Take Your Pick
Posted by claire on April 25, 2005
Q: what temperature should robin eggs be kept at ? and for how long to u keep chicks incubated?
A: You haven't given me any details about the circumstances surrounding your acquisition but I'm going to have to discourage an attempt to raise robins. To begin with, these birds are federally protected so you really shouldn't have their eggs. Would you believe it, one can't even have a feather they find in the woods - it's against the law. Secondly, I'm not sure anyone has succeeded in incubating their eggs anywhere. Please leave the nest as it is as the adults may still be enlarging the clutch. Robins don't begin incubation until they "decide" they have a full clutch. Thanks for sharing, and I'm sorry I can't be helpful.
John Wiessinger ( April 25, 2005)