i lost two eggs while cranking a t-14 up. The cable banged and two eggs came out.
I'm just sick about it. It makes me want to stop next checks, although the last next check i found a dead female and i'm glad i got her out of there.
I now have 132 unhatched eggs and 22 babies.
Has anyone else ever done this.
thanks Dick
Help I bounced two eggs out of houses
2015 69 pairs 418 eggs 396 fledged
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
-
Louise Chambers
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6208
- Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2003 1:07 pm
- Location: Corpus Christi, TX
That's pretty unusual - eggs are usually in back of compartment, far away from entrance - so that must have been quite a jump - your winch may not be working correctly, and if it fails, you don't want to be underneath when the house comes down. Be careful, check over your winch system. Are you using nest trays?
It has happened to me once when I used to do nest checks before noon 
, lost one egg. I now try and wait until after noon. I knock on the pole before lowering to try and notify them but I am still putting the odd egg back into the nest as the Female sometimes knocks one out of the back nest ( not out of the compartment). And that is just normal lowering of the T-14.
, lost one egg. I now try and wait until after noon. I knock on the pole before lowering to try and notify them but I am still putting the odd egg back into the nest as the Female sometimes knocks one out of the back nest ( not out of the compartment). And that is just normal lowering of the T-14.2009. 98 eggs, 66 hatch, 61 fledged.
2010. 114 eggs, 89 hatch,70 fledged.
2011. 96 eggs. 80 hatch,68 fledged.Heavy Merlin preditation.
2012. 89 eggs. 56 hatch, good fledge. Guards installed. Merlin not sighted at houses.
2013. First Egg May 24, first Baby June 13.
2014. successful.
2015. successful.
2016. Martin's population decline, suspect new housing in the neighborhood. Merlin eating well also!
2017.Population explosion
. first egg May 25 in a BO-11
2018. Population stable.
2010. 114 eggs, 89 hatch,70 fledged.
2011. 96 eggs. 80 hatch,68 fledged.Heavy Merlin preditation.
2012. 89 eggs. 56 hatch, good fledge. Guards installed. Merlin not sighted at houses.
2013. First Egg May 24, first Baby June 13.
2014. successful.
2015. successful.
2016. Martin's population decline, suspect new housing in the neighborhood. Merlin eating well also!
2017.Population explosion
. first egg May 25 in a BO-112018. Population stable.
i dont use nest trays
i tired inserts but they didnt accept them
i tired inserts but they didnt accept them
2015 69 pairs 418 eggs 396 fledged
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
2019 I have 148 openings now
2016 100 pairs 600 babies fledged added another t-14 and have 126 openings now
2015 Jun 24 360 babies and 58 eggs also found one that had died
2017 632 babies 11died and 20 were killed by hawks
2015 74 pairs and 9 eggs 5/14
2010 3pairss
]JOINED PMCA JUNE 6,2018
2018 651 babies 5 hawk kills 11 floater kills 25 died in houses and 610 fledged
2014 80 pairs 283 babies 282 fledged one died
-
Leandortree
- Posts: 130
- Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:10 pm
- Location: Saskatchewan/Grenfell
When I had Canaries, I tried not to startle a hen on the nest off, because when she jumped off she could have eggs in her feathers, and they would fall and break. So I agree with banging on the pole to notify the birds before lowering the house. I lower my housing often for nest checks, wind, or something else, and I take a coin to the pole first. In this case pmlover was cranking the house UP, I agree with Louise in all that she said. I hope that everybody that has these heavy housing systems are using the safety bolt correctly, on the way down stop just above the safety bolt an inch or two, and remove it; on the way up bring the house just an inch or two above the hole for the safety bolt, and replace it be safe! My T14 poles have a pulley just above the winch it makes for a smoother ride for the house going up and down. I have never had eggs falling from my housing so far, not that it couldn't happen. 
Saskatchewan "The land of living skies"
Leandortree colony
2012-46 pair 200+ Fledged
Leandortree colony
2012-46 pair 200+ Fledged