1 week SOS call are you trying to terrorize parents birds in that area? You don't need to call so many times. Just suitable timing and weather condition is good enough. Good timing would be 10-11am and 3:30-4:30pm. Each session 30 minutes + 30 minutes rest in between. Sunny weather condition with no wind to very mild wind.

Hi sifu sekalian,

Was tempted to purchase the swiftlet sound from FB.
Some quoted RM150 to RM 200 per song.
Is there any difference from the one at Youtube and them apart from the file size and quality?
If does, any sifu can recommend good song?
Newbie here...

Many swiftlet 'farmers' make money from selling 'miracle' sounds and not from their nests. Not all sounds work, some work better than others and some work for a short while only. A sound that works for your neighbour might not work for you.

Where is your location, maybe some locals ranchers can help.

Are there any criterias that define a good "sound" for the swiftlets? I am currently on a trial and error phase to find out the best.

Hi, I have a small swiftlet house for sale. Anyone interested, can pm me.

Simple criteria. The sound attracts birds. It should attract passing birds and entice them to enter the new birdhouse to explore and hopefully stay.

Many sounds attract birds. Some more so than others. eg a sound of birds under duress will darken the sky with them as they are curious to see what is causing the duress. This sound will not entice birds to stay in your farm.

Good sounds attractive to these birds are usually mating sounds. This brings the young birds to discover the new nesting site and hopefully will be happy to stay.

Any interest in 3-in-1 non-toxic spray to whiten nest, improve antioxidative and hygience of nest harvested?

Is there any official place to know the current price?

Ask around other sellers.
Seems like there's a group you can join & get a rough estimate based on other people's selling price (after taking the quality into consideration).

Hello Master and shifus here, would like to check with u all if my player/decoder spoilt. Where would be a good place to buy? Still new in this so need some guidance. This is from previous owner. Attaching the photo here

Location

Klang town many shops selling, if you happen staying in Klang valley

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hi GuYS!

I just started out recently..need some advise
How or when do u make ur 1st harvest on a new BH?
As we know one cycle is about 4months.

Do u guys harvest the 1st nest from ur BH after baby birds fly away...or just leave it for 2nd cycle?

If you leave it, the parents will re-use it (1 less nest) & the nest will be dirtier (more effort to clean it). If you harvest it, you’ll get a cleaner nest to sell & the parents will make a new one no?

Yea...i thought so, just would like to confirm with the SiFuSss

when I started. the common practice back then was to let the birds use the location once or twice. It was believed that that way, it would have the birds to stay put instead of moving around. After that can regularly harvest. I only did it once, because I only have ONE bird house.

Its up to you, no hard and fast rule about it

No where near sifu level

But the main issue with bird houses is each one is different. Thus has different conditions & problems. Sometimes what works for others may not work for you & vice versa.

Hi sifu, so my dad just passed away , and I’m taking over his bh, it’s quite old and not maintained , so I hire ppl to do some maintenance, spent a few thousand replace old damaged tweeters and so on , something I wana ask is they put the ammonia powder, is it useful? They said let it be there for a month , but the smell is horrible , even my eyes gets watery from it . Is it really useful ?

If i'm not mistaken, the purpose of that ammonia is to attract the birds or make them feel cozy. But it's not necessary to have. BH takes quite a lot of effort to maintain & grow. It's definitely not as simple as build & leave it there auto pilot. So unless you're planning to pick up the trade, ideally try to sell it off.