Eagle egg under my buff

[Tundrawooky]

Have you heard the story of the farmer that put an eagle egg in his coop for a broody hen to sit on? When it hatched it thought it was a chicken like the others.
Their is eagle nests all over the place where I live, I'm thinking about stealing and egg and sliding it under my buff Orpington. She's a mad broody hen!!!

 

[MeanCheek]

Have you heard the story of the farmer that put an eagle egg in his coop for a broody hen to sit on? When it hatched it thought it was a chicken like the others.
Their is eagle nests all over the place where I live, I'm thinking about stealing and egg and sliding it under my buff Orpington. She's a mad broody hen!!!

Highly illegal! An eagle?

 

[MeanCheek]

Highly illegal! An eagle?

Sorry, that kind of sounds rude, but taking even a native duck egg is bad.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I'm sure you're joking, but folks have chickens raise all different kinds of legal birds: ducks, turkeys, geese, peafowl...

 

[Tundrawooky]

Eagle should have NEVER been our national bird, it's nasty and kills all kinds of wildlife. Goat kids etc. Eagle are a menace in Alaska so it's not a big deal.

 

[Aunt Angus]

You gotta stop posting this illegal stuff. Goes against BYC rules. You'll end up getting deleted/blocked.

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

It doesn’t matter if they’re considered pests where you live. You have no way to raise an eagle, and it is highly illegal.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

In the United States, it is against the law to intentionally destroy the egg of a bald eagle.

It’s true. Under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940, deliberately destroying – or even disturbing – a bald eagle’s egg is punishable by a maximum $5,000 fine and up to a year in prison.

https://savethestorks.com/2018/01/b...=In the United States, it,to a year in prison.

 

[21hens-incharge]

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits the taking, killing, capturing, transporting, harboring of the birds or hatching eggs, that which are Native to the United States of America, Europe and central Asia. All are protected by state and federal agencies.

https://www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php

https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/policy/species-protection-and-hunting-birds

Any threads started on this subject will be closed.

Thank you for your understanding.

-BYC Staff