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Rocky Rhodes said:
Yesterday my wife found a beautiful little robin's egg laying in the grass at the edge of her aunt's yard. I candled it and checked it for cracks and couldn't find any reason for it to have been discarded by the parent birds. We are 90% sure that it was not there earlier in the day. It must have fell from the nest by accident, luckily it landed in thick grass and is undamaged. I know it is probably silly to think that I can successfully raise a robin chick, I may have trouble with the whole regurgitating food thing. Has anyone ever tried to hatch or raise a wild songbird, any advice? I read online that they hatch in 12 to 14 days, I put it in the incubator that I am using as a hatcher at 100 degrees. The first thing that I thought when I saw that egg was, " Wouldn't it be cool to..." COUNSELING, That's what I need.

I guess I have to turn it myself, I wish I had quail racks for one of my turners.
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My advice is to put the egg back in the nest and let the parents hatch it. It is NOT true that birds will not care for anything touched by humans. That is a fallacy.. It is possible that the egg fell after a storm or wind or just by mistake. You could see if there are other eggs in the nest and just tuck it back in and watch it.
 
We tried to locate the nest and could not find a nest anywhere. The only two options are to put it back in the grass were we found it, or try to hatch it. I guess a third option would be to discard it, but I hate to do that.
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Someone told my BIL not to eat eggs from game chickens. They visited the other day, questioning dh about my chickens. He yells 'Hey Chickenlady!' After a few minutes discussing breeds BIL says as if he knew from experience'you don't want to eat no game eggs.' Dhs family has thought of me as a city snob for years so I just listened, saying nothing. (Sometimes it is best to just stay quiet!) His adult stepson that own games asked him why not, they're the same as any other egg? I think at that point the subject got changed because "THEY" weren't there to give an answer. I eat eggs from my OEGB all the time
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Seems I've missed a lot!
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I'll be back later. But for now, here are the new additions who came home today!

I'm pretty sure this is our Easter Egger, Holly.


This is Domino


Vesper


Honey, our Chocolate Orpington


And last, our Replacement Dorothy. She is very tired after her 80+ mile road trip.
 

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