( every planks has tweeters. Not always the more the better.)The Sun came out at noon after the rain. The sky is beautiful after the rain with white thin clouds. I call Mr.Y who has 2 farms in Kuantan. We had arranged this meeting a week ago.
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“MR. Y, I am in Kuantan now at Jalan Gambut near Olympia College.”
“Ok James, that is great I shall be there in 5 minutes”
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Mr.Y has bought over a 2 years old farm recently together with a good friend on a JV basis. They had just turned on the sound weeks ago.
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It was a farm at the top of a 3 storey shop lots located in a Prime area. It is a 2 years old farm and has less than 15 nests. Mr. Y bought it at a good price and he is confident that he could turn it around.
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I was quite hungry as my breakfast was at 6.30am that morning. When Mr. Y arrived I suggested “how about makan first”?
Not bad! There is a restaurant at the same roll of shop that his farm located. So it was like a lunch over meeting and discussion. I asked Mr. Y and his partner please throw as many questions as you wish at me and I will answer them all.
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I love questions because it helps me to refresh my memory on Swiftlet farming.
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After lunch we proceed to his farm which located just few step away. The top floor was converted into farm. The previous owner seems to have very little knowledge in Swiftlets Farming. Basically the previous owner just got a consultant to build it and leave it as it is without doing anything other than wait and there were rubbishes and left over construction materials in the farm, claimed Mr.Y.
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Since taking over the farm Mr. Y had done some renovation on it. They had enlarged the entrance hole, partitioned few sections, installed tweeters and so on.
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What catches my eyes most was the Tweeter in this farm. This is one of the few farms that I had visited that has many tweeters which many times above the standard average tweeter requirement in farm.
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I prompted Mr. Y why there are so many tweeters do we really need so many?
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He replied” since Swiftlets love sound and build nests on top of tweeters so we give them more tweeters. Furthermore it is cheap.
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Well that make sense but to a certain extend I replied. Mr. Y muted for a while and I am sure he was surprised to hear such statement.
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There are easily more than 150 tweeters in this farm. To me 40-60 I considered many.
As I had always said Swiftlets farming is all about perfection at optimum level but not beyond. Anything beyond this level it will be a threat to the farm itself. Be it temp, Rh, sound, fake nest, partitioning and so on.
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The optimum number of tweeters in farm would create good sound environment but if it is too many it will defeat the purpose of sound and its effectiveness to entire swiftlets to stay and make nests.
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We know sound plays an important role, sound could be use to pull the birds to inner parts of the farm. One of the examples is when you install one external sound tweeter at the back of the farm in few weeks you would see shit spots below the tweeter. This shows the single tweeter stand out amongst other tweeters.
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Now what about having 50 (excluding internal tweeters) of them all over the farm? Would you be able to see 50 spot of shits?……I guess you have the answer already…..
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If you had visited successful farms that had turned off the sound and if you are observance enough you would notice not all sections of the farm have equal loudness of swiftlet chirping sound. Such environment shows the originality of nature. But I can tell not all farms have such sound environment perhaps only 10%-20%. That’s why 80% farms failed.
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It is not always the more the better. Take 1 tablet of vitamin a day is good. Try taking 100 tablets a day and see what happens. You would end up in Hospital.
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Another one is farm should be cooling, try reduce the temp to below 23C and see what would happens or increase above 35C. This is beyond the optimum level already.
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Too many tweeters in farm would create confusion as the birds wouldn’t know where the main source of sound comes from as almost every foot there are tweeters.
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Placing them at the right position is of important too. Where the tweeters should be facing and the type of tweeters being used are far more important than the number of tweeters, Of course without forgetting the quality of the sound itself.
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All factors have to come together in order to attract large number of young birds to stay and make nests in farms. Any part if being neglected then it is hard to have a successful farm.
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After observing the whole farm I advised Mr. Y what he should do if he wants to attract Swiftlets to stay and make nests in his farm.
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That included erecting additional partitions. I showed him how the reflection of sunlight that penetrates into his farm that would affect the light density should be blocked.
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The entrance hole Mr.Y had enlarged is not big enough as it restricts the flying moment of birds that come in. I advised him to enlarge it further.
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While I was still in the farm I received a call from another farm’s owner which I suppose to meet later to view his farm.
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“Mr. James, I am Mr. C here, I am in front of MGS now. Where are you?”
“Mr.C, I am on my way shall be there in 20 minutes”.
“OK, James,, I will wait for you”.
I have to rush there again after that I have to be in Gambang and later at Mentakab.
Good Farming All!
