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Will all mother avian be able to incubate and raise eggs from another different kind of avian?

Asked by Your_Majesty (8235points) June 10th, 2011

I know some birds are able to incubate and raise eggs from another birds from different species and I was wondering if all avian have the same capacity to do so provided if they’re somehow adaptive with each others.

I was wondering if : (all foreign eggs have been fertilized by their previous parents)

- A hen could raise baby ducklings from eggs (if you mix some of her eggs with duck eggs while she’s incubating her eggs).

- The same like above but we change duck eggs with quail eggs (will she still behave the same?)

- A pair of captivated eagle would be able to raise baby chicks.

- The same like above but you dispose all eagle eggs while they’re out (will they still behave the same to these foreign eggs?)

- We put parakeet eggs in a few nests of flock/group type of birds such as pigeon. Will they accept these foreigners (if they can be raised such way) in to their flock? will they (parakeet) exhibit the same social structure?

- The same like above but we use another species of pigeon eggs instead of parakeet eggs. Let say, Indian pigeon eggs in common pigeon flock.

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