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Can a mother bird move eggs from one nest to another after the eggs have been laid?
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∙ 14y ago
No because the egg needs incubation at all times.
I suppose you could is move the mother duck with it, put her on a cushion or something.
It is illegal to move a wild duck egg [Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16U.S.C. 703-712)] . You can be cited if an officer sees you. Even lifting the eggs destroys them and the ducks will continue to nest with no possibility of them hatching.
Not to mention you may be beaten senseless by the couple who's eggs you're trying to move. They get really mad if you get within 5 feet of a nest.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoFor nest building birds the answer is no--they do not have the capability to carry the eggs. Some birds, like penguins, actually carry their egg (only one) around on top of their feet, to keep it from direct contact with the antarctic ice. Some ground nesting birds can move the eggs around, or retrieve an egg that rolls a very short distance outside the nest hollow.
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Human Handling sparrow bird eggs?
There is an old myth that handling bird eggs will cause the mother and father bird to reject them. This is not true, at all. As a matter of fact, if you find sparrow eggs and the nest has been destroyed, you could make a new nest and put the eggs in it, and the mother and father birds will be just fine with that.
When does birds have eggs?
A mother bird will lay an egg when it has breed with a male bird.
Which bird lays its eggs in the nest of another bird?
the cowbird
How parrots born?
a bird a bird
If the mother laid 9 eggs and stayed for 3 days and then left for 3 days are the eggs going to be ok?
This is an incomplete question. What type of bird ? Does the mother hen return after 3 days. Normally no mother bird would do that .
Do bird eggs feel pain if their mother abandons them and they are dying?
No they don't.
Which bird tips another birds eggs and young from the nest then claims the nest for itself?
The cow bird. The cow bird lays it's eggs in another birds nest, and then when the cow bird's eggs begin to hatch, the baby cow birds will push the other birds out of the nest.
What does incubated by mother mean?
This means the eggs of an animal are kept warm by the mother until the young animal or bird is ready to hatch. For example, the mother platypus incubates its eggs by curling around them; the mother echidna incubates its egg by keeping it in a temporary pouch; a mother scrub turkey incubates her eggs by burying them in a mound of earth and twigs and regularly testing the temperature of the mound; the average bird incubates its eggs by sitting on them to keep them warm.
Can birds carry their eggs because a bird laid 2 eggs in a nest on my porch in a hanging basket it was there for a week and then i looked and it was gone along with the eggs and there was no shell?
No. The eggs were probably eaten by another bird.
Who sits on bird eggs?
There are male birds that do share in the sitting and rearing of baby birds.
Should move the mother goldfish out of the tank?
Goldfish have been known to eat their own young so moving the mother goldfish out of the tank and into another is probably a good idea. You do not need to do this if the eggs have not been fertilized by a male goldfish. In that case, it is perfectly fine to leave the eggs with the mother as she will greatly enjoy devouring them.
What's the most baby birds a bird can have?
There is no specific record regarding the most chicks a bird can have, but during a single breeding period, female emus have been known to lay between twenty and fifty eggs. Whether or not all the eggs hatch is another matter.
