The Trap Nesting Thread

[galanie]

I'm a Lady with power tools, also

Two of us! yay!

 

[MANOZ]

KI4GOT----no, I didnt get you 2 confused. Still waiting for you to use those power tools.

The next few pics is for those who funds are tight. I paid 2 bucks for the hinges,everything else was free.

The "Gowell Box" stayed in the back of my head for a few weeks.

This is what I came up with regarding that "one box fits all"

the trigger to the gowell box

As the hen steps through the middle partition,the trigger wire turns to one side,unseating itself off the tack and letting door drop

 

[MANOZ]

door in the set position

Wire position when door is up

Wire position after bird has passed through the hole

 

[MANOZ]

screwed the 2 crates together and added a scrap piece of hardware cloth

 

[MANOZ]

cant get any cheaper than this

 

[MANOZ]

 

[MANOZ]

this just in this morning:

I finished this quick milk crate trap nest yesterday afternoon,this morning I found it occupied.

I think it would work good for game hens and bantams,the smaller sized breeds.
Doesnt have the height space for larger birds,but it does work

 

[MANOZ]

 

[galanie]

Just had an idea. If that's a belt sander you've got, you can clamp it upside down on the workbench and use it for a shaper for those doors once you rough cut the opening. Just a thought.

ETA: looks like it's not a belt sander now that I see the surface of the board close up. Might be something someone else could try though.

 

[MANOZ]

Here, I zoomed in to show the trigger wire position after the bird has passed through.