Bird Question

KBabySmiles · May 2011

I know nothing about birds, but you guys were so helpful with jhobel's duck. I thought you might know this answer for me.

From the duck post I learned that ducks lay their eggs over a few days...do they hatch over a few days as well? or do they all hatch at once?

We have a robins nest in our back yard and some of the eggs have hatched, but there's still one sad lonely egg in there. Is there still hope for that one?

Tarah716 · May 2011

Maybe, if the mom has kept it in her nest it might still be alive. She'll toss it out if it's a dud.

jennic22 · May 2011

When we had our "pet" duck, her eggs seemed to hatch over about 3 days. There was at least one, maybe two, that didn't hatch at all. Not sure if this is typical for ducks or other birds.

MrsRenee · May 2011

Just watch out so the pigs don't steal it. Birds get angry when that happens

And yes- I'm a dork

Tarah716 · May 2011

MrsRenee:
Just watch out so the pigs don't steal it. Birds get angry when that happens

And yes- I'm a dork

*snorts* Well at least if you're good with flinging rubber bands like in Mary's QOTD you could get some revenge.

lilnephie · May 2011

KBabySmiles:

I know nothing about birds, but you guys were so helpful with jhobel's duck. I thought you might know this answer for me.

From the duck post I learned that ducks lay their eggs over a few days...do they hatch over a few days as well? or do they all hatch at once?

We have a robins nest in our back yard and some of the eggs have hatched, but there's still one sad lonely egg in there. Is there still hope for that one?

Yes they will hatch at different times. There may still be hope for that last egg. Not all of them make it, but depending on when this one was laid it still has time.

KBabySmiles · May 2011

Thanks ladies. You are all super smart. Except Renee.

I just feel bad for the poor lone egg. Hopefully it'll hatch soon. It makes sense that the Mama bird would throw it out of the nest, I didn't think about that.

Mere7706 · May 2011

This makes me excited! We've been watching a robins nest in our backyard for a week now. We didn't notice eggs in it until this weekend, but they could have been in there forever. I hope we have baby birds soon! T will be so excited

Ritzy19 · May 2011

You should eat it for dinner.

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