Use This Thread Only After V1 Closed.

After 2 years of Lowyat.net swiftlet farming discussion forum it's finally come to end of lifespan for V1 topic on "Everything About Swiftlet Farming". This V2 thread started on the day our Sarawak brothers fight for their life investments against incompetent You Know Who Boleh.

Anything regarding swiftlet industry as in V1 can continue here after V1 thread closed. Sharing ideas, complaints, tips, product introductions, questions are welcome here. Not only limited to Malaysian ranchers but all in this industry.

Some links regarding swiftlet farming:
Kong Heng Swiftlets Equipments Supply
Nest Tech Equipment Technology
Ming-Yan.com
Nest Talk Consultation Service
Crystal Swiftlets
Klub Peternak Walet - Indonesia
aerodramus.com
Yahoo Discussion Group

Blogs regarding swiftlet farming:
CATATAN HENMILIA

Swiftlet Farming : an Addictive Hobby & Multi-Million Dollar Business
Johan Walet.com
GMYS ENTERPRISE-Menjual Peralatan Memancing Burung Walet
Swallow Bird Nest Indonesia
燕农天地与燕屋管理 (swiftlet farming & management)
World of Swiftlet Farming

Proceeded from V1 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/431781/+2420

This post has been edited by cherroy: Feb 17 2009, 10:02 AM

Ladies & gentlemen. Please grow up and don't simply make empty assumptions and accuses without solid evidence. This platform is for fellow farmers to make friends not enemies. Aren't we have enough common problems to be solved already? All should know no consultant or product gurantee 100% success. If a product doesn't work on one does not mean it won't work for others. Everybody got their positive and negative sites. If one gets only praise and everybody like him with zero negative comment then there must be a problem with him.
Please keep those blind critics in personal blogs only. Write whatever you like there.

6'x6' for open roof too small for today's new BH. Flying pattern entering hole totally different from side hole entrance. So cannot follow side hole entrance size lah. 10'x10' consider minimum for my personal standard. Personally prefer 4mx4m.

Electric pole shocker should be high voltage, low amp. So it would only cause pain to the area that touches. Not whole body shock. (Amp=flowing of electricity)
Owl problem often face by standalones which surrounded by trees which some trees got owl nests on them. One of the expensive option is to clear up larger area trees. This option is call "Habitat Modification".

Some owner use trap outside BH to catch owls and relocate them. Spring net trap, bubu type traps did caught some owls before. Rat bait + rat glue did caught some smaller size owls but the glue not strong enough to hold larger owls.

Poisoned rat bait - No comment. since not allowed by wildlife act. Pandai-pandai lah.

Frightening - I've seen 1 BH hanging a dead/dried body of owl outside the BH to scare owls away. Works or not don't know.

Shooting - Since the owls are causing damage to BH......

Sorry to say the whole design from scale, fly path, roving path are totally koyak. Play in-out at entrance got lah. Low % will reach the nesting to explore.

From my months of observation at Kg. Cina back river AF do touch water occationally. Some said they wet the chest feather then drink from their chest while flying. Or the touch of water is for feeding. A video taken by a friend at Nibong Tebal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cZ4p_g8Mw

The video was then given to "uncle" to post at Youtube.

This post has been edited by seeseng: Jul 26 2009, 11:48 PM

Check the condition of eggs. Broken or not. If not broken try bounce the egg on floor. If it bounce back like a ping-pong and will not break mean the egg already dead. Parents already dumped the egg from nest. Normally due to extreme cold or hot condition cause this type of dead eggs.

For a 6,240sqft area humidification a mist spray system is cheaper than multiple unit of poultry humidifier to cover an area that large. The affordable type of mist spray system using normal 1/2" PVC pipes instead of expensive high pressure tubings and using PVC adjustable nozzles instead of costly metal nozzles. For an area that size a China made 1HP well pump would be sufficient to power up 50 nozzles. Depend on where you install the pump. BUT, problem with mist spray system compare to other types of active BH humidification systems - water particle is big. Without proper control you'll get floor as wet as old fish market. Then when the shit get too wet you'll have rotten egg smell in your bh.
The good part is it's cheaper for a big BH. Lower operating noice level than poultry humidifier since the pump can be located outside.


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This method using natural evaporation to increase humidity. Some kind of passive humidification. BUT, by how many %RH? How much can this method increase the %RH for a BH where open area quite big compare to a bedroom. On days where the %RH is only 50% or lower and you want 70%-80%RH how? Will the gadget increase humidty of area a bit further than it say 10feet? In my humble opinion to generate enough humidity you'll need to make this type of side pond along side wall of whole floor. Probably need a lorry of sand bricks or more. "A small pond" is not enough since it's passive method. Hygrostat controls by turn on and off electricity. Water supply can meh? What if I set 75%RH and the environment humidity never reach that with this method? Water keep dripping? Only this method alone is not enough to generate enough humidity for most BH. Those near river bank and natural humidity already high can lah. This method can serve as humidity stabilizer like a pool inside BH without the worry of leaking. Humidity stabilizer= When our active humidification reaches ideal point then stop by hygrostat normally the environment %RH will drop at a rate faster than ideal. With a humidity stabilizer the environment %RH will drop at a ver slow rate.

Good and practical design. Nice one.

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V2 thread finally concluded and closed. Million thanks to all fellow contributors.
Please proceed further discussion to V3 Swiftlet Keeping Discussion.

V3 Swiftlet Keeping Discussion

This post has been edited by seeseng: May 9 2010, 10:58 AM