24 busy Bo 11,s in Iowa

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bobnjo
Posts: 107
Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:31 am
Location: Onawa, IA

Today's nest check yielded 23 of 24 gourds occupied and 128 eggs having been laid and a few more yet to come. Will be a great season.
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Lovely basket of eggs.
Lovely basket of eggs.
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Pic taken late last month of busy birds.
Pic taken late last month of busy birds.
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Bob n Jo,
Check our web pages with pics and clips:
http://elwood.longlines.com/~jobob1/Sit ... olony.html
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V & B's Michigan PM's
Posts: 31
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:43 am
Location: Michigan,Rogers City

Beautiful, nice setup! we like the bo 11 also!
Val & Brian
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JL Murray

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Please call me at 712-253-4512. I live in sioux city and would like to look at your colony and ask a few questions. I am trying to start my own colony. Marc
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R Onnen
Posts: 66
Joined: Tue May 11, 2010 8:23 am
Location: Iowa/Grundy Center

Hey Bob n Jo, AWESOME!!!!!I love it, and Marc, hopefully you can all make it to the get together in Madrid in August, would be "GREAT" if you could make it :grin:
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~Ray~Gingerich
Posts: 2122
Joined: Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:24 pm
Location: Delaware/Dover

Nice looking racks, did you build them yourself?
~Ray~ Gingerich
1999 1pair, 2006 2 pair, 2008 2 pair,
2009 23 pair, 2010 39 pair, 2011 67 pair,
2012 115 pair, 2013 160 pair,
2014 152 pair, 2015 174 pair, 2016 178 pair
2017 187 pair, 2018 200 pair, 2019 171pair
2020 233 pair
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dsonyay
Posts: 1677
Joined: Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:10 pm
Location: Louisiana/Broussard
Martin Colony History: 2010-2014 located in Slidell LA. Gourd rack with 16 gourds. Max of 2 pairs during this short period in Slidell. Plenty of fledglings.

2014-present.. moved to Broussard LA. Same Gourd Rack but added a 6 room house (modified from a 12 room)

2020: after a long drought of nothing, 4 pairs and 4 nests, 23 eggs total.
6 fledges.

2021: 9 pair, 47 eggs
36 hatchlings
30 fledged

2022: about 12 pairs.. many eggs, all fledged.. only had one hatchling die.. probably because of our schnauzer. :(

2023: 16 pairs. So far about 60 chicks with about a dozen eggs to go.

2024: 13 pair. About 60 eggs
2025: 14 pairs .. 69 eggs.

I love your web site as well--- very informative for newbies and enthusiasts as well. Photos and videos are laid out nicely.
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