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Thanks Carol. Yes it was an experience that I do not want to have again. Comcast still has not replaced the cable but my internet service is back – we just don’t know for how long. The cable is supposed to be replaced by Sep 3 (fingers crossed).
My final 3 birds fledged on Wednesday in the heat of the morning. following a torrential rain. I am ready to rest for a while.David
Stafford, VAI have assembled the data from those that have submitted your totals here. I will have to read through the other posts to see if we are missing totals from other posters.
Here are the numbers by brood:
FIRST BROOD
Number of nests: 9 reported
Number of Eggs: 49 reported
Number Hatched: 44 reported so far
Number Fledged: 21 – need to read additional postsSECOND BROOD
Number of nests: 6 reported
Number of Eggs: 28 reported
Number Hatched: 25 reported so far22
Number Fledged: 22 reported so farThird Brood
Number of nests: 6 reported
Number of Eggs: 19 reported so far
Number Hatched: 18 reported so far
Number Fledged: 18 reported so farFor Totals so far, we have 21 nestings, 96 eggs laid, 87 hatched, and 61 new bluebirds in the air. We are missing reports from quite a few but as I mentioned elsewhere my internet has been down for more than a month and I am trying to catch up on posts to get additional data.
David
Stafford, VAWhere are you located Rich? I have some that I would be glad to share if you are close for delivery or pick-up. It is too hot to mail them. I am in Stafford, VA
David
Stafford, VAWow. That is quite a dedicated pair to try to get 3 successful nesting’s in the year. Good luck to them and you.
David
Stafford, VAAnd 4. It looks like this is it for the season. She was sitting on the eggs this morning with no new eggs appearing by this afternoon.
David
Stafford, VACongratulations on the hatch Carol. Hope it cools off a bit for you and the birds.
It was good to hear that the young ones are coming back to the feeder. Mine have not been back this year that I know of, although the feeder is empty most of the time when I go out to feed. Maybe after this last batch has grown a bit.
David
Stafford, VASo, if i have a stack of 3 trays, is the one on the top the only one that has a screen for the bottom? Or is it the top two trays?
The top tray is the only tray with the screen. But before you do that consider the numbers. If you are looking for 150-160 mealworms per day you should shoot for a hatch of about 1250 mealworms every 2 weeks. That would be about 50 beetles (50% female) producing about 7 eggs each per day for 2 weeks. I would not cut the drawer for this few beetles. I would use a set of 2 shoebox sized plastic containers and cut the bottom from one, put the mesh in that container and stack it in the other with about 1/2 inch of wheat bran or other food. After 2 weeks empty the egg container into one of your drawers and start over again.
It can take6 8 to 10 weeks for the eggs to hatch and grow into small larva. Their rate of growth depends on the temperature of the room where they are kept. The ideal temperature is 76 to 82 degrees and 60% humidity, but most of us do not enjoy those temperatures during the summer. If your room is cooler than 76 you can probably add another week to ten days onto the growth. That is where mine is. That is why I have the additional times for growth to medium size.David
Stafford, VAWhat I was trying to post before was a diagram of drawer progression. It starts in the left stack and goes down-left- and up. Notice that the #12 drawer is moved to the #4 position to receive new eggs. The 1,2 & 3 drawers do not fit the rest of the slots. I bought this stack before i purchased the other 3 sets. I will be glad to answer any questions here or you can PM me through the Cafe Mailbox.
David
Stafford, VAGood luck with your blues. It would be good if you could eliminate the HOSP some how.
You need to use a third party site like imgur.com to post the photos. It is very easy to set up a free account and then upload the photos that you want to use. When you want to post a photo you just select the photo that you have uploaded and on the right side of the page, go down to the line that says “BBCode”, click copy, then go back to your post and past the code in your text. it will appear as “(img]https://i.imgur.com/xyxysbcJ.jpg[/img])” in you draft but a photo will appear in the post when you submit it.
David
Stafford, VA
