urgent found egg

[yoanbob]

bobs away on his stag thingy and i'm studing, exams are on monday, but keep it warm for now and keep turning it, can pop over mon after exams, as they are in man.

[yoanbob]

oh, feed it elsie smoothie, slightly adapted for robins, get some husk free bird food, add a worm and some water, blend, feed.

[Dobby]

the food sounds nice
not shore what time we will be in on monay will PM you later when Mrs D get in

[yoanbob]

oaky doaky, good luck with the egg

[TPeers]

Food for a baby robin would be caterpillers, insects and meal worms fed whole by the parents who then wait and take out the fecal sac - you can order mealworms (live ones!) from CJ Wildbird Foods, www.birdfood.co.uk, they might also be able to give you some advice.

Good Luck, just think if you get that 1 in 1000 chance and it hatches you might have a pet robin!

Terry

[shirlthegirl43]

Not being funny but Mrs D's cleavage would be the ideal temperature for the egg

[Dobby]

thanks tpeers will have a look
Mrs Ds cleavage mmmm theyll be a fight on for that then
she will be home soon and she will be online

[yoanbob]

people used to do that with chook eggs, but they had better dresses in those days!
robins eggs are tiny, carfull it doesnt fall out!

[Two_Sheds]

I've heard of people hatching eggs in their bra...apparently an ideal temperature !

[Paulottie]

there is a bird nesting in the bugla at the frunt of the house thought about putting it in there but if its only going to get pushed out then i wont do that

Why not? Cuckoos do it

[yoanbob]

because they can count, you would need to do what cookoos do and dislodge an origal egg, by trying to save this one dont think they would want to distroy another

[Paulottie]

Wow, How facinating Yo an Bob.

[yoanbob]

only days birds carnt count, first day of being broody, i.e. sitting on eggs, and first day of hatching, if you have day old chicks then put them under, otherwise they know, and will kill it.

[Paulottie]

Looked up the egg in my book...a plain blue egg is probably a dunnock's (hedge sparrow). It says that cuckcoo will often lay in this nest...perhaps the cuckcoo threw it out to make way?...elementary my dear Watson

A robin's egg is a buff -marked with a light reddish brown. Is it safely nesstled in Mrs D's bra then?

[Mrs Dobby]

I dont wear a bra!!!!!

So nope, its not being incubated between my boobs, sorry guys!