Andy Troyers contact information
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Brad Biddle
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- Location: Marshall County AL
Does anyone have a phone number for Andrew Troyer?
Martin landlord since 2003. Currently offering 162 plastic gourds with tunnels, all with Conley II entrances with the Lewis modification. I have 24 Supergourds and the rest are Troyer Horizontals.
You can google Troyer's Bird' Paradise catalog. A link to the catalog or even a telephone number will be revealed.
2025 32 Pr 164 Eggs 141 Hatched 135 Fledged
2024 30 Pr 163 Eggs 151 Hatched 138 Fledged
2023 25 Pr 131 E 126 H 125 F
2022 24 Pr 134 E 127 H 123 F
2021 24 Pr 136 E 121 H 108 F
2020 24 Pr 126 E 114 H 112 F
2019 24 Pr 130 E 102 H 83 F
2018 20 Pr 121 Eggs 87 Hatched 86 Fledged
2017 16 Pr 93 Eggs 87 Hatched 86 Fledged
2016 23 Pr 122 Eggs107 Hatched 101 Fledged
2015 16 Pr 82 Eggs 70 Hatched 68 Fledged
2014 11 Pr 38 Fledged
2013 1 Pair 5 Fledged
2024 30 Pr 163 Eggs 151 Hatched 138 Fledged
2023 25 Pr 131 E 126 H 125 F
2022 24 Pr 134 E 127 H 123 F
2021 24 Pr 136 E 121 H 108 F
2020 24 Pr 126 E 114 H 112 F
2019 24 Pr 130 E 102 H 83 F
2018 20 Pr 121 Eggs 87 Hatched 86 Fledged
2017 16 Pr 93 Eggs 87 Hatched 86 Fledged
2016 23 Pr 122 Eggs107 Hatched 101 Fledged
2015 16 Pr 82 Eggs 70 Hatched 68 Fledged
2014 11 Pr 38 Fledged
2013 1 Pair 5 Fledged
The Troyers are real swell folks. I had just ordered a few things including one of their
slot entrance BB houses which I hope some BBs will take to. I read some good stuff about slot entrance boxes right here from folks sharing.
Troyer gourds are really nice IMO.
This may have been available last year and I just did not know it but their newer Troyer tunnel entrances have been raised to 1/8" between the porch and entrance bottom (instead of 1/4").
Slap a elevated 1/8" HDPE sheet stock porch on with the Lewis Modification/SREH and you got a even more starling resistant entrance. They also have Conley II adapter entrance plates with rounded corners which I think gets rid of that upper entrance entry "shoulder space" that helps some starlings breach by turning sideways to push in.
slot entrance BB houses which I hope some BBs will take to. I read some good stuff about slot entrance boxes right here from folks sharing.
Troyer gourds are really nice IMO.
This may have been available last year and I just did not know it but their newer Troyer tunnel entrances have been raised to 1/8" between the porch and entrance bottom (instead of 1/4").
Slap a elevated 1/8" HDPE sheet stock porch on with the Lewis Modification/SREH and you got a even more starling resistant entrance. They also have Conley II adapter entrance plates with rounded corners which I think gets rid of that upper entrance entry "shoulder space" that helps some starlings breach by turning sideways to push in.
2008~(1st yr) 4 pairs, 11 to 12 fledged
2009~(2nd yr) 9 pairs, 41 fledged
2010~(3rd year) 11 pairs. 50 fledged
2011~(4th year) 20 pairs, 23 out of 23 gourds Martin occupied, 3 fledged, the rest died in the drought. (1 new Blue Bird, 3 BB fledged.)
2012~ 26 pairs, approx. 100-110 fledged
2009~(2nd yr) 9 pairs, 41 fledged
2010~(3rd year) 11 pairs. 50 fledged
2011~(4th year) 20 pairs, 23 out of 23 gourds Martin occupied, 3 fledged, the rest died in the drought. (1 new Blue Bird, 3 BB fledged.)
2012~ 26 pairs, approx. 100-110 fledged
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Brad Biddle
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What is a Lewis modification entrance? Surely I haven't been away from a Purple Martin forum for that long but I've never heard of that one.
Martin landlord since 2003. Currently offering 162 plastic gourds with tunnels, all with Conley II entrances with the Lewis modification. I have 24 Supergourds and the rest are Troyer Horizontals.
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John Miller
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- Location: St. Louis, MO
Brad
Lewis from Georgia learned that if you take the PMCA wing protector and put it over the front of the Troyer entrance, which is the oblong entrance with the dip, you can make it more starling resistant and yet martins seem do not have much difficult entering. Lewis also brings the floor level up. It's a good technique to know about...particularly if starlings begin to breach the Troyer entries.
Lewis from Georgia learned that if you take the PMCA wing protector and put it over the front of the Troyer entrance, which is the oblong entrance with the dip, you can make it more starling resistant and yet martins seem do not have much difficult entering. Lewis also brings the floor level up. It's a good technique to know about...particularly if starlings begin to breach the Troyer entries.