You would need to keep the egg under the same tempurature and humidity required for the embryo to hatch. They wouldn't even know what the birdhouse was for, and they would never dream of looking for their eggs there. Killdeer nest on the ground so it's normal for the eggs to be there and for robins it's usually a matter of replacing the egg in the nest, either the parent will take care of it or throw it out again if the egg is dead / has a problem. We know it's a long shot for them to ever hatch, but any information you can give us will help us greatly. I'll start by saying I've read more killdeer information today than the most avid ornithologist and haven't found an answer. Killdeer are one of the hardest birds to raise, if you don't know what you are doing it will surely die. Like other members of the plover family, this species is often found at the water's edge, but it also lives in pastures and fields far from water. You don't know how to care for them - but the killdeer do. In North America, there are about 140 different mason bee species — with about 200 species worldwide. You can't move the eggs into a birdhouse. it was a lil to late i saw the egg and didn't want to leave it there. A shorebird you can see without going to the beach, Killdeer are graceful plovers common to lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and parking lots. You just stole those eggs from it's parents. Chicken care doesn't have to be hard, and these lists can help you make sure you're giving your chickens everything they need. The way they keep from being eaten by a snake, cat, fox, or crow, is by looking just like the rocks. the mother was eaten by a cat and when i got over there to help. You would also need to rotate the egg every 2 hours. -what temperature do they need to incubate at? Killdeer lay their eggs on the ground out in open, often among stones, hiding them in plain sight. I … Our wildlife group has taken them in, if you look at them funny, make a loud noise, handle them, they die. At times, it nests on gravel roofs or on lawns. All I have to say about Killdeer is, pray the egg doesn't hatch. ... They’ll form an egg chamber in the deepest part of their hole and seal it with mud, repeating the process until the hole is full of eggs. How do you take care of Killdeer eggs? The Killdeer is by far the most wide-spread and familiar of North American plovers because of the habitats it frequents, its tolerance of humans, its easily observed and often anthropomorphized parental care, and its killdeer vocalizations. Not even if they watched you put the eggs inside. We saved the eggs from many predators, and the mother was nowhere in sight. How did you come to have the eggs of these two species ? Earlier common names, such as Chattering Plover (Catesby, M. (1731).The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. Q: How many eggs do killdeer lay? There's a possibility she was killed. These chores will keep your hens happy, healthy, and safe. - how do I incubate them? But I digress... We have/had, and have again, a killdeer nest in the middle of our driveway with 4 eggs. Killdeer lay their eggs in a depression on the ground, usually in gravel. Usually there are 4, or sometimes 3 or 5. Question: The killdeer have laid their eggs right on the bare rocks. This is nothing unusual as my mom lives in the country where killdeer are abundant so we put an old bicycle tire around the nest so no one would accidentally step on it. Now they are going to die. Occasionally the depression is lined with a few pebbles, twigs, or blades of grass. Several weeks ago a Killdeer laid her eggs at the edge of the sidewalk running along the side of my mom's house.