My husband found 5 house sparrow eggs and brought them home. I put them into a shoebox with a towel and have a heatinglamp shining on them. At the right temperature though, I did some research.
How do I know if they are fertile?
I read something about candling them, but don't know how to do that.
Please help me out with that!
2007-06-09 11:48:36 · 4 answers · asked by Kribensis lover 7 in Pets ➔ Birds
How long do I keep the heatlamp on, all day and night?
2007-06-09 12:22:03 · update #1
here is a good sight to learn anout candling eggs...good luck
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res26-candling.html
2007-06-09 11:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by mom tree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are probably fertile and if you do everything correctly they will probably hatch. Then what are you going to do? Lets say again you successfully raise them, again, then what are you going to do. They will have imprinted on you and will never survive in the wild so you will have to keep these birds for the rest of their lives, about 8 years. Have you thought this through?
House sparrows are an introduced species from England and Europe, and are often called English Sparrows. They are considered a threat to our local and native sparrows and finches. I'm a 36 year member of the Audubon Sociecty and I would not try to rescue a house sparrow.
2007-06-09 12:29:43 · answer #2 · answered by DaveSFV 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if they were layed (and it is nesting season) then it is a good bet that they are fertile. And it never hurts to just keep them around in an incubator, b/c hatching eggs is REALLY low maintenance. It wouldn't hurt, just figure out the incubation period for a sparrow.
2007-06-09 11:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by michaelyodepi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try candling them. positioned the eggs over a bright flashlight, in a gloomy room. you may see like a gloomy spot, or veins. (as quickly as I candle my eggs i see no veins...in any case) maybe someplace on your place you have a warmth lamp? particular? basically save the eggs heat, yet to not heat. it could kill the egg if its too heat. i've got been informed that eggs with out their mom or an incubator don't have plenty hazard, yet do not permit that carry you lower back.(i don't have an incubator the two, yet i'm nonetheless attempting my eggs too) save on attempting to hatch them! try looking up in google, the thank you to hatch a sparrow egg, wish i helped :D!
2016-11-09 22:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by lanman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