Anyone ever hatched a wild bird egg???(Not large birds)?

Question

If so how and please be detailed. Thank you so so much.

The bird is an oregon Junco and I do not plan on keeping it!!! Please help me I need more imformation. Thank you.

Answer 1

BEWARE OF RASBERRY!!! SHE IS NOT A VET!!! hatching a bird requres alot of time and an incubator or a mom bird...


I found some great pages about hatching eggs. Too much to put in here so I posted the links. hope they help you...smile... good luck.....

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKIncubation.html
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res20-incubator.html
http://www.utm.edu/departments/ed/cece/idea/incu.shtml
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/chicken3.htm
http://www.herpcam.com/incubator.htm
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI0631.html
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factsheets/8.html
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/hatch.htm

Answer 2

hatching an egg requires an incubator - you also need to know what species the egg is because different birds require different temperatures, humidity and how many times the egg is turned.
you can NOT hatch a newly laid egg under a heatlamp unless you are very lucky... this is because 1.5 degrees too hot or too cold and the egg will die.

however...

if the egg is only a week away from hatching, you can hatch it. you need a heatlamp, a small box, a thermometre and a damp cloth (in the box to provide humidity).
it helps to know the species so you can look up what temp you should keep it at.

warning - newly hatched wild birds need to be fed every 10-15 minutes from dawn til dusk - thats more than 120 feedings per day.

its much wiser to leave the egg in its nest or hand it over to professional avain rehabilitators.
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Answer 3

I had just hatched 2 eggs, 2 eggs are still left
I took a shoebox, put a towel in, and took a heatlamp where the temp has to be between 96.8-104.9
After it hatches you need to have a heating pad, papertowels, syringes and special baby bird formula.
Here is also a website that gives great info
http://www.lafeber.com/Products/feeding_instructions.asp

Answer 4

Yes!! My dad did!! He had an incubator for his quail and found a pheasant egg it hatched but it died no mom to feed it ! It was so sad!! If you don't have an incubator just keep it warm with a tea towel and a hot water bottle or an electric blanket would be better! Keep it warm not hot!! The egg maybe dead already if you just found it abandoned!!

Answer 5

i havent. and if that happened to me then i will take are of the bird as if it was my own bird. then when it gets old enough then let him/her free into the wild

Answer 6

No.