Have You Achieved your Target? Happy New Year 2010

Have a successful Harvest in 2010

After 365 days if your farm is exactly 1 year old how many nests would you expect your farm to have achieved? Some may have a target beyond attainable like 1000-2000 nests the firsts year.

This is not untrue I have came across a handful of farmers who expect their farms to achieve such figures. These groups of farmer normally do not own farms before and most of them are very new in Swiftlet farming. Most of them would think that Swiflets farming is similar to Chicken farming where within a year the Birds population would be in thousand.

For me I am more than happy to see 20-50 nests the first’s year, 20 nests for non Prime Zone Areas and 50 nests for Prime Zone Areas.

Of course there are farms that could archive above 50 nests some even few hundred and there are also many didn’t reach 5 nests some have none at all. Farms that have 5 nests and below take up 80% of farms in Malaysia and they are considered failed farm.

There is no standardized rate on how your farms should perform at a given period of time. Different areas the farm located have different rates of performance.

Never set a target that is unattainable, know yourself, your ability, your farm’s location and so on. Setting a target that is beyond attainable would course stress.

I always look at the 3rd year where the growth of 4-10 fold is uncommon provided you have done your homework right.

Look at the brighter side, for those farmers who have farms of less than 5 nests don’t have to worry because you are not the only one. There are thousands out there shared the same faith as you.

Good Farming All 2010!

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有一個成功的收穫在2010年。在365天以后，如果您的燕屋農場是正確地1歲，您將盼望您的燕屋農場達到了有多少个窝？ 一些也許盼望能達到目標之外的像在第一年由1000-2000个窝。

這不是不真的，我有遇到了一些少数的燕屋主盼望他們的燕屋農場能達到這样。 這些少数的燕屋主是之前沒有燕屋農場的，並且大多數在燕屋農場是非常新的。 大多數認為燕屋農場是相养雞農場，在一年之內燕子群可以上千的。 對于我，我是高兴在第一年有20-50个窝，在非頭等區域地区有20个窝， 50个窝為頭等區域地区。

當然也有些在50个窝之上但是是少量的燕屋農場，並且也有一些根本沒有達到5个窝。 5个窝以下的燕屋農場在馬來西亞佔去80%的，这些是被认為失败的燕屋農場。

沒有一定的規範化的率力您的燕屋農場是應該在一個特定的时期。 不同的區域有不同的表現。

不要設置一個難以達到的目標，自己认识，您的能力，您的燕屋农厂的地點等等。 設置一個難以達到的目標將使您有压力。

我总是看第3年以上的收成，能达到4-10倍的收成是很普遍的，如果您作好您的功课。

看在光明的一面，有少于5个窝的燕屋農場的那些燕屋主不必須擔心，因為您不只是唯一的那個。 和您一样的那些还有數以上萬的。 2010年大家有好燕屋!

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Decision Solely Based on Pricing

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The sellers knew very well that no matter what kind of woods they give to the buyers the buyers can't tell the differences especially those woods that sold directly from saw mill to the farm's owner.

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Call whatever name you want, name them whatever name you wish. They can be Meranti Bukit, Meranti Kepong, Meranti Daun Lebar, Bintagor, Akasia, Chap char......and so on as long the Seller names them and as long you fell good because you heard the seller calls them Meranti.

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They can be named any type of Meranti as long as you want. Are you certain that what you paid for is what you get? You will never know because you have no idea and do not know how to tell the differences. Because you are not a timber or wood specialist and you have not seen enough Meranti to tell the differences. But for sure one thing you could tell is “what is cheap and what is expensive”. If it is within your budget then it is cheap and if it is above your budget then it would be expensive.

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So your decision will rely solely on price, not so much on whether you are buying the right type of planks for your farm that will last 5-10 years or fungus resistant or whatever.

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In other words whether your farm would be successful or otherwise is solely justified by your decision based on pricing factor which has got nothing to do with the Micro and Macro environment.

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So who should be blamed for all those (80%) failed farms? You know very well…….

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Good Farming All!

