Kok Loh,

Never buy and Sell swiftlet eggs, Fellow BHs owners !!!!! you don't need the extra ringgit by selling Bird Eggs. If you want to sell eggs, sell duck eggs or chicken eggs. We, Swiftlets ranchers are protectors of swiftlets....we protect them from harm and we harvest the nest. Fair deal. Never harm the hand that feed..... that's my opinion.

7 years ago before I started Swiftlets farming, I was curios about the industry and happened to have a far relative doing Swiftlet ranching in Indo. Phone him up and he was most willing to help me but another far relative came to know about what I was going to start, phone me to refrain me from doing it.

His argument was that those who are in this trade do have good life and bad omen may pass to the next generation. He asked me to go to Indo to have a look at those families involve in BHs.

Now, after into the trade for so many years, I understand why.
In Indo, they harvest irrespectively of whether with eggs or babies. If the nests are big enough, they are harvested. We became killer of life and worse of those who kill the hands that feed. I was never of that type and that's why I am blessed with thousands of birds. I let them multiply and multiply. Forget the consultants that tell you that white nest fetch better price and that half cup is better than quarter cup. Thousand quarter cups is better than  hundred half cups. Let the swiftlets multiple and soon you have result that you never have imagine. But the most importance of all, it is good for your soul and God bless you for that.

This is the truth that if you allow the swiftlets to breed and not being selfish,
you will see your BH improve very fast. Once, a consultant told me to harvest nest irrespective of eggs or chicks for that most of the new birds aren't your's anyway. Just think, if everyone do the same, where come the new birds. Do you really think that GOD create birds, too. No, GOD create our hearts. Even if I lose 70% of the new birds, I still have an increment of 30% new birds. Then, if other BHs did the same, I may end up having more than 100% increment in new Birds in every 4 months cycle; more from other BHs.

But....but If all follow that consultant's advice and what's balance 0 new bird to be share.

i heard somebody said b4 that swiftlets do not like new building because of the smell of cement issit true???

Get rid of the bat. One method is to use a fishing net and then dispose of the bat far away. Swiftlets dislike bats and it will affect your swiftlets growth.

One reason why you put light above the entrance is to prevent bats and owl from entering and if you cannot get them out, catch them and put them far away. Remember to clean away the bat shit and smell.

Hey, anyone has Bat repellent, hahaha

That my humble suggestion, I am no Sifu.........only an old BH Rancher.

Calvin

Yeah ,better rid those bats quickly otherwise bats will start breeding and your bird house will become bats house.The bat shit spot must be clean and maybe use some ammonia liquid to rub on that spot to clear the smell totally.I am also no sifu,I just sell things....keke

bat!! vy bad!!....hope sifu's out there can help...i got 1 unit happen to be like this as well......
try to counter attack many times but still come back....
so....scratch head also...hahahaha.....
but for what i know, there are few reason n few method
reason bad coming in:-
too dark inside
too new
too rural area

method to fix this:-
change entrance hole
switch on the light for sometime inside the birdhouse
put some aroma on the bat spot!.....

but 3 of this method i have done...stil some little baby bat coming bat....but i think they quite frenly....
the bat jus stay 1foot next to my bird...jus worry 1 thing is dat they will eat up my nest.....sigh sigh

sifU!!! helP!!!

How to say this, for you can only compare old building to new building and not new BH building which is specially built for Swiftlets.

For new Swiftlets BH, it depend on the Sifu  who do the renovation and the abilities to attract birds depend on the ability of your Sifu.

For old building vs new building of same height, normally old building shall be much better than new one. If the new building is much higher, then there shall be a changes that the new one will fare better in years to come. I have seem many old houses without renovation have hundreds of nest sticking to the ceiling and even the electrical wiring is not spare. In trying to s, normally higher building attract more swiftlets.

I am no Sifu, that's my humble observation during past many years.

thanks. must be the cement then.

somehow from few observations those new birdhouse that's build specially for swiftlet raching are yielding slower.

put the neon light at the entrance hole, secondly at noon use the rat catch glue to get them out.

put rat catch glue??? 1st time i heard about this...how it works??? where u place it?? can u explain?? much appreciated....
thanks in advance

at day time when the bat rest, take a long wood and on the top of the wood attach a cucumber with coconut lili. the rat glue apply to the lili. it a like bunga mangga" for malay wedding. so when u come near to the bat the lili will glue to the bat make the bat can fly so just pick it up and dispose it far from your fram.

hmmm.....thanks for teaching....learn something new....i will give it a try......thanks for the helpful info...appreciated.....
by the way, i got 1 Question to ask all the pro out there.....
i face a problem get ask by 1 of my fren.....

the problem is, HOW YOU ALL COUNT THE BH UNIT....
what i trying to mean is, when ur fren ask u, how many unit BH u hav? how would you ans and how do you all count BH unit???

do you count by floor?? or count by block???
for example, if you have a 4 storey building, and u convert ur top 3 storey into BH, u consider this as 1 BH or 3 BH???
because the fren of mine, ans this as 3BH! but for me i would say 1 unitl...

WHat you guys think and know?? please lead me to the right thing...thanks!

hmmm.....thanks for teaching....learn something new....i will give it a try......thanks for the helpful info...appreciated.....
by the way, i got 1 Question to ask all the pro out there.....
i face a problem get ask by 1 of my fren.....

the problem is, HOW YOU ALL COUNT THE BH UNIT....
what i trying to mean is, when ur fren ask u, how many unit BH u hav? how would you ans and how do you all count BH unit???

do you count by floor?? or count by block???
for example, if you have a 4 storey building, and u convert ur top 3 storey into BH, u consider this as 1 BH or 3 BH???
because the fren of mine, ans this as 3BH! but for me i would say 1 unitl...

WHat you guys think and know?? please lead me to the right thing...thanks!

kelvin

ths thg he told me a few month ago. mayb nw he found tht u can help him, so so nice with u nw.

jt beware, buddy

ppl have 2 ears, also have "2 face".

As  i knw from my friend, u r very good consultant, better tht Mr.........................

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Its only logical to consider a three storey BH as one unit but unless your friend wants to exaggerate his asset.

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Added on July 19, 2008, 9:38 am
After studying all the responds  about the bat in my BH, I think I have the answer to it now.

I will inspect the bird farm in the day time and if I do find her resting inside, I will use a 1" X 3" plank applied heavily with rat glue to get her. I will then dispose her far away from the farm. She will die gradually since she is unable to fly because of the rat glue attach to her body.

1" x 3" wood I think will be quite difficult but never try never know.Let us know if it works.And if you really happen to catch one ,you better kill it on the spot rather than letting it dies a slow death.Cheers(Btw if u nid rat glu ar,I oso got sell give u cheap cheap la odourless one sum more keke)

In my opinion ,no matter how many floors you have still consider 1 BH.If one has a 3 storeys bungalow,one will still say 'I have one bungalow'.I think that make sense.