Will my egg be alive after 10-12 hours without it's mum?

Question

My cat scared off mummy pigeon, and there is an egg in the nest, this happed once before, but the mum came back, so i decided to let nature take it's corse! But 10-12 hours later... all night, no sighn of mum, so i took the egg out of the nest and am now incubating it under a hot light. I have tried to candle it and i saw vaines, and i shock it a little and heard no water, is there a chance of my little egg(Pijge) being alive after 10-12 hours of no mum.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

p.s i have now been incubating the egg for 2 days.

Answer 1

You need to either put it back where you found it, or call your local animal care center. I know it seems cruel to put it back, but if it wasn't warm when you picked it up, then it's probably not alive. Sorry, but thank you for trying to help it. I researched trying to hatch eggs from wild birds, and it seems that you could get a fine for doing so, since pretty much all birds (if you live in the US) are protected. One time i found a baby Green Heron in our backyard, we took it to someone who was licensed to have wild birds and she took care of it for a while then set it free. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

You sholud of left them alone. The pigeon won't come back now that you've handled the eggs and the eggs won't hatch.

Answer 3

Just wait it out. If it's not hatched after about 20 days, then chances are it won't hatch.

And if I'm honest with you, the whole world could do with pigeons. And have you thought about actually how you're going to rear it after? I've hand reared birds, and it's impossible. Unless you know what you're doing (my mum rehabilitates wildlife), I wouldn't.