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賣主知道不论什麼樣的板条他們給買家，買家是无法區別的，而却板条是直接地从锯木厂运到燕屋農場的。

您可以叫它任何名字，您爱叫什么就叫什么名。 他們可以是Meranti Bukit， Meranti Kepong， Meranti Daun Lebar， Bintagor， Akasia，参才......等等，只要是賣主叫的名字，並且，您认为是好的，因為您聽見了賣主称他們为Meranti。

只要您喜欢，他們可以被称为任何一種Meranti。 您是否肯定您付得是您要得到的？ 您是不會知道的，因為您根本不知道和不能够说出差别。 由于您不是木材或板条的專家，並且您是沒看够Meranti而说不出差别的。 但是您唯一可能告訴的一件事是「什麼是便宜的，什麼是昂貴的」。 如果它在您的預算之內那么它是便宜的，，如果它在您的預算之上它是昂貴的。

因此，您的決定是非常依靠價格，而不是您是否買到正确的板條类型，它是否將持續5-10年或真菌抗性。

换句话说，您的燕屋農場是否是成功，更本与屋内和屋外环境无关，而是靠价钱的因素来决定。

因此，那些(80%)失败的燕屋農場是应该怪谁呢？ 您应该知道....... . 大家有好燕屋!

Planks, Sound, Design. Have you got it Right?

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( the eyes are still not fully develop for seeing )

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Yesterday I met up with my readers who came to collect some Swiftlets Farming gadgets and Love Potion. They are from Pahang and Ipoh.

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They were those who started off with no knowledge of swiftlet farming and later on to discover that there are so much more to learn and realized that they were being leaded by the blind.

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Luckily they discovered it early thru our discussion over teh tarik many things were disclosed. They discovered many things they had done is of no benefit to their farms.

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One of them just started a farm which is more than 80% completed. He is quite comfortable with what he had done. He showed me the farm’s design and cried that it is well designed one.

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I pin pointed the errors with logic explanations of how the birds turn and fly when they enter the farm especially young birds. I discovered that his farm design restricts the flying circle of birds. This would make birds to take a longer time to adapt to the farm hence his farm has to wait long time before having many nests. This is a common thing that most farmers did.

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They also strongly believe that sound is the ultimate criteria of successful farming. Be it the farm of any conditions, which the total micro can be screwed-up if a good sound is played the farm will be successful in no time. Bear in mind Swiftlets develop the sense of smell before their eyes and ears. Once hatched they do not have the seeing and hearing ability until few days or weeks later. So which is more important?

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One of them showed me the Meranti Planks sample that he had bought for his farm. It is a soft wood. I showed him and compared them with a sample of corner board I have as my Meranti sample I left in my other car. I ask him to look at the line and the pores. It has the tendency to absorb moist. I told him it is not my choice of wood. I don’t use soft wood but many out there claimed birds like soft wood. Well let it be.

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I prefer hard wood as I am looking at Long term 5- 15 years. I wouldn’t want my planks to be infested with fungus when the birds’ population starts to multiple. It is not that you can’t use soft wood. Go ahead if you want nobody is stopping you anyway you are the one who pays for it. If you use soft wood make sure your RH is not too high. As we know if the Rh is not at the Optimum level then the quality of the nest will be affected. So the solution is use good wood that resisted to fungus, simple! You don’t have to worry about mould and fungus and have good sleep every night.

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This morning one of them called me up.

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“James, after thinking about what we had discussed you are right. It makes sense that if we want to get involve in Swiftlet farming we must think about Long Term no point of saving 1 or 2 thousand here later losing much more”.

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“James, I agree with you the second entrance hole and the roving did not match like what you had said. How come when I showed my farm’s design to many “experts” they all said ok? After thinking about it .It is Logic that the second entrance hole size is not appropriate. “

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“James, I paid so much for the Planks and yet this is the quality of wood I got. All my woods are of very light type.”

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Well this is call learning process and there is definitely no short cut in Swiftlet farming. My advice is do not repeat the same mistake twice.

I told him I’m willing to teach are you willing to learn? Do you have the material in you for Swiftlets farming?

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After that he asks me to visit his farm as soon as possible. Unfortunate I can’t because I am tight up with my visit to East Coast. Well I told him perhaps in few weeks time and I shall call him.

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Good farming all!.

