Purple Martin Forum

No the baby bird did not survive even though it's eye did open up. I had 3 this year with eye problems and all 3 died. Sad but the year was good.
28 adult pairs equaling 71 fledglings.
No bad for a small group of homes.

Thanks pmlover!

I'm envious of everyone's massive PM housing. I have my birds at the Fire Station I work at. Unfortunately I can't put up any more homes yet. Hoping one day I will be able to.

Just a quick note to update everyone about my blind baby. Yesterday I went out to check the baby and found that it's head and left eye appeared to have a scab on them. I'm thinking the baby might of gotten traumatized by someone's toenails. I applied some antibiotic cream to the head and around the ...

Thanks Chickadee.

Thanks to all for the advice. The baby is right around 11 days old. I'm not good at killing animals. I'm going to wait and see if perhaps it's eyes open.
Thanks for the article. I will check it out.

I discovered today that one of my baby Martin's eyes have not opened and it doesn't appear that it will open. One eye is actually flat and does not appear to have an actual eye in it. Both eyes have remained sealed shut. The other 4 siblings all have their eyes opened wide. The baby is otherwise hea...

Thanks for all the help!

Thanks much. What's your thoughts on 7 dust (1/4) tsp under the nesting box?

I am a new landlord this year. I was checking one of my nests that has 8 eggs in it and noticed that there are tiny ants crawling on them. Need some advise on what to do about this.