plate width

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nbaum
Posts: 77
Joined: Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:34 am
Location: whitewater, WI

Can someone tell me the width of the plate on the front of the Troyer gourd tunnel entrances? I want to make some perches that fit across the top of the plate like I saw on Utube. My gourds are at my home in Wisconsin and I want to build them to take up there this weekend.
Thanks
lynnh
Posts: 391
Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:07 am
Location: Iowa, New Sharon

4 7/8" is the width of face plate
2007 2 pair 8 fledged
2008 4 pair 18 fledged
2009 21 pair 87 fledged
2010 44 pair 174 fledged
2011 68 pair 244 fledged
2012 82 pair 364 fledged
2013 82 pair 359 fledged
2014 86 pair 415 fledged
2015 101 pair 427 fledged
nbaum
Posts: 77
Joined: Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:34 am
Location: whitewater, WI

Thanks, for the info.
paule
Posts: 135
Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:06 pm
Location: Central Iowa
Martin Colony History: 5 Modified Trios 10 Gourds and 1 B&B
2025 33 Pair 83 Fledged
2024 39 Pair 75 Fledged
2023 33 Pair 114 Fledged
2022 27 Pair 113 Fledged
2021 31 Pair 115 Fledged
2020 29 Pair 109 Fledged
2019 24 Pair 83 Fledged
2018 23 Pair 92 Fledged
2017 26 Pair 105 Fledged
2016 21 Pair 99 Fledged
2015 15 Pair 59 Fledged
2014 18 Pair 40 Fledged
2013 16 Pair 30 Fledged
2012 10 Pair 30 Fledged
Started in late 1980's

nbaum,
Did the perches on YouTube look like these?
Thanks
Paul
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