(a successful farm with small Entrance Hole)
(Huge farm with small Entrance Hole)
We had always believed that having big entrance hole is always better especially for new farms. The reason being is that it is easier for Swiftlets to access.
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Have you seen before very successful farms with small entrance hole probably 1x 1f or 1 x2f? Indeed there are many successful farms with such small entrance holes.
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Small entrance hole is a norm for Indonesia farms. It is a common practice there some are only 15x25cm just enough for 1 or 2 bird to fly in. One of the reason is to prevent theft.
Where as in Malaysia a 2x2f is considered small. With the belief of easy access and large entrance hole is better therefore most farms in Malaysia opted for Open Roof type design. With such design the opening is definitely big it could go up to 12x12ft for the birds to dive in. With such big opening it has it disadvantages too.
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If the big entrance hole is the best (open roof) then why farms with small entrance holes (Dog kennel or wall entrance) are equally successful? Besides that both farms also shared the same rate of failure.
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Well here it shows clearly that to have a successful farm one cannot solely rely or focus on a single factor the entrance hole only. Swiftlets farming is a package that is what I call. All factors have to come together the Micro and Macro. We can’t take anyone of them lightly. If imperfection arises we have to solve it immediately. Often waiting and watch and see first attitude would further making the situation worse.
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If some problems arise in your farm and the birds coming home are reducing 10-20 birds per day. If you have the wait and see attitude for 1 month then how many birds would you lose? (10x30=300 birds).
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All Swiftlets would have gone to the nearest farms around that have better environments. If you acted slow by the time you had solved and rectified the problems 300 birds would have stayed and started to make nests in your neighbor’s farms to entice them back would be futile.
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For sure one thing there is a correlation between the size of the entrance hole and the sizes of the farm and roving………if you are practicing good farming you would understand what I am saying.;
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Good Farming aaaaaaaLLLLLLLLLL!
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(一個有小入口孔的巨大燕屋農場)
我們總是相信有大入口孔特别是為新的燕屋農場總是好。原因是燕子容易飛行進出。
小入口孔是印尼燕屋農場的一個标準。 它是那裡普遍的做法，一些剛够1只或2只燕子能飛行的15x25cm。 一個原因是防止偷竊。
那这里馬來西亞2x2f被认為小。 因此容易進入和大入口被认为是更好的，馬來西亞的多数燕屋農場選擇開放屋頂型的設計。開放屋頂型确实是大的，這樣的設計可能至12x12ft燕子能潛入。 有這樣大的開放屋頂型也是有它的不利。
如果大入口孔是最好(打開屋頂型)，那么有小入口孔的燕屋農場(狗洞型或牆壁入口型)為什麼都是一样的成功？ 除那以外，兩個类型的燕屋農場也分享同一样得失敗率。
它顯示了，一個成功的燕屋農場是不可能只單獨地依靠或聚焦單一因素僅入口孔。燕屋農場是的包裹。 所有的因素必須一起屋内和屋外环境。 我們不可能輕视任何一项。 如果缺點出现了我們必須立刻解決它。 通常那些等待和看看的態度將促進使情況更壞。
如果您的燕屋農場出现了一些問題，並且，飞回家的燕子每天減少10-20隻。 如果您还是有等待和看看的態度那么1個月您將失去多少隻燕子？ (10x30=300燕子)。
所有的燕子將飞去最附近有更好環境的燕屋農場。 如果您行動了慢，當您解決了問題的時候，300隻燕子將停留，並且開始在您鄰居的燕屋農場做窝，要誘惑他們回來将会很难。