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Robin in my outhouse (1 Viewer)
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HI Macey and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. Just leave it be please. Small birds like Robins lay eggs every day or two and don't brood them until their clutch is complete, thus ensuring that they will all hatch within hours of each other. Their clutch usually contains 5-6 eggs.
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I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Ah that’s great. I actually thought the nest had been abandoned as I had my drier on a few days ago. Only to discover another egg today. I only discovered it, as I went to put the Christmas tree in the shed. My outhouse is attached to my kitchen. Also, I have a dishwasher along with the drier in the outhouse. I am happy to leave them alone. However, what do I do once they start flying around the outhouse and potentially get stuck behind the appliances in there? Also, would it be ok to put mealworms in the outhouse along with fat pellets?
Ah that’s great. I actually thought the nest had been abandoned as I had my drier on a few days ago. Only to discover another egg today. I only discovered it, as I went to put the Christmas tree in the shed. My outhouse is attached to my kitchen. Also, I have a dishwasher along with the drier in the outhouse. I am happy to leave them alone. However, what do I do once they start flying around the outhouse and potentially get stuck behind the appliances in there? Also, would it be ok to put mealworms in the outhouse along with fat pellets?
Don't worry too much about using the outhouse, Robins are generally quite used to human routine activity. It may help, though, to speak when you go in, so they know it's you.
I wouldn't leave food in the outhouse; rather better to have it in the garden, the adults will soon get used to where you put it. Mealworms, fat pellets would be good and give the adults a bit of a boost at the beginning of their day. I've only seen Robins on tube feeders a very few times, they prefer to feed off tables or the ground.
When you think they are near to fledging (fully feathered, not downy), could you leave the window open or the door ajar so they know their way out
I wouldn't leave food in the outhouse; rather better to have it in the garden, the adults will soon get used to where you put it. Mealworms, fat pellets would be good and give the adults a bit of a boost at the beginning of their day. I've only seen Robins on tube feeders a very few times, they prefer to feed off tables or the ground.
When you think they are near to fledging (fully feathered, not downy), could you leave the window open or the door ajar so they know their way out
Thanks everyone. I was more concerned about them getting stuck behind the appliances. My mind is now at rest 😃
The only scenario where I can imagine that happening is if the nest was raided by a predator before they're properly ready to fledge. They'll jump from the nest then try to hide somewhere.
A normal fledging, the adult would go to the exit and start calling them, encouraging them out. So she'd likely do this at the door or window. However if the window is very high, the young may not be able to get up to it, so it might help at that time to put a screen there to stop the light coming through, so they'll concentrate on the door.
HTH a bit.
A normal fledging, the adult would go to the exit and start calling them, encouraging them out. So she'd likely do this at the door or window. However if the window is very high, the young may not be able to get up to it, so it might help at that time to put a screen there to stop the light coming through, so they'll concentrate on the door.
HTH a bit.
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The birds have not been in the nest all day. Is this normal, I’ve left them alone. But these eggs have been left on their own all day
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They won’t start to brood the eggs (sit on them) until all the eggs have been laid. They lay an egg either every day or every other day.
You should leave the nest alone; don’t keep looking in it to see if any more eggs have been laid. This could cause the nest to be abandoned.
You should leave the nest alone; don’t keep looking in it to see if any more eggs have been laid. This could cause the nest to be abandoned.
I haven’t. I’ve got the ring door bell set up in there so I can watch them from a distance without disturbing them. That’s a relief, I hope they do come back. I’ve not even seen any robins in the garden either. I’ve put a load of food on the feeder. Hopefully that will encourage them to stay 🙂
Goodness!! Good luck to her and her family.
Really.... what is it in America?I learned something new today! "Outhouse" is another one of those words that has a different meaning in UK English versus American
Always learning here LOL
"Outhouse" in the States specifically means outdoor toilet - the sheds that contained the simple pit toilets before indoor plumbing was invented.
And there's a deeper level to it, it's a derogatory term meaning you're primitive, a rural hillbilly. i.e., if you want to insult someone for being a redneck you make a joke about their outhouse, something like that.
I have a local friend who's a Brit and it's always fun discovering new words that are different! OK, look at this - so the British word for American outhouse would be bog, dunny, long-drop, or privy. "Long-drop".....that's a great one!
Outhouse - Wikipedia
An outhouse — known variously across the English-speaking world otherwise as bog, dunny, long-drop, or privy — is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet, but other forms of dry (non-flushing) toilets may be encountered. The term may also be used to denote the toilet itself, not just the structure.
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duck and diver, bobolink and weaver
And just for fun: "Bog" is an Irish or Scots Gaelic adjective meaning "Soft". Only in English is it used as a noun to refer to a marsh, wet peat area, or indeed an outhouse...
Edit: Back to the robins Macey - wishing them and you every success this season
Edit: Back to the robins Macey - wishing them and you every success this season