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(每个板條上都有高音揚聲器。越多不一定是越好的。)
中午太陽出來了在下了雨以後。下了雨之後的天空是美麗，特别是有一层稀薄的白雲天空。我打了电话给关丹的Mr.Y 有2個燕屋農場在关丹的。一個星期前我們安排了這次會面。
「Y先生，我現在是在关丹的Jalan Gambut在Olympia 學院附近」。「好的，James, 那是太好了，我5分鐘就到」
Y先生買了这个2年多的燕屋農場與一個好朋友一起JV的。 他們几个星期前開了声音。
它是一個位于主区的3層樓商店的頂部。 它有2年多了但是只有15个窝。 Y先生是以一個很好的價格购买了它，並且他是有信心可以改变它。
我是相當饿得，虽然我的早餐是那天的早晨在6.30am。Y先生到達的時侯我建議了「先吃饱怎么样」？ 不错吧! 他的燕屋農場是餐館的同一排。 因此它是像在會議和討論的午餐。 我要求Y先生和他的夥伴尽量问許多個問題，我是会一一答复他們全部的。
我是喜欢問題的因為它帮助我刷新我在燕屋農場的記憶。
在午餐之後，我們步行到他的燕屋農場。 顶楼被轉換了成燕屋農場。 前燕屋主似乎对燕屋農場有很少得知識。 基本上，前燕屋主使顧問修造了它，並且没有做任何东西，无做任何东西除了等待之外，並且有留下垃圾和建筑材料在燕屋農場。
從Y先生接管燕屋农厂之後，做了一些装修。 他們擴大了入口洞，被分成少量部分，安裝了的高音揚聲器等等。
什麼最吸引我的目光是高音揚聲器在這個燕屋農場。 這是我參觀了許多燕屋農場里，最多高音揚聲器在標準平均的要求之上的燕屋農場之一。
我问了Y先生為什麼有許多高音揚聲器，我們是否真正地需要那么多？
因為燕子愛聲音和在高音揚聲器的頂部修造窝，因此我們給他們更多高音揚聲器，他回復了」。 此外，它也是便宜的。
是有道理的，但是只到某个阶段，我回復了。Y先生沉默了一陣子和惊奇聽到這樣的聲明。
有超过150臺高音揚聲器在這個燕屋農場。 對我来说40-60已经是足够了。
如同我說燕屋農場是所有關於完美在最理想的水平，但是不是太多。 任何在這個水平之外它將是對燕屋農場的一個威脅。 假如是温度，湿度，聲音，假窝，分成等等。
高音揚聲器的最宜的数量在燕屋農場將創造一个合理的環境，但是，如果它是太多的话，它將擊敗聲音的效率，對整個燕屋農場停留和做巢的目。
我們知道聲音扮演一個重要的角色，聲音可以是引诱燕子到燕屋農場的内部。 其中一個例子是，当您安裝一臺外在合理的高音揚聲器在農場的後面，几个星期之后您會看見在高音揚聲器之下又拉屎斑點。 這显示唯一高音揚聲器在其他高音揚聲器之中引人注意。
现在有了50 (除了內部高音揚聲器)他們的燕屋農場？ 您能看50个糞斑點吗？......我想您已經有了答復.....
如果您參觀了一些成功的燕屋農場但是关闭了聲音的，並且，如果您是足够注意，您會发现不是燕屋農場的所有部分有燕子相等大聲唧啾叫的聲音。 這樣的環境顯示自然的獨創性。 但是我可以说，不是所有的燕屋農場有這樣合理的環境，只僅10%-20%。 所以80%的燕屋農場是失败的。
越多總不是越好的。 一天吃1片的維生素是好的。 但是，如果一天吃100片，看看会发生什么。 您将会在醫院里。
另一個是，燕屋農場是應該冷的，嘗試使温度降低到在23C之下或在35C之上，看看會發生什么。 這已經是在最理想水平之外。
太多高音揚聲器在燕屋農場將創造混亂，因為燕子不會知道聲音的主要來源是何处，因為幾乎那裡每一尺都是高音揚聲器。
安置他們在正确的位置也是很重要的。 那里應該安装高音揚聲器也是，使用的高音揚聲器的种类比高音揚聲器的数量更重要，當然别忘記聲音的質量。
所有的因素必須一起來吸引大量的幼鸟停留和做窝在燕屋農場。 任何部分，如果被忽略了它是很难成为一個成功的燕屋農場。
在觀察整個燕屋農場以后，我勸告了Y先生他應該做什麼，如果他想要吸引燕子停留和做窝在他的燕屋農場。
那包括了架設另外的分開。 我顯示了他陽光的反射入他的燕屋農場，如何將陽光阻攔。
Y先生擴大了入口洞是不足够大的，它将制止飛行进來的燕子。 我告诉他要再一步的擴大它。
當我仍然是在燕屋農場时，我接到了一個电话，我是因该觀看他的燕屋農場的。
「James先生，我是C先生，我現在是在MGS前面。您在那里？」「C先生，我現在是在我的途中，20分鐘之内到」。「好，James，我將等您」。
我必須再赶到那裡，之後我必須是在Gambang和Mentakab。大家有好燕屋!
