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dancingirl76
Posts: 94
Joined: Mon May 16, 2011 10:09 am
Location: Albia, IA

Out of the 8 Bo-11 gourds I started with this spring, only 3 do not have any eggs in them. There are birds staying in the gourds (I think sub males in two that did not get mates, and then one sub pair that build a nice nest, but never have laid eggs.
I have one gourd with 6 nestlings about 2 wks old growing quite nicely. It is nice to see them have all this extra room to stretch out and not be so cramped in the house.
Another nest of 6 eggs had all hatch within the past two days.
I still have another nest of 5 eggs still to hatch, one with 2 eggs, and one with 4 eggs.
In the house that I have two pair in, one that had 5 eggs only 4 hatched. They are just a day or so behind my oldest ones in the gourd. I waited several days to take out the egg that didn't hatch and checked it. It didn't have any damage but holding it in front of a flashlight in the dark of our basement, I didn't see anything in it either.
The other pair in the house laid 8 eggs! When I took down the house yesterday morning I could see the tiniest puncture in an egg coming from the inside, and by noon he had made his way into the world. I was standning at the kitchen window around 6:30 last night and saw the dad come out with a piece of a shell. I went out and sure enough a 2nd had just hatched. It was so neat to see him still in part of the shell. I helped him slip it off and laid the piece by the side so the parents could take it.
I'm so excited to have gone from 5 fledglings last year, to 36 eggs, and 18 babies as of last night. :)
dancingirl76
DornCounty
Posts: 2169
Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:58 pm
Location: Rural SE Kansas
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great update.
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phldave
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:44 pm
Location: Iowa/Pleasant Hill
Martin Colony History: Started trying in 2012 and still trying

Dorncounty,

I am so jealous. I to am just starting out. Have a 10 room wood house with t-14 size rooms. Got the house up June 3rd. Been playing dawnsong every morning since. No lookers yet that I know of. I still work full time.

Dave
Diane Porter
Posts: 213
Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:30 am
Location: Iowa

I am so jealous. I to am just starting out. Have a 10 room wood house with t-14 size rooms. Got the house up June 3rd. Been playing dawnsong every morning since. No lookers yet that I know of. I still work full time.
Dave, I think the lookers are enticed by hearing Daytime Chatter played all day long.
Diane Porter
Fairfield, Iowa
phldave
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:44 pm
Location: Iowa/Pleasant Hill
Martin Colony History: Started trying in 2012 and still trying

Thanks Diane, I'll have to put that CD on my wish list and give it a try.

Dave
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