Even my bh 3 years 2500nests need 3 years to break even bro. Cost at 140k. Any BH above rm300k is impossible to break even within 3-4years. But think about long term. Once u break even, your profit would be alot. First few years suffer first.

Guys, i wanna ask about something. Recently just done another renovation on my shoplot. As you can see, the left one is the new BH meanwhile the right one is old one. Since both of the BHs are separated by only a woody wall, should I connect both of the BHs? more spaces for swiftlets but i afraid might disturb the birds too.

This post has been edited by mois: Dec 1 2011, 10:27 PM

what is the current price for BN? isnt still rm2.5-rm2.8k?

Year Started: 31 august 2008
Location: Sarawak
Size: 60 x 30 or 80 x 30 i forgot
Type: monkey house
Results:
1.5year = 1300-nests
2years= 1700-1800nests
3years= 2400-2500nests
3yeyars+ 3months= unknown hopefully can reach 2700-2900nests.

growth slower because alot of new BH around.

Yeah im very happy as well. Already started harvesting when it was 800nests. Wah how u know harvest 2 weeks once? This is exactly what im doing by the time it reaches 2000 nests leh. Now already renovate. See my previous post. But no one give suggestion:(

Not renovate, just another extension actually haha. Shoplot is linked to the BH. But two separate BHs, now in dilemma whether to operate separately or just open a hole between them. But i guess probably open a hole in between. More spaces for birdies and hopefully percentage of staying there is higher. Just wondering, how much can we harvest monthly if the nest count is 3k, 4k, 5k?

Speaking about 10k nests, i dont think monthly harvest only 8-10kg. By the way 10% is kinda too low. Suppose to be 15% at least i guess. That translate 11-13kg monthly. How long does it take to reach 10k nests? I think once reach 10k nests mark, one year nest counts can be increased by few thousand nests!

If u put on wrong nest, they will kick the baby out. There is nothing you can do except to return back the baby bird into its nest. I always do this and 80% of them survived. I love baby swiflets alot since they like to stick on my finger!

Any update on latest pricing? Heard around rm2k per kilo which is low

This should be a good news. Happy holding!

The last time i sold is around rm2.8k. Few months back. Hopefully price will over rm3k after cny

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...9923&sec=nation
So we can expect the ebn price will increase after that huh?

This post has been edited by mois: Jan 6 2012, 02:40 PM

Can anyone care to show how u guys store the raw bird nest and to prevent it from turning into yellowish? My method is to dry them up using fan after harvest. Building a chiller room seem to be costly though.

Hahaha same bro. How do u store ur nest?

How is everyone after cny? Great? Any great news to share?

Chank bro i think there is no need for u to highlight those word or make them big. And where is the source stating all farms should be closed?

Hi guys, i notice there are rushing activities lately especially the buyers part. They keep calling us to sell around rm2000 for full cup nest. But rm2k is still kinda low for us so kinda hesitate to sell those nests but probably will sell the yellowish one. Rm500 difference per kilo can easily pay off my tuition fee!

Now market price up to rm2500 already?

Wah ban everything. Habis liao.

West wing

Some of your logics make sense but some of them are not. Since you said we cannot predict the future and the storm might last few months or years, we cannot simply keep the nest for half year. Mind you, keeping nests over 20kgs already make us headache. And there are many type of farmers in the market. Rich, poor, breakeven, non breakeven. The rich farmer maybe can keep 50kgs-100kgs, thus great holding. Poor farmer cannot afford to keep that long, they got to pay car and house loan.

Those BH already breakeven one can sell at any price they want because no matter what price they sell, they are making profit. To hold or not, it is up to them whether they feel more comfortable to hold cash or bird nest. BIRD NEST CAN BE HARVESTED AGAIN. Once they sell, the money can be invested in other things.

You see, this is a free market. Hold--supply short--price up doesnt work that easily. Not everyone is millionaire, so they just cant hold it else who want to pay their daily expenses, loans and other things? If they are rich, maybe can jual mahal decline to sell like a boss. You forgot one more thing, price is cheap now and it is now more affordable to consume nests. Your other logics make sense, just slightly biased on holding bird nest part. Just my 2cents as a farmer and 1st year degree student