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Completely agree. Even if it isn't a barn owl egg, no matter what it is we don't want to go around hatching mystery eggs (unless they're mystery eggs of the domestic fowl sort--in that case, go for it and have fun!).
As an experienced wildlife rehabilitator, I can say if you did manage to hatch some sort of wild creature, you'd be in for far more trials and difficulty than you would expect, and you would likely just end up killing the baby even with your best efforts to rear it properly. Even with all the training, education, cooperation and complex discussions my wildlife rehab group does, we still have a lot of problems that we face in raising the animals properly from a number of standpoints. It's just much more complicated then you would ever think. It's also a massive commitment, feeding and caring for a baby wild bird.
Having had up to thirty wild birds of various species in my house at a given time, I can say when you have wild babies, you do few things other than care for them. I commit my summers to this, and during the time I'm caring for them I hardly ever leave the house, hardly get anything done in the house, and essentially my whole life becomes centered around these babies.
I doubt you're going to try and hatch it anyway, but I just thought I'd type this up anyway just in case anyone else ever ends up in a similar situation. If you find an abandoned nest of eggs and you want to help, just call a wildlife rehab group near you and they'll give you some advice on what to do with them, whether it's bring them in to them or leave them alone.
ugliest thing I've ever seen!
