Hi all,

I just received news my new BH got complained about the noise, but didn't say specific which part or direction.

Last week we have checked day&night both internal and external volume to be at correct levels.
I had personally tuned the internal tweeters to the 2nd lowest notch which sounded as if normal bird volume.
The external tweeters were not tuned by me, but my partners said only can hear little bit at ground floor.

Gonna make a trip there ASAP to solve this, so is there anything specific that I should lookout for ?
Maybe the timer or amp volume not accurate/consistent ?
Styrofoam + ceiling board + half closed window -> not soundproof enough ? really need bricks?

Thanks in advance...
Really paiseh disturb other ppl  Im worried if next warning come again means TheEnd for me

Thanks for the response.

Currently we are using the wall socket analog timer with a round dial to push in the small 15minute ticks.
7:30am to 7:30pm

Hi folks,

I have been lurking around this forum for years. Perhaps right where V1 just started. Unfortunately I didn't have the fortune to be able to start a BH yet then and so kept a very low profile. However, things have changed and I am on the verge of starting a BH soon in Sarikei,Sarawak on a plot of agriculture land not too far from town. Will be doing the bird call test when I go back for CNY although my sis and sis-in-law have seen the area and saw a number of BHses around the area and the birds are rather visible too.

I must have listen to tons of swiftlet sounds (samples off the net) but to date, I still find it difficult to postively identify whether it is an external or internal sound. Baby chicks sound are probably more distinctive but the others I am not too sure. There are categories of sounds I believe for eg:

Playing
Warning
Fighting
Mating
Duress/stress/in pain
etc

Is there a way to classify these sounds accordingly? Perhaps there are some traits to look out for? A library of sounds perhaps? I have seen on the net claims for sounds that supposedly fit for use both internally and externally. I have purchased 4 different external calling sounds CD from Ekawalet and tried to "benchmark" against ambiguous sounds ( those not stated internal or external) in an attempt to spot similar traits of external sound. Not very confident at all even after so many hrs of listening!

Most bird sounds that I have is quite soft when I played them off the home hifi. The louder ones are usually heavily distorted/clipped. Initially I thought of getting one of those china made 12V Class T amp, wrapped some rechargeable batteries around it and stick in a tweeter or 2 and I'd have a something usable. But I think time is not on my side at the moment. Any suggestions?

I probably will need further advice and tips as I go along but so far I am very touched by the levels of generosity seen in this forum.

And please no sales call to any consultants out there. Don't call me, I'll call you. They are everywhere I tell you!.

Regards,
Eric

I don't think the white patches are mold. It was more like construction dirt and shoe print.  You never clean the planks before starting operation ?

Need to see the planks to be sure of the problem as I have seen planks that have similar white patches and  feel like rubber and they occurred  after a year or two. You can almost remove part of it off with your fingers nails. According to my sawmill friend, those planks are dead and I did K chop 2 pieces in one chop with my bare hand....... and I am no Karate expert lah.

As for Do and Don't, it very difficult to enforce like long ago, we used to tell workers not to smoke in the BH and all food must be taken outside....what you get, smell of urine in the BH........those are labourers and "tak Sekolah" . Just my 2sen opinions.

Gong Xi Fatt Cai to all breeders, readers, bloggers, governors etc.

May I ask if there is any Teluk Intan breeder here? Any problem/kacau with the town council so far? Town council issue any license? Understand from some developer, no license issued no problem so far. What is your comment?

Thanks you Swiftcurrent for your kind and swift reply!

Just notice one commercial development next to residential estate but also next to hotspot. Still think think whether can invest. Other can, why not. Sound issue can be settled, up to breeder jurisdiction.

Many years ago, a friend of mine just returned from Thailand and informed me that the Thai Authorities burned down a BH because of Bird Flu and he was looking for sign from my face...."Why aren't you scare that the authorities here will destroy your BH because of bird Flu/"

I answered that swiftlets never get bird Flu as they never touch the ground and only birds that have contact with the ground will get bird flu. Secondly, the Thailand case was because the BH happened to be in the 5kilmetre circumference, all birds in the area will need to be destroyed including the swiftlets although swiftlet never touch the ground to contact with the virus.....

So, I am really scare that if the chicken near the BH happen to get H1N1 or worst H5N1, then 5 kilometer radius, all birds must be destroyed include our precious swiftlets......although the mature birds can fly away, all chicks and eggs must be destroyed and all the BH disinfected.....that will leave you bankrupt or heart broken.

So, the best way is to be careful and never rear chicken or other fowls near your BH or else........all your years of sweat and hardship all gone.

Better grow other even earth worm will be good and you may feed the BS to the worms and maybe make alot of cash from it......I know that fishes like the BS but do worms like BS, too.

One thing that I know is that don't plant fruit trees near BH as these attract bats and other animals to the area.
Any disagreement, kindly post it here to share.

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Anyway, no offense to all for rocking the boat.

Why do we have to pay for fruit flies when we can easily attract ourselves.

Fruit fly hormone is easily available and if sprayed around your BH will attract fruit flies for miles around.

Plant fruit trees like papaya, starfruit, and any rotting vegetable and fruit etc. to attract and breed fruit flies all year round.  Mature Oil palm will also attract them.

So, why pay.

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Thank you very much for your reply.
To be honest, I am a little uncomfortable about posting my BH's plan in public.

Location is southern tip of peninsular malaysia. 3km away from a fishing town with ~300 BH.
You are correct that this BH is currently in the middle of a row of 21 shoplots. Half of them have top floors converted to BH and the same situation happens ... only 1-2 BH have significant number of birds.

My partner bought the EM to spray here as he have been using it in his other BH which produces harvests.
This BH's walls have not been applied with any commercial aroma products and I suppose EM is beneficial to BH as it "freshens" up the relatively stale air inside and prevents fungus. I do not recall seeing any online claims  of swiftlets being repelled by EM's scent but I did caution not to spray it close to the nesting planks.

From day1 in mid January, the BH was rushed into opening sound even when we have not acquired any internal sound as the pigeons were trying to enter the roof which was their breeding ground. Jan to March were plagued by problems with electricity and water supply. No renovation were done after opening sound and we only enter every 4-7 weeks to do simple check and change sound.
My partner have a few years of experience while I am a fresh newbie, so I  follow the steps he say.
There were pigeons standing on the dog kennel ledge and dropping their poop into the staircase airwell back in January to March.
The months where I used nail carpet matches the decline of swiftlet dropping growth.
Used in middle of March, removed it in late May. June was the monsoon season but I failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
Don't have any photo of it.