The mom still comes back and is turing the eggs. Do birds have instinct if the eggs are not going to hatch?
2006-06-20 06:40:26 · 13 answers · asked by Rhonda L 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
Different birds require different incubation times. Some can take over a month. Considering the mother is still caring for the eggs I would say they need more time. Just leave them alone and soon enough they will be gone.
2006-06-20 06:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by crosby87babe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do no longer do something. they are probable already ineffective. i'm sorry yet this is the actuality. it truly is been too long. any further then 40 minutes and that they are long gone. in case you already had a warmth lamp set up, you have been waiting to assist, even yet it truly is too late. they could have been deserted besides some time past. If there is something incorrect with the eggs or the devolpment, the mummy won't hatch them. have you ever observed a broken robins egg interior the backyard with a a million/2 stepped forward chick? mom knew there replace right into a topic, picked that egg up and chucked it out the nest. perchance all 4 had a topic.
2016-10-31 04:44:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no usually it at least takes 8 weeks mayb a month 4 birds eggs 2 hatch
2006-06-20 06:44:43 · answer #3 · answered by Amaniiii <3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mother will abandon the nest if they won't hatch. But with 4 weeks it seems like a long time. If they haven't hatched in 2 weeks and she still comes back toss them.
2006-06-20 06:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
let it go for a like 3 more weeks and the mom bird does know if the eggs arent going to hatch
2006-06-20 06:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by Sprite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not yet because there were eggs in my back yard and the mom would come and check on the eggs every while and the eggs stayed at my6 back yard for like about 5 weeks. So just give it one more week and then see if it worke thats great if it didnt i dont no what to tell you then.
2006-06-20 06:48:51 · answer #6 · answered by tweetybird4@yahoo.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, they do have a sense for 'dead' eggs.
don't touch the eggs if you do the momma bird will pick up the foreign scent and leave her eggs.
it takes awhile for eggs to hatch. not saying it takes 9 months, but were you born after only a month? i hope not!! it can't be much longer now.
2006-06-20 06:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by Paigey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not right to toss them out let them hatch and they will leave eventually of course when they do u can take out the nest.
2006-06-20 06:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think so. If the mother returns, then I think it may be a few more days before they hatch. But if she doesn't, I bet they're just duds.
2006-06-20 06:45:35 · answer #9 · answered by DuStIn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give them one more week. And they should have hatch already.
2006-06-20 06:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