Hello Everyone,
Dropped my racks this beautiful afternoon and here are the results. Rack 1 - 19 nests, 5 gourds bare to a few leaves, 6 gourds with eggs (varied from 1 to 4), total eggs - 13. Rack 2 - 14 nests, 10 gourds bare to a few leaves,, 2 gourds with eggs (varied from 2 to 5), total eggs - 7. Rack 3 - 12 nests, 12 gourds bare to a few leaves, 2 gourds with eggs (each had 2), total eggs - 4. So for the grand total!! Have 45 nests (some with eggs), 27 gourds with let's say nests under construction and 10 gourds with nests containing eggs. Total egg count this Saturday is 24. Off and running on hopefully a successful season. Happy Martining, Mike.
Nest check #3. 4/11/26
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mjfog
- Posts: 443
- Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:40 pm
- Location: Palm City, FL
- Martin Colony History: 2018 will be my first try. 6 S&K B09s. 29 eggs - 8 fledged
2019 - 12 Troyer Horizontals with tunnels, 6 S&K B09s and 12 B011s all with tunnels. 43 eggs - 36 fledged
2020 - Rack 1 - 6 B011s, Rack 2 - 24 B011s, and Rack 3 - 24 Troyer Horizontals. All gourds have tunnels, porches and crescent/Conley 11 entrances; racks have predator guards. 161 eggs - 88 fledged.
2021 - 54 gourds-214 eggs, 184 hatched, 168 fledged.
2022 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 363 eggs, 294 hatched, 278 fledged.
2023 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 321 eggs, 276 hatched, 246 fledged.
2024 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 330 eggs, 283 hatched, 250 fledged.
2025 - 3 racks of 24 gourds. 347 eggs, 281 hatched, 266 fledged.