I lost the white-backed Daddy bird several days ago, but managed save the eggs by putting them into an incubator. I painfully learned after several tries that you can not handfeed a mousebird baby from day one. But in doing so I also learned WHY this is not possible.
There is very little information on mousebirds and nothing really on fostering eggs. And from past experiences I learned I can swap and foster babies. BUT, this is with the same species babies. This time out of desperation I fostered a White-backed (WB) egg to a blue-naped (BN) nest that had a 3-4 day old chick. The egg hatched yesterday afternoon and they did not eat it or tossed it. I was very apprehesive because difference species of mousebird babies have different sounds and visual looks to the parents. And egg colors are different. I checked this morning (3rd pix) and the baby was still there and looking good
There is very little information on mousebirds and nothing really on fostering eggs. And from past experiences I learned I can swap and foster babies. BUT, this is with the same species babies. This time out of desperation I fostered a White-backed (WB) egg to a blue-naped (BN) nest that had a 3-4 day old chick. The egg hatched yesterday afternoon and they did not eat it or tossed it. I was very apprehesive because difference species of mousebird babies have different sounds and visual looks to the parents. And egg colors are different. I checked this morning (3rd pix) and the baby was still there and looking good
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