How to hatch wild bird eggs?

Question

I was just wondering how to hatch wild bird eggs because I found 2 little white eggs on the ground when i was headed to check the mail today and i brought them in because there was no nest or anything around it. The eggs are about an inch long about half an inch wide. I really fill like keeping these as my own so if you know anything about handling or anything let me know, please. Anyways I have them in a bowl with a damp towel and a light bulb handing over them keeping them warm. I also spray them every hour with water so they won't get so hot.I take them out every once in a while to make sure their not too hot or too cold. so if you get any info please tell me. Thank you very much!

Answer 1

I don't know if you just read the question before, but one of my babies just hatched.
I bought a heatlamp for reptiles with a red light bulb, but the eggs into a shoebox with a towel and turned the lamp on.
You have to keep enough distance that you don't kill the birds inside. Put a thermometer in and check that the temperature is between 96.8-104.9, if not you have to adjust the distance.
And keep a damp towel with them.

Get right away baby bird formula for wild birds, syringes, papertowels, a scale to keep track of the weight of the babybirds when they are hatched. And when they hatch, feed them right away.

Answer 2

Bird Eggs Hatching

Answer 3

if you spray them too much they can drown.

if you dont have the egg in an incubator, its unlikely the egg will hatch unless it was less than a week away from hatching when you found it.
birds need very specific conditions - anything more than 1.5 degrees too hot or too cold and the egg will die (literally).
also, they need specific humidity.
temp and humidity and how many times the egg is turned per day vary between species... and you dont even know what species the eggs are from.

also when the birds hatch they need to be fed EVERY 10 minutes from dusk til dawn, every day.

i suggest giving them over to an avian (bird) rescue organisation who can incubae and look after them properly.

meanwhile, you can candle the eggs to help determine if they are still alive - http://www.homestead.com/shilala/candling.html
this site shows you how.
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Answer 4

you have to find out what kind of eggs they are and get an incubator. once you have an incubator you have to turn the eggs every couple of hours so that the membranes do not form to one side of the egg. i doubt these eggs will hatch because you A: probably don't have them hot enough now B: you don't know how long they were sitting outside/how long they were left alone. But good luck with that.

Answer 5

You should not have taken the eggs. They might not be bird eggs, or they might be from a ground-nesting bird. Some birds, like the Killdeer, lay eggs directly on the ground with no nesting material around them.

In the US, All native birds are protected by the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is illegal for any person to possess nesting material, egg(s), feathers, bones or a live bird without the proper permits from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It is also illegal to harm or kill a protected bird species and it is illegal to remove or destroy nesting material. The law does not protect three birds, they are; Pigeon (rock dove), English house sparrow and the European starling.
Once a nest is established (first egg laid), it is illegal to destroy it. Never remove eggs or young from the nest."
http://www.willowbrookwildlife.org/GuidesDetail.asp?id=1

What you have done is potentially illegal, in addition to being a very bad idea. You should never take any eggs you find in nature. And to take eggs and try to hatch them, when you have no idea what type of bird or snake you will end up with, so you have no idea what care and feeding hey will need, is irresponsible.

Answer 6

are you sure these are the eggs from a bird and not a snake?

incubators are used to hatch eggs..they keep the temperature constant .....

seriously, since you found these eggs on the ground they could well be snake eggs....