Starling Egg Incubating

[Alforev]

Hi Everyone,
I would really appreciate your help with this! My husband and I found a starling egg abandoned on April 20th. We could not find the nest so we decided we would try to save it with the help of some local farmers and some wildlife rescues that offered advice. We obtained an incubator and have watched the egg’s development closely. We saw the veins pulsing with a beating heart last week, we saw the eye develop last Saturday, and we saw what we thought were wings Sunday. Yesterday we didn’t see much movement. Today we don’t see very much of anything and we don’t know if it’s alive any longer. We desperately want to save this bird and have tried to do everything right. I can’t really see the veins (I don’t think) and every time I think I see movement I’m not quite sure. According to incubation cycles for starlings I thought it would be ready to hatch maybe tomorrow or Thursday. This egg doesn’t seem like fully grown. I also can’t find any information about starling eggs online. I attached an image... can anyone offer insight? Do you think this egg still has a chance?
Jessica

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

It looks like it started to develop but then died along the way......

 

[Alforev]

That’s what we’re really afraid of. We were really excited for it to hatch. Do you think there’s any chance at all or definitely dead?

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

That’s what we’re really afraid of. We were really excited for it to hatch. Do you think there’s any chance at all or definitely dead?

At this late in stage I would just leave it in there and see what happens. I could be wrong.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!
I am very sorry, but I think your egg has died.

@WVduckchick , @Pyxis , @Alaskan, what do you think?

 

[Alaskan]

That’s what we’re really afraid of. We were really excited for it to hatch. Do you think there’s any chance at all or definitely dead?

It looks very clearly dead.

So sorry!

Don't beat yourself up over it, sometimes even with perfect care eggs just don't make it.

 

[Alforev]

Thank you for the responses! It’s really hard for me to come to terms with this. It was my first experience incubating an egg and I never imagined how the development of the embryo would be. I cried when I saw the signs of a heart beat and veins. My husband and I immediately went and purchased any food we’d need, vitamins, a cage, even a soft fleece nest for when it would be a hatchling. We tried to do everything right.

 

[Willowspirit]

Thank you for the responses! It’s really hard for me to come to terms with this. It was my first experience incubating an egg and I never imagined how the development of the embryo would be. I cried when I saw the signs of a heart beat and veins. My husband and I immediately went and purchased any food we’d need, vitamins, a cage, even a soft fleece nest for when it would be a hatchling. We tried to do everything right.

It sounds like you did do everything right. Probably the embryo had a problem that prevented it from developing. Nothing you could do about that.

 

[WVduckchick]

@Alforev Hi and thanks for joining us!
I'm so sorry you lost the little starling. It could have been that the parents knew it wasn't a viable egg, maybe that's why they abandoned it. You gave it a shot, so be proud of that!

Since you have the incubator, try some chicken eggs. They are much easier and raising the young are much simpler than wild-type birds.

 

[Alforev]

@Alforev Hi and thanks for joining us!
I'm so sorry you lost the little starling. It could have been that the parents knew it wasn't a viable egg, maybe that's why they abandoned it. You gave it a shot, so be proud of that!

Since you have the incubator, try some chicken eggs. They are much easier and raising the young are much simpler than wild-type birds.

Thank you for the kind comments! We’re actually borrowing the incubator and must return it, but this has definitely inspired me to try again.