foster parents

hi there guys, I just got a fertile Mallard duck egg from my neighbor who said this one female comes to lay on their lawn and then takes off… Needless to say the egg is abandoned and since I don't have an incubator, I stuck it under my king pigeon pair (who were sitting on fake eggs up to...

Lets say you have two pairs of homers, pair A is well not that good but great parents. Then there is pair B, these are the ones you want to multiply and both are on eggs now. How long should you leave the eggs under pair B before disgarding pair A's eggs and replacing them with pair B so B will...

Hi I have female city pigeon named mother, who I've raised for 4-5yrs. she fell out of her nest, and she's always been unable to fly. and has stumbles a bit, bit due to childhood calcium deficiency, not to neurological problems. We have had avian vets care for her. she is extremely social. I'm...

hi im wondering is it ok to put a 4dayold squab under another pair who also have a 4dayold pair of squabs,the thing is i have a lone hen who hatched out one egg,she only sits on it (squab)at nite and doesnt bother during the day,i dont think the squab is bein fed either,it looks very weak,im...

Okay so my white cross mixes layed two eggs yesterday and I have Homers who layed an egg on my loft floor ... should I put the third egg under my cross this is her first set with him . So I want the all white babys but I think the egg from the floor is from my good bird. And she won't lay in...

Hello I have Quick question about foster parents. Is it OK for me to switch a 5 days old set of egg to a the pair that just laid the second egg today?