Just use swiftletshit, mix it up with water & put it if basin, have it all over your BH. Cheap & even FOC! 

Good luck on your new BH & may u have lotsa of birdy!

If spray on wall & floor.............sure the BH will get smelly faster but will ur [B]birdy build nest on dirty wall[/B]??? 

Things that you don't understand is best not to use if you are trying to lure birds and not shark or eagle......these are swiftlets and the very reason for the Bird shit (not even human's) will be the same. Mixture percentage isn't an important for you are trying to make your building just like the swiftlet's home so the smell will definately attract the swiftlets into the building.... to be a birdhouse if you do it well.

Some posting @ forum are trying to make fool out of the newbizs by posting alot of nonsenses. To us, all shit smell like shit anyway but to sensitive swiftlets, swiftlets shits are swiftlets' and no other smell is the same........so, just leave experimenting to the old hand who can afford to so as their swifltets will never leave even if we try hard to chase them away; they will return again and again until they give up and that's they will.

Newbizs best try out those tested ways so as to be safe....for to you, every head is counted, I mean the swifltets and you will be worried if your BH fall short of afew but to those successful ones, a hundred missing, they still don't know.

One crazy friend that I met even suggested adding some "Kuat" pills to the humidifiers as he found that most of his birds aren't active in love making during the monsoon time and maybe they just need a booster dose to get the birds going hahaha and that he did and after afew days, he told us that it wasn't working but then, he has already thousands of birds in his BH and has no worry at all...just that we all have a good laugh over his stupidity.. have fun

Fully agreed with what brother WW said.

Been to a very successful BH. Full of birds inside. Even u switch off the sound & on the light, they are still there. To harvest the nest, u have to face the lice problem. The lice likes to hide behind your ears. So everyone has to take bath b4 leaving the BH.

Back to removing of the cement smell.

The owner told me he never tried any aroma before in his BH. All he used is only bird shit + water and ..

a traditional way to remove smell by burning charcoal & heat up a pot with water inside (old type lampe berger, haha )..

Even though I have never tried this, but I think it should work to absorb the smell.

Just my humble 2 kupang. 

hi tuckfook, heard of enzyme? i'm trying it out since got ppl say it will produce fuller nest, lesser lice, lesser cockroach, balance pH etc. Haha, wouldn't expect it to be a goldmine but i'll be happy if it can reduce the lice and the unwanted bugs in the BH.

sifu sifu sekalian, any idea how to reduce lice other than Ferdona or enzyme?

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Added on January 13, 2011, 9:36 pmand another thing, i wonder did anyone maintain a record of how much BN cost over the years? would love to have them if anyone has it.

*still dreaming of a transparent market price for bird nest after 2 years+*

cheers.

Hopefully, we can many forum friends discussing here and hope to receive feedback from all. Below are all my opinions only.

1)  There isn't a specifications on how much is needed but rather if you need it or not. If you need it, then get the best of it and that's fresh BS for performance or you may want to use processed BS...... 
2) Again, there is no standard for it and if your BS is really good and there are lots of birds in the sky, with good sound, immediate result may occur and birds will rush it and check out your BH. Checking it out doesn't mean they will be staying cos it need more that BS to do the trick. Other factors are needed and pls. read V1, V2 and V3. Many books on swiftlets although most are for newbizs will give you the information you need.
3) Lizards???? I can't help you on this as I don't have this problem as all L are either dead or disappear in my BHs. Someone pls. help here.

May we have other view or comments on the matters.

If you are from Kmn. then it shouldn't be a problem at all. Phone up your friends in the BH Buz and they will gladly get BS when they do the cleaning..............Kmn. BH owners are all friends and can share many others including BS.. Hope that help.

Somewhere near swimming pool location isnt? i have a few friends built their Bird House around there.

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Added on February 24, 2011, 11:25 am
If i were you, i will choose the chicken coup humidifier instead of ultrasonic one. Because the cost is much cheaper and easy to maintain.