My 2 cents.
Generally speaking there are two type of consultant and two type of investor.
1) If you are fortunate enough to engage a consultant who have your best interest at heart, he will come and inspect your proposed site’s topographical, water sources, vegetations etc,etc. All these have been described to death in all the books and seminars. Bird testing should be done for few mornings and evenings to estimates the birds populations and the flight path. He will be able to honestly tell you if the site is suitable and project the number of nest for the first year and leave you to decide if the expected return will justify his effort and investments. If you decide not to go ahead with the project the sincere consultant should be paid the pre agreed fees plus expenses a hand shake and remain good friend and will not be cursed for the next three generations. This type of consultant will probably own several successful BH and is financially sound and experiences to match and will not want to tarnish his reputation for the sake of a few Ringgit. Your successful farm will be his references and pride and will have plenty of jobs line up for him but will not accept any job where he have a BH.
2) The unscrupulous CONsultant will tell you BOLAH Lah ! Bird testing on location only 1 bird. NO PROBLEM if you pay me RM28.888.88( Fung Sui Bah !) for fees alone plus construction contract, internal renovations, sound equipments the works. End up with a 3 stories BH and land 31/2 acres a whopping 700k. Ouch!!! Result 70 birds total in 1 and half years. Is not because of bad design but there are only 70 birds in the whole area. Ai yoh ! By the way the BH is well built and no doubt will be ok in 5 years time but my friend is now 65 years young. See liaw loih!
3) I travelled to another area in Sarawak which looks very promising. Location checked there several time and not a single bird were seen. A consultant friend also advise the owner against building BH there but the owner insisted that he is paying and you just build what I want. Guess the result only 1 single bird in 1 year. Clearly it’s not the consultant fault. Good Luck to Him. At this moment BH (stand alone) are mushrooming around Sabah where the populations of birds are still very small. Most owners insisted that like Las Vegas YOU BUILD THEM THEY WILL COME!!! They are willing to wait so be it!
4) The shroud investor will identify 5 stars location and with a combination of sincere consultant will build a 20x60 BH for less than 100k including fees . Nobody say that BH have to be 30x100 RC column ,24’ beam 6’ suspended floor slaps , the bird don’t care a hoot as long as they are comfortable. Example can be seen in M D somewhere in Sarawak this single stories wooden structure on stilt has 400 nests in 1 year. The very nice and humble owner is now a BH consultant. Who is to contradict him and question his ability and experience? The result is there for all to see. Cost of the DIY BH 20k Max. Secret? None! The birds must be there in the first place.
Will be going on Swiftlets Safari on 13/3 with 1 friend from KT and 2 from Kuching route Miri/ Bintulu/ Kuala Tatau/Tatau/Serikeim Maludam/Mukah/Oya/Matu/Daro /Miri. We will be doing nothing but talk bird and test ½ dozen new Bird Music. This is the best time for Trubok ,1kg size crab and prawns.
V2. Swiftlet Keeping Discussion, Home of Fuciphagus Domesticus
Mar 3 2009, 06:26 PM
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