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Now we know you you are. All is well. :)

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I give my eggs even more time than Gin suggested.

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Mixed seed works well too, Bob. I often use that.
Hi, stja. It works on Starlings but better in the winter. I’ve never heard of a grackle being trapped and it would be illegal to euthanize a grackle. But, I agree, they are annoying!! I think it would be almost impossible to catch them in the summer with these traps. In mid to late winter if you use peanut butter as bait you’ll catch a lot of starlings. You also have to change the weight on the arm. Put one quarter on the arm and make sure it does a quick fast drop without bouncing.

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Do you have a new name here? I can’t figure out who you are (from the old forum). I am having a hard time catching the hatchings going on until late too! It’s so hard to know what to expect when I have not idea when they hatched.

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Mine left without any fanfare, since they insisted on nesting in a box at the back of my property!!

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It is torture!

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pretty daddy…I mean handsome. ;)

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Here you go, David. You may not have any suggestions for me and that’s fine. http://bluebirdnut.com/forums/topic/dave/

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I wrote a decent sized post and it isn’t there. Sorry. I’ll write it again later tonight and will give you the link again. :(

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Sounds like it’s all good news. It doesn’t always end this way so you are blessed.

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I’m getting some with my van ert and a few with my DRST (repeating trap) but not two a day. Jealous!

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Hi, Dave. I’ve been to Dave’s Gardens a few times when looking up info. Since you are here, do you mind answering an off topic question on the Soups To Nuts forum that is part of this site? A gardening/tree question. http://bluebirdnut.com/forums/forum/soup-to-nuts-the-way-off-topic-forum/

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It’s very unusual to have the eggs break. I only remember it happening a couple of times on here in all the years we’ve been on this forum. And you don’t need to take them out with a spoon, just use your fingers.

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Carol, I think it is wise not to have the worms too deep. I probably have mine full a little more than 1 1/2 inches but I try not to put too many in a container because they start dying.

I just throw in some oatmeal or cornmeal. Their bedding is also their food, Nicole so you don’t change it at all. They will eat it all up if they aren’t in the fridge. Now, if you are growing mealworms you’ll have to change it because their frass will build up and there will be more frass than food source.

I try to keep my mealworms fed so they are more nutritious? I’m not sure if that’s how it works but that’s my thinking. I keep them all in the fridge because I buy them in quantities of 5000 and they start pupating on me if I don’t.

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I sat mine right on the ground even though the suggestions that come with the trap say to elevate it. Good idea about the cardboard underneath it. If you don’t catch any there move it around. Do you have feeders up? Put it under one of those. Or next to a favorite bush they are in.

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