Pigeon egg dead or alive?

[baconandbicep]

Recently there was an installation of repellent spikes on my window. My landlord picked up a couple of pigeon eggs. We're not sure how long it has been there but a pair of adult pigeons were hanging around the window. I'm a few levels up so leaving the eggs during a windy and rainy weather isn't the best option or leaving them downstairs as there are cats and snakes.

I'm not sure whether the eggs are alive now. If they are I do plan on doing a DIY incubator for them to hatch. They are currently under a heat lamp with warm towel. As attached below are one of the egg. As for the other, the shell has cracked slightly before my landlord picked it up.

Update: saw a vein moving/pumping. Is this an indication the egg is still alive?

 

[nchls school]

If you can see blood veins the egg/s are alive.

 

[nchls school]

Veins break down very fast once an embryo has died.

 

[backyard pigeons]

Recently there was an installation of repellent spikes on my window. My landlord picked up a couple of pigeon eggs. We're not sure how long it has been there but a pair of adult pigeons were hanging around the window. I'm a few levels up so leaving the eggs during a windy and rainy weather isn't the best option or leaving them downstairs as there are cats and snakes.

I'm not sure whether the eggs are alive now. If they are I do plan on doing a DIY incubator for them to hatch. They are currently under a heat lamp with warm towel. As attached below are one of the egg. As for the other, the shell has cracked slightly before my landlord picked it up.

Update: saw a vein moving/pumping. Is this an indication the egg is still alive?

Good luck. Keep the eggs at about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. be ready to hand raise the baby. They aren't like a chicken chick. Lots and lots of research.