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昨天我見了几个來拿燕屋農場小配件和Love Potion的的讀者。 他們是從Pahang和Ipoh来的。

他們是從沒有燕屋農場知識開始的，稍後發現有许多是需要学习的和意识到更多空間。

幸运地,通过我們在喝拉茶的討論，他們發現許多事及早透露了。 他們發現許多事他們做了是对他們的燕屋農場沒有好處的。

他们其中一個有差不多完成了80%的燕屋農場。 他對他做的是相當满意的。 他顯出了燕屋农厂的設計並且声称它是一個好的設計。

我指出了與邏輯的解釋錯誤，燕子怎样轉動並且飛行，當燕子进入燕屋农厂特别是幼鸟。 我發現他的燕屋农厂的設計制約燕子飛行的圈子。 這將使燕子需要更長的时间来適應燕屋農場，因此，他的燕屋農場必須等待更長的时间来有許多窝。 這是多数燕屋主的一件共同的事。

他們強烈也相信聲音是最後成功燕屋农厂的標準。 假如是所有情况的燕屋農場，任是屋内环境可以是错的，如果有好的聲音播放，燕屋農場將是立刻可以成功的。 記住燕子的嗅觉是在他們的眼睛和耳朵之前開发。 一旦孵化，他們沒有视觉和听觉直到几天或几个星期之后。 因此，什么是更加重要的？

他们其中的一個顯示我他為他的燕屋農場買的Meranti板條樣品。 它是软的板條。 我拿出了我留在汽車的Meranti壁角板的樣品和他們比较。 我要他看看線调和板孔。 它有傾向吸收潮濕。 我告訴了他它不是我選擇的板條。 我不会使用软的板條，有許多说燕子喜欢像这样的软板條。 就讓它是。

我更喜歡堅硬的板條因为我是看長期5 - 15年的时间。 當燕子群開始對倍數时，我更不要我的板條受到真菌的騷擾。您不是不可以使用软的板條。 去吧，如果您是想要，沒有人可以停止您，因为您是人付钱的人。 如果您使用软的板條，确定您的湿度不是太高。 因為我們知道湿度在不理想的水平会影響窝的質量。 因此最佳的解确答案是用有抵抗真菌的好板條，簡單! 您不必須每晚擔心青苔和真菌而您有好觉睡。

今晨他们其中一個打电话给我。

「James，在考虑我們談論什麼之後您是正确的。 它有道理，如果我們想要介入燕屋農場我們必须考虑長期的问题，省1或2千在這裡然后失去更多」。

「James，我同意您对第二入口洞的说法，並且它沒有像您說的配比。 當我顯示了我的燕屋农厂設計給許多「專家」為什麼他们全都說好？ 在考虑以後。是邏輯的，第二个入口洞的大小是不適當的。

「James，我支了非常多，仍然這是我得到的板條質量。 而且我的板條是非常輕的類型」。

這是学习的进程，而燕屋农厂确实是沒有捷径的。 我的忠告是，不要重複同一個差錯。 我告訴他我是願意教您的如果您是願易學？ 您是不是一个燕屋农厂的材料？

然後他要求我儘快參觀他的燕屋農場。 因為我是忙于我的东海岸參觀。 我告訴他或許在几个星期后我將打电话给他。大家有好燕屋!。

Picture Of Good Quality Meranti

In respond to the call of my Readers this morning about the Meranti Planks he had bought. Please look at the pictures below and you can see the differences clearly.



One doesn't have to be a Rocket scientist to distinguish this. If you are serious about Swiftlet farming do the best you can. Swiftlet Farming is not a thing that you try out or play-play with as it involves quite huge amount of money.



Here are the Pictures for those who think for a mere Rm1600-3000 they can get High quality Meranti Planks that could last many years with many nests stick to them. Good things Don't come Cheap. Be realistic!

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( a very successful farm with more than 4000 nests. No compromise as far as wood quality concerned. This is what I call Dark Red Meranti)

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( a new farm which uses the same quality of wood like the above. Look at the Dark red quality)



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( Poor quality soft wood. 80% farm now are using such wood. The arrow shows fungus growing from inside before the farm starts the sound. Do you think birds would make nests after that?)

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(same poor quality soft wood with wood eye. That is why for below 30k renovation you can own a farm. And you are laughing happily because you thought you got a Good Deal..ha..ha.wait 1 year later you will be crying.)

See the differences and learn.

