I want to comment about white nest vs slight yellow nest. As a processor for 6 years myself.

White nest is very clean. There isnt much black spot inside the strain. The legs (yan jiao) is very thin also. So when we process, there is less yan jiao to be cut off. Generally white less total wastage will be 5-7% lower than slight yellow counterpart.

Slight yellow nest inside quite dirty. A piece of this raw sometimes weight about 14g, after process 8g. Can you imagine the wastage here.

If white raw is rm300 more expensive, i rather take the white nest.

What is the market price for raw bird nest now ??
So quiet

Hi all, I haven't visited this thread for a long long time. Thanks for keeping it alive.

You are asking million dollar question. Have you build one yet?

Ahh how time flies. Been 10 years into bird house and almost 5 years into processing. Been riding up and down for raw price since 2008

Do you earn more from BH or processing ?
How many workers do you have?

For the first 3-4 years, I made less than BH per month. 4th to current 6th year, it is vice versa. I have 23 workers in local. Factory in kampung, so my cost is among the lowest.

Thanks for sharing
Do you pay your workers fixed salary or based on how many grams process per day ?

Not fixed salary. Just salary per kg.

no min ka?

All my worker can do 1.5kg-4kg depending on their hardwork. Many part timer in Kampung area.

All my worker can do 1.5kg-4kg depending on their hardwork. Many part timer in Kampung area.

I have 10 workers. Average 500g per day picking feathers/hair. 9am to 12 am. It is good enough ?

500g/day 9am to 12am? That is ridiculous working time.

Hi guys,

I have a 1yr+ BH around 200+ nest; now that the population is gradually increasing..
i am experiencing Kutu problem, and my nest are mostly lumut & yellow.
Below are the steps ive tried:
-clean birdshit every 2 weeks,
-spray EM(use the EMRO brand),
-spray Fendona on walls & floor.

Anything else i can do to help with the problem?
i see baby birds blood suck by kutu very heartpain

Wow been a long time since I last looked here.

Spray Fendona all over including the nesting planks, tweeters, and unharvested nests. This will kill all the mites as well as when the mite eggs hatch.  If you don't do this the mites will continue to breed.

Fendona won't kill any of the birds, even the babies in the nests. The level of toxicity is very low for humans and practically none after the nests are processed. That's why is approved for use in kitchens, restaurants and inside homes for bedding etc.