Another "Mission Impossible"

[TAWhatley]

Hi All,

Got a call a bit ago from a nice lady who has rescued and brought me pigeons in the past. Today it's two eggs that got "evicted" from a neighbors house during roof work (seems a lot of evicting going on lately ..). She dutifully brought the eggs inside, wrapped them in a kitchen towel, and placed them on a heating pad .. later decided it would be best to see if the parents would come back and placed the eggs outside. Apparently the parents were around but wouldn't come near the new "nest" constructed by the rescuer.

I advised her to candle the eggs and after explaining the process, she went off to her closet to do the deed .. called back shortly and reported that she couldn't see through the eggs at all .. looked solid inside .. BUT there are little "dents" in the eggs .. YIKES, YIKES, YIKES they were trying to pip.

Egglings arrived moments ago and were pretty cold. They are now warming up, and we shall see if they hatch .. though I love the babies, I really hate trying to raise them from the very first minute without them having had at least a few days of parental care.

Keep your fingers crossed for these two.

Terry

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Terry,

Oh boy! That is scary stuff when you're dealing with new eggs about to hatch. I'm a little confused though, are these pigeon eggs? I ask because you have posted this in the "other birds" section.

[TAWhatley]

Duhhh, Brad .. just moved it .. sorry! We have quite a few emergency situations on the board right now and was in a hurry to post and get back to reading the threads.

Yes, these are pigeon eggs.

Terry

[Reti]

Oh my. That is tough.
I raised only one baby from day one and it was tough.
Best of luck with the those little ones, if anyone can do it that is you.

Reti

[makita725]

They are in good hands with you Terry. Best of luck to you! Thanks for taking time with them to help with my emergency

[pdpbison]

Hi Terry,


Oye...!

Hope you can find some surrogate Pigeon Parents to help out with these!

Best wishes...!

Phil
Las Vegas

[mr squeaks]

WE ARE ALL PULLING FOR YOU AND THE LIITLE ONES!

I know you will keep us updated!

[TerriB]

Wow, Terry! I don't know how you juggle all the different situations you are helping simultaneously! Sure hope things go well for these new arrivals!

[TAWhatley]

Don't think there will be anything good happening here but am giving them "the eggs" the benefit of the doubt .. I think they got too cold today while out for the parents to find them.

Terry

[TAWhatley]

http://www.rims.net/2006Mar18

Hoping for the other one .. looks like it will be a long night ..

Terry

[upcd]

What good mommy you are.

[Pigeonpal2002]

Hi Terry,

Well, seems like these little chicks are proving once again how resilient and tough pigeons really are. They endured being chilled today, I guess it was because they were so close to hatching. You've got your work cut out for you!!!! I can see in the pictures that the other egg has little marks from the baby trying to break it's way out as well. Probably it will hatch too.

Best of luck with these newborns and thanks for the explanation on why you had originally posted in the other birds section.

You're a miracle worker, truly!!!

[Trees Gray]

Terry,

OMG, there is a little Miracle for you.

Can you use your resources to find a qualified set of pigeon parent surrogates to help out for a few days? Certainly with everyone you know, someone somewhere has a couple that cn take on one....or two?

...or not, I guess then you will be using the mac milk diet then, or something comporable?

[AZWhitefeather]

Many thanks to the rescuer, who apparently knew what to do initially, kept her cool & called you Terry.
It's a given, they have the best chance ever being in your care.

Thanks for posting that adorable picture.

Cindy

[Maggie-NC]

Mama Terry, you just have the best times at your house.

Will be pulling for the new babies. Bless you and the dear rescuer. Never give up!

Maggie