How To Take Care Of A Robin Egg. Place the bowl six to twelve inches below the heat lamp depending on the size and strength of the lamp. This video shows how to candle a Robins egg and how to know if its fertile.
Have students scan the subheadings of the reading selection. Robins only abandon their eggs when something happens that tells the robins they will have a poor chance of success. Robins are altricial birds meaning that they are hatched in an immature state and depend on care from their parents to survive.
The egg needs to be kept warm at the similar temperature of that of a mother robin would be.
Robins eggs take about 14 days to hatch and both parents care for the resulting nestlings. Wrap the egg in the towel being careful to move slowly and not shake the egg. Both parents feed the young. First it is against state and federal laws to keep any wild bird whether an egg chick or adult.