Bird houses

[HD]

Do you clean yur bird houses out every year? I have several in my yard, and have noticed that I don't have any nester's in some of them.

What do you do?

[glenn57]

YES you need to clean them out each year. I clean them out every fall. the only birdhouses I know of you don't clean out are purple martin houses!

[HD]

A couple of these houses that mama bought, are mounted to old porch spindles and the roof is not removable. Should I  scrap the houses and buy some that can be removed?

[glenn57]

take a clothes hanger apart and bend one end in a form of a u.......or in otherwords a hook. you should be able to pull most the stuff out with that. it may take a bit of patience. but then again you do fish with the general so I assume you have plenty of that!!!!!!!!

[dew2]

A couple of these houses that mama bought, are mounted to old porch spindles and the roof is not removable. Should I  scrap the houses and buy some that can be removed?

Cut the tops off,use small hinge on one side and a hasp or latch on the other.