Incubating eggs

[Sprout]

As a rule, when should a falcon start incubating the eggs properly?? Do they wait until full clutch is laid or start earlier??

[Hacker]

Mine always when last egg laid usually the fourth egg.
But i bet people will have stories of all times:D

[Stratocaster]

Hello Karl,
The majority of our pairs of gyrs and peregrines lay clutches of four,
incubation proper starts in the majority of cases on the third egg,

Regards Mike.

[Wolf]

My female Saker lays a clutch of 4 eggs and starts sitting proper on the 3rd,
:rolleyes:
Andy

[Barbary Boy]

Hello Karl,
The majority of our pairs of gyrs and peregrines lay clutches of four,
incubation proper starts in the majority of cases on the third egg,

Regards Mike.

same here in every case! but they do cover them a litle before proper incubation starts? just pulled 4 barbaryXperegrine eggs this afternoon! at least 3 fertile?

[Siberia]

Hello Sprout !

1 egg-that same day,2 eggs with the second one,3 - either with egg 2 or egg 3 /we noticed that female in first ad.plumage normally start with egg 3,while older females start with egg 2/,4 - with egg 3,5-with egg 3.Based on observations in the Nature.
Rgds,

[Natch]

:confused: Hello Sprout !

1 egg-that same day,2 eggs with the second one,3 - either with egg 2 or egg 3 /we noticed that female in first ad.plumage normally start with egg 3,while older females start with egg 2/,4 - with egg 3,5-with egg 3.Based on observations in the Nature.
Rgds,:confused: :oops:

[Natch]

same here in every case! but they do cover them a litle before proper incubation starts? just pulled 4 barbaryXperegrine eggs this afternoon! at least 3 fertile?how many days was that from last egg,,,,,natch

[Barbary Boy]

how many days was that from last egg,,,,,natch

1st eg on day one seond later but after 1st 1st after but before 2nd third sometime later but after 1st and second but before 4th? 4th later than 1st 2nd or 3rd now four? hope this helps? if not ask our russian cousins?

[Salty]

ive found when first time parents sometimes sit after 1 or even 2 ,but as they progresss 3rd seriuosly ,mine always about the 3rd egg:rolleyes:

[Barbary Boy]

great fun pulling the eggs though ? ehh?

[Natch]

1st eg on day one seond later but after 1st 1st after but before 2nd third sometime later but after 1st and second but before 4th? 4th later than 1st 2nd or 3rd now four? hope this helps? if not ask our russian cousins?all my cousins are finnish8-)

[Barbary Boy]

really? just between you and me! can they get any gosses?

[Natch]

really? just between you and me! can they get any gosses?:D not any more:cool: i,ve had the best:goodman:

[Pete Kent]

It seems my older birds leave it longer before they start incubating than the younger ones do.

The older birds normally start on the second to last egg and the younger ones can start from the first but normally the second egg.

[DeadDogs]

1st eg on day one seond later but after 1st 1st after but before 2nd third sometime later but after 1st and second but before 4th? 4th later than 1st 2nd or 3rd now four? hope this helps? if not ask our russian cousins?

THINK YA WRONG THERE MATE

[Sprout]

She laid 6 in the end - and never started incubating:roll: :roll:

[MitchellBrad]

She laid 6 in the end - and never started incubating:roll: :roll:

I've had 2 falcons do that. Both peregrines. One an imprint, the other a misprint. My peales will go down somewhere between egg 3 and 4. All seem to hatch within 24 hrs of each other. The anatums always go down on #3 and lay #4 three days later. Their hatching dates reflect that too. I've had a few 5 egg layers. One went down on 3, laid number 4 three days later and 5 in three more days. They hatched like that with 6 days between chicks.

[Sprout]

She laid 6 in the end - and never started incubating:roll: :roll:

Scratch that!!! Make it 7 - laid another today!!! Getting worried now

[MitchellBrad]

Scratch that!!! Make it 7 - laid another today!!! Getting worried now

The two I had used to lay 10 eggs a year just like you described. Fortunately I had other birds to put them underneath to start the eggs.


Brad