AboutBluebird Bob Walshaw Expertise Questions about setting up and monitoring Eastern Bluebird houses. This includes where and how to put up houses, trouble shooting, fighting predators, etc.
Experience 10 years with an 80 box Bluebird trail which has been accepted as part of the Transcontinental Bluebird Trail. Talks on Bluebirds to many organizations.
Organizations North American Bluebird Society, Audubon Society
Publications Bluebird Magazine, Birds and Blooms, Oklahoma Today, etc.
Education/Credentials BS, MBA, Cornell University Bird Biology course
Awards and Honors Blue Cross Ageless Hero, Red Cross Everyday Hero
Question once a bluebird egg starts hatching how long does it normally take for them to completely hatch, come out of the egg?
Answer Hi Shirley. After the first "pip" or tiny hole in the shell from a healthy baby it usually takes 12 to 24 hours for the hatching to be complete. Send your mailing address to me at walshaw1@cox.net and I will send you a free 20 page Bluebird book that will give you many more Bluebird answers.
