I had wanted to change the room but it was already 5 am. So I decided to get up. Mr.Reader picked me up at about 9 am. I felt very tire because the whole night was not good for me. Worse of all I was down with flu.
Being a swiftlet enthusiast nothing could stop me from my plan of visiting farms, so the schedule goes on. We had our breakfast and headed for a farm not far from the Hotel. On the way I picked up some Panadol to relieve my cold. It was a huge farm which is 80x100ft , a one floor farm.
It was brilliantly done by Mr. Reader. It was a factory unit converted into a farm. It is not an easy task as most factories are constructed with steel & zinc roof . To control the micro is not easy.
Fantastic job , but the farm is too big and the birds that come in felt insecure. It was like an assembly hall. So it needs some partitioning to create room so that the birds would feel more comfortable.
When partitioning a farm , one must know and understand the flow of air & flying path of birds any mistake made would obstruct the above. There is no guessing game as it would cause more damage than good.
This farm has attracted many birds in a short period of time. There are so much room for improvement. Now the most important thing is to create as many colonies as possible to push up the numbers of nests.
There are many gadgets in this farm, water sprinklers, Hygrostat, exhaust fan,etc. These gadgets actually helped to control the micro to a good level. Bravo Mr.Reader.
I had advised him to seal & erect some partitions at some strategic areas of the farm. I guess in a short time the numbers of nests will shoot up. The size of this farm is huge , if it is not designed properly then birds would only make nests in certain corners or areas of the farm.
This would make the nests growth stagnant. After spending few hours there we decided to go for for lunch.
After lunch, there is another new farm to visit. It is about 1/2 an hour drive from the town.It is under construction. And the owner didn't engaged a consultant. The whole design was based on what the owner knows.
I was invited to give some advice because the owner worried that his design mine not be good and it may not be swiftlet friendly.
(half way construction of a farm)
Well..... obviously the design was bad. The roving was out , the inter room hole was out too and many more. I guess I came on the right time otherwise if its had been completed then it would cost lot more to rectify it.
There are so many farms here and now there are lot of them built next to the Padi field.
After this we drove back to the town and went to an area that are full of farms. For those who are from here would know this place. It is next to the river.
( successfull farm, see how small is the entrance hole)
( successfull farm, see how small is the entrance hole)While we were there I decided to call one of my reader who had used the Love Potion that produced superb result. He was a Doctor by profession.
I told him that I am in A.Setar and I shall be catching a flight back to K.L in 3 hours time. He was so excited that he insisted that we have dinner before I leave, of course we have never met before and this is a good opportunity for me to meet a new friend and to ask him personally about the Love Potion results.
We had our dinner in one of those famous old restaurant (pre-war building) .It was a wonderful dinner as we had the opportunity to discuss & talk about Swiftlet farming. We share info & our experiences of swiftlet farming.
(Wah! still can find such small lane in the middle of the town)I didn't know that the Love potion had created such a big impact on his farm until he told me about it. His farm was only 5 months old and it has produced superb result........Thanks so much to Love Potion.
( he is where we had our dinner)He explained the after 30 hours of using the Love Potion the birds swamp into his farm like a tornado. People around his farm called him and asked what did he do to his farm as thousand of birds circling on top of his farm.
(huge farms)They called him, he couldn't believe it until he went and see it himself. He was so happy about the love potion that without my probing he explain the whole experiences during the dinner.
I am happy because the feed back are from those persons who had used it. Later we decided to visit few farms of his and at the same time to do some birds test at one of his new farm project ( under construction ,stand alone).
At the site within seconds the stress sound was played the birds out from no where swamp in to the source of sound. There are so many of them ( Check out my BTK Test video). Fantastic, all birds circling on top of our car.
I turned around and jokingly asked him is this the numbers of birds circling your farm when you used the Love potion that day? He replied 10 times more than this. I was speechless...........
That is crazy. All of us around there who heard this were totally jaw dropped.
It was getting dark and it is time to leave for the airport.
Even tho it was a hectic trip nevertheless I really enjoy my trip to the North especially meeting and getting to know all these wonderful people. Hope we shall meet again next time and wishes them Good Successful farming.
Thank you Mr.Readers.
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