

Observe nature, but do not interfere.

Answer 14

do NOT touch them, depending on where they are the mother will come to get them, The only thing you can do is keep them from harms way and keep a distance from them, if you stay to close to them she wont come and they WILL die, if you touch them they WILL die so really in total you can only hope and wait.

Answer 15

Leave them where you found it. IF YOU ARE TOUCHING THEM WITH YOUR BARE HANDS THE MOTHER WILL REJECT THEM AND THEY WILL DIE. You could bring them to your local animal shelter or something.

Answer 16

AH why did you touch them! the mother would of took care of them no matter what, and if she didn't then thats up to her... but now its really to hard to hatch them,, but if your gona try(now that the mother wont anymore) put them under a lamp very warm... good luck

Answer 17

It depends on how long ago you found the eggs. They're Robbins eggs if they're bright blue. I'd call sulphur creek and ask them to help. For now try to keep them around !00 degrees Fahrenheit.

Answer 18

They are robin eggs.

My brother found some eggs too but the never hatched.

First, they need the warmth of the mother to keep them warm enough to survive. Second, if you use a lamp or something like that, it is very hard to keep them a certain tempurature to keep them warm enough, or cold enough.

My guess is, they wont hatch. I think if it has already been a a few days it is just best to leave them outside, or if it hasnt been that long to call your local animal services because they will be able to use an incuator to keep it warm enough to survive.

Answer 19

Those are robin's eggs.  Be sure to leave the nest alone and not touch them if at all possible.   Best to watch from afar so the mom will not get upset. They will hatch 12-14 days after the mom bird begins to sit on them.

Answer 20

Leave them alone, they are Robin's eggs. Their mum will take care of them. If you took them from the nest please put them back asap!

Answer 21

that probably means the birds are going to die if you touched the eggs, this might help if you are considering raising them yourself.......

When attempting to raise a baby bird, we truly are giving nature a second chance. Birds received into our care would otherwise most likely be dead. Nature produces in abundance but not every baby bird lives or is meant to live. It is estimated that only 20% of all birds hatched will make it through their first year; the majority of first-year bird fatalities occur within the first few months of life. Some birds we receive are among those that would not have survived naturally; many, however, are in need of care as a direct or indirect result of human activity. Occasionally, a bird that appears completely healthy will die for no obvious reason. The success rate for raising apparently healthy birds from approx. 1 - 2 weeks of age to release age is about 80%. The survival rate decreases with hatchlings, sick or injured birds and fragile species. Upon release, the odds for survival are probably about 50% for the rest of their first year. We can improve the odds by implementing all methods possible to provide a bird every advantage for survival in the wild.

  

As a rough guideline for determining the age of most songbirds, a featherless, “naked” baby (with or without down) is less than a week old, a bird with “pin” feathers (growing feathers are encased in shafts) is 1 - 2 weeks old, a fully feathered baby (fledgling) with a ½” tail is 2 - 2½ weeks old. At two weeks of age, a baby bird is usually perching outside of its nest; at 3 weeks of age, many songbirds can fly somewhat. At 4 weeks of age, most songbirds are almost adult-sized and feathered enough for sustained flight.



From hatching onward, the more a bird can see and hear of the outdoors, the better. Place birds in front of windows, always allowing for natural daylight and a view of the outdoors.

All species benefit by being raised and released with others of their own kind. If babies are not raised with their “biological” siblings, every effort is made for them to be raised with others of their own species or with the closest available substitute(s). If you are raising a wild bird you have found, consider adopting another from a wildlife organization to avoid raising one bird alone. It is especially important that doves (and pigeons) be raised with others, as one raised alone may be too tame to survive in the wild. If you are prepared to invest the time, energy and expense to properly care for a wild bird and equip it for survival in the wild, a wildlife organization should work with you if you are willing to travel to obtain their help.



  Birds operate on extremely thin margins of metabolic safety and can starve to death in mere hours. Passerines and other small species require constant caloric energy. Food can pass through an insect-eating bird in only 12 minutes! Consider how rapidly many birds develop from egg to self-sufficiency; a tremendous amount of food and nutrition are packed into the first few weeks of a bird’s life. In the wild, babies are fed from sunrise to sunset—the equivalent of 15 hours of a summer day.

Nestlings require an external heat source and a makeshift “nest”. To simulate nests, place baby birds in small wicker/straw baskets (or strawberry baskets); use unscented tissues, paper towels, cotton hand towels/washcloths in a cup-shaped fashion to provide support for baby birds’ legs and feet. Place “nests” on a heating pad and maintain a temperature of 90º. A baby bird should never be placed on a flat or slick surface or on newspaper!



  

It is imperative that nature be mimicked as closely as possible—not only with diet and frequency of feedings, but also with environmental conditions. Such conditions include proper housing and space, visual stimuli, interaction with other birds, flight and foraging practice, different diameter natural perches, plenty of daytime light and natural sounds, etc..

When a bird is walking or hopping and mostly feathered, offer food for self-feeding. Offer food before offering water. When you know that a bird has eaten successfully on its own, add a shallow dish of water. Remember that the bird may jump into it; make sure that the dish is not too deep and that the bird can get out of it easily. Continue using paper or cloth towels and keep heat available—especially at night.

Learning to eat is a process—the duration of which depends upon the species and can vary among individuals. Just as the parents do not stop feeding their young when they have begun to pick up food, neither must we. When baby birds leave the nest, they follow their parent(s) short distances to learn where and how to find food. In the wild, young birds are usually flying before eating on their own. While young birds learn to forage, recognize food and practice eating, they will continue to beg for food from their parents. The length of time parents continue to feed their flighted offspring varies among species.

Never assume that a bird is entirely self-feeding and self-sufficient after you have seen it begin to eat on its own; supplemental feeding is still necessary. The frequency of feedings and/or amounts of food will gradually be reduced over a period of several days to a few weeks. Monitor the droppings and do not remove the heat source until a bird has been eating completely on its own for a week, even if it stays on a perch.

Answer 22

DONT TOUCH THEM!!!!!!!  YOU WILL KILL THEM!!!!!!  THEY CANT HATCH WITHOUT THEIR MOTHER!!!!!!!!   IF YOU TOUCH THEM THE MOTHER WONT TAKE THEM BACK!!!!!!

Ps - they are robin's eggs