Dove egg - Dead or alive? Too early to tell?

[CollieflowersBark]

If anyone has any candling tips or tricks for getting better, less fuzzy pictures in the dark, please let me know!

So here is the story of "The Egg."

I was working on a fence in the backyard when I noticed this small, white egg on the ground, tucked away in the grass. Coincidentally, my dog has been poking his nose into this area a lot recently, so I am assuming he scared the parents away. Anyway I have been looking high and low for a nest, but the only thing it could have come from is a sapling lilac and it has barely any branches. There IS a dove nest about 20 ft away, but it is 25 ft up into the tree so I doubt the egg could have survived and made it that far without cracking. I've been watching the spot with binoculars waiting for the parents to come back with no luck. Long story short, I cannot figure out where it came from.

Anyway, I took it inside and stuck it in an incubator and for a moment it looked to be growing a red dot, but that might be my imagination. At some point I lost power for a few hours and it got cold, which sucked for my blood pressure.

It's been about 48 hours since I started warming it up. If it IS alive, when will I know? If it's dead...when will I know??

 

[cavemanrich]

You can experiment if you like, but here are the facts. If it is a dove egg, or any other birds egg, your incubation can possibly have a hatching result,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but survival of the chick is less than .0001 percent.
The reason,, all the newly hatched birds need to be fed by mama bird. If you were a complex laboratory with many Phd, personnel, then the chances of survival would increase.
I know you are trying to do the right thing

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[CollieflowersBark]

You can experiment if you like, but here are the facts. If it is a dove egg, or any other birds egg, your incubation can possibly have a hatching result,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but survival of the chick is less than .0001 percent.
The reason,, all the newly hatched birds need to be fed by mama bird. If you were a complex laboratory with many Phd, personnel, then the chances of survival would increase.
I know you are trying to do the right thing

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

Oh TRUST ME, I know the survival rate is extremely slim. Probably about as slim as finding and hatching a viable egg that's been sitting in the sun.

I've raised and released newborn birds and mammals before, (robins, owls, finches, rabbits, flying squirrels and opossums) but never a dove.

I guess if its odds of dying in the sun and in my incubator are the same there's little harm to be done, aside from my emotional investment at that point.

 

[CollieflowersBark]

Ok I candled it again last night and this morning. There was a small dark red blob inside last night, and this morning it is a little bigger. Last night it was free floating, today it almost seems attached to the egg wall. No obvious veins but the blob IS bigger today. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Like I said, I don't really know how to candle properly.