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What happened to my bluebird eggs

whitetiger350kle

9 years ago

For at least 7 years bluebirds have been nesting & living in 1 particular house..... my fault I did not clean out the house - so she built a nest inside of a metal engine hoist (we own a body, paint & mechanic shop).... first she laid 1 egg then it was 3 then there was 5 then there was 8 which was a very surprising but now there's 5..... I don't believe any type of animal could crawl up there or reach in to get the eggs it is kind of deep would the mother bird do something to the eggs if she thought she had too many?

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