My 2nd year male and his mate were going very well 2 weeks ago, with green leaves on top of the nest, and mating, and then, WHAM!
We got hit with 5-6 days of cold, wet weather, and my birds and the newly arriving subbies were lucky just to survive!
It has been 8 days since good weather came back, and I notice the green leaves are gone, but, the birds sleep in the same gourd and are always together, and I have a subbie pair building a nest and another young female now.
The question is will my adults still lay eggs? Do they take the green leaves out when stressed, or maybe, just decomposed and not adding any new green ones yet? Is this a sign of fertility?
I guess we were lucky they didn't lay eggs before the big low hit.
After the stress of the bad weatherWill they still lay eggs?
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John Atteberry
Hello JK,
Your martins just had luck on their side by the weather to stop them short of laying eggs! Now since the weather is better they will start laying soon! You will have some eggs soon in about a week or two! Just be patient!! Thanks and good luck, John!
Your martins just had luck on their side by the weather to stop them short of laying eggs! Now since the weather is better they will start laying soon! You will have some eggs soon in about a week or two! Just be patient!! Thanks and good luck, John!