Hey guys have you all been doing some observation on the number of birds above your rooftop or near the entrance hole of your or your neighbor's BHs?
These few weeks there are a huge crowd and to me this is due to a new batch of young birds coming out of their nests and soon the breeding season will begins. Yes once all those young birds are out their mothers will be bitchy and starts to wanting to lay their next batch of eggs (two eggs only).
While the mother wanted to start a new cycle the father with be busy cleaning or preparing the nest. This is the best time to do your nest harvesting. Remove all old nests and let new ones be built on the same spot.
The male will look forward for a sexually active period of copulation. Once the nests were repaired or rebuild the male will invite the female birds to inspect. Once accepted they couple will start the copulation for at least 8 days. On the eight day the after the first copulation the female will lay her first egg. The second should be laid within the next two days.
Those newly matured birds will start to pair off and maybe looking for a place to call their home for their lifetime.
Those who are experienced enough will be smiling and will perhaps knows what they should do.
To those who are new you need to get into the action.
All in all you need to do whatever it is to get those young birds over into your new BH.
I suggest the followings:
1) Harvest all those old nests that were used in the previous breeding cycle. Make sure you leave some markings to allow the previous tenant to come back to nest on the same spot.
2) You might want to cover those 90* corners that were used by those birds for the past two breeding cycle with corner covers.
3) If your BH have more then 200 nests, you might want to install corner covers to all 90* corners. Harvest the nests leaving a small makings on the nesting planks, for your birds identification purposed, and place those corner covers on the top of it. Yes cover all 90* corners in your BH if you happened to already secured 200 nests or above.
4) If those humidifiers are not working or spoilt get new ones and replace them. Make sure your BH have the right humidity.
5) Change the sound to something new. My best recommendation is to use the latest sound available in the market. I do have something that is new called 20in1Medley. This sound is a combination of 20 sounds into one thumb drive. Each sound is about 3 minutes.
6) With this new sound you might want to increase the volume a bit but not too much. This will allow a larger coverage to lure those young birds to your BH.
6A) I suggest that you extend the external sound operation time slightly longer say add 30 more minutes. Who knows there are some who will come back home late or those who love to fly in and out of your neighbor's BH might come over.
6B) What about the internal sound? My recommendation is to switch to mating sound. If you BH population is below 200 nests use only mating (BabyKing) sound until the number (200) is reached. However if you have 200 nests or more use the mating sound for one month and once the breeding season is up switch to colony sound.
7) Those who have not install any hexagonal tweeter, you better do. Hexagonal tweeters, if properly used, will make a lot of different to your new BH. Use the tweeter at the appropriate time only.
8) Maybe you might want to get new or fresh bird shits into the house. Make the house smell better to those birds. Place them into plastic containers and locate them at the corners of the BH.
9) Those who have yet to construct those VIP rooms, please do so now. You can finish them within 3 days and I guarantee that the birds will flock into this room. Remember you need to follow all my advises like how many tweeters, how many fake nests, how many soundless humidifiers, those external sound tweeters, and make sure the room is filled with those fresh bird shit to the max.
The things that you must try to avoid:
1) Make sure you choose the right external sound. Do not play those DURESS sound.
2) Never play colony sound during breeding season. The birds are mating so using colony is not the right mix. I recommend the use of mating sound (BabyKing).
3) Try not to enter the BH at all if you can. If you need to do any renovation you should try to choose the right timing, say during dry season from 9am till 4:30pm. If you carry out your operation during this time of the year, you might come heads on with those young birds. They will be scared and brand your BH as not save.
4) If you can lock the house for 0ne solid month and do not enter the house until those birds have laid their two eggs (remember 2 eggs). Once they have laid the two eggs they will become your permanent tenant.
If you need any advise or helps before carry out any revamp works, you might want to have a second opinion. Call 017 755 1318.
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