Woodies and chimneys.

[Wingman]

A friend of mine just called me to report a woodie hen came down his chimney about an hour ago and he had to catch it in his kitchen.

I call that a gift from God; manna from heaven.

Seriously, he let it go, but called to ask if I had any bands to put on it. He has always had ducks in his yard and had to take down some of the boxes because he had so much dump nesting.

Now he has a Cooper's or either a Sharp-shinned hawk catching hens as they come out of the boxes in the morning and attacking his martins at his gourd rack.

[olemissduckhunter]

ohh no not the martins!! Ted wont have anything to take pictures of!!

[crackhead]

One of my customers found a dead wood duck on the floor of his hunting camp a few years ago. When he picked it up he noticed it was banded. This was in a deer camp around Waynesboro.

[guy]

My buddy is a plumber and he just caught a hen woody in a chimney several days ago.

[Wildfowler]

so much dump nesting.

I'm not familiar with this term. What does it mean?

Thanks.

[messed up]

I believe thats when more than 1 hen use's the same nest and gets to many egg's in the nest. I think.

[weimhunter]

Guy who has a cabin by mine had a wood duck come down chimney and stayed in the cabin for 2 weeks. Crapped all over the place.

[Wingman]

Messed up is correct. Several hens take turns, so to speak, laying eggs in the same box until there are several dozen eggs in the box and they all abandon it. Usually happens when there are several boxes in close proximity to one another.