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在反應今天早上接到我讀者的一个電話，關於他買了的Meranti板條。 請看看下面的照片，並且您能明顯地看到區別。

一个不需要是火箭科學家来區別的东西。 如果您對燕屋農場是嚴肅的，您将竭尽全力的。燕屋農場不是您試驗或玩玩的事，它介入相當巨大的金钱。

這是僅僅RM1600-300 0他們認為可以得到高品质的Meranti板條，可以维持許多歲月和可以给他們許多窝的那些照片。 好的东西是不便宜地。是現實的!

(有超过4000个窝的一個非常成功的燕屋農場。只要是木質量有關的就沒有妥協。 這是我称得深紅Meranti)

(使用同一質量像在上面的一個新的燕屋農場。 看看那深紅的質量)

(品质差的软板条。 80%的燕屋農場現在是使用這樣的板条。 在燕屋農場開聲音之前，箭頭顯示從裡邊生長的真菌。 您認為燕子以後會做窝吗？)

(有木眼的同樣品质差的软板条。 所以当您以為在30k之下能整修和擁有燕屋農場。 並且您高兴地笑，因為您認為您得到了好的成交..哈..哈..哈..1年之后您会哭的。)

看見區別並且學會。大家有好燕屋!

This Should be the Way!

Swiftlets part of inner city’s heritage, say breeders

GEORGE TOWN: Swiftlets have been part of inner George Town even before the area was granted Unesco World Heritage status, according to Association of Swiftlet Nest Industry (ASNI) president Carole Loh.

“These birds are Penang’s ‘living heritage’, and the fact that George Town was granted the status despite their existence means they have no impact on Unesco’s decision,

“It is not fair for the state government to force the breeders to move when they were permitted to operate under the 2005 guidelines for the Application of Licence for Birds Nest Industry, Penang,” she said yesterday.

Loh was commenting on Friday’s report stating that the one-year extension given to swiftlet breeders in Penang to continue their operation until next December would jeopardise George Town’s heritage status.

Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) president Khoo Salma Nasution had said that the state government’s decision to extend the moratorium on the breeders would be a breach of Unesco’s heritage management guidelines.

However, Loh explained that it was a misconception that swiftlets’ droppings would destroy the facade of heritage buildings as they only defecated inside the bird houses.

From: The Star 27/12/09

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Don't Have to be Embarrassed about your Mistake.

I received a call from my Reader that half of his Swiftlets didn’t come back as he observes it thru the CCTV.

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It is quite strange isn’t it?

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“James many of my birds didn’t come back. What is the reason”

“I replied, it could be many things”.

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In fact it is kind of strange that those who called me didn’t tell what they had done to their farms till I prompted them further. I just don’t understand why they didn’t tell me straight. I guess they would feel embarrassed of the things they had done.

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Come on Guys! What’s wrong with mistakes? Everybody does it. Most important we learn from it and never repeat them.

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Especially in Swiftlet Farming if you didn’t rectify the problem or mistake you created your farm will never be successful. Face it that is the fact. All of us cannot run away from it. If you think you did something wrong or you had done something that affects the growth of your farm you just have got to admit it and most importantly is to rectify them immediately.

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If you cannot solve it and you cannot find the solution it shows that you need assistant. Well you could call me if you want.

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“I replied further, there must be some reasons the birds didn’t come back. There won’t be any smoke if there is no fire”

“Well James to tell you the truth I did some renovation to my farm. I enlarged the entrance hole and changed the sound and did some partitioning.”

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Here you go ….most did renovation on own accord without knowing the consequences. Later to discover that it became worse after what they had done.

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I always believe in accepting mistake or failure from here we can learn the major cause that affects the bird’s population.

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Subsequently you could do some investigations yourself record down the number of birds before the renovation. Take few pictures prior to renovation and compare them. Make record of the internal environment factors such as Temp, Rh, light, etc before and after. Compare them and see what the changes are before and after.

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It’s fun and interesting if you have the Love for swiftlet farming and I am sure you could find something hidden to be discovered. If your intention and interest is on the monetary side how many kgs could sell for how much then you would find it boring and you will never solve the problems that affect your farm.

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Trust me that’s the truth.

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However for those who are into monetary side they could always engage consultants to run and to manage their farms. Provided they find the right consultant otherwise it would be a continuous process where consultants come and go and problem of the farm can’t be solved.

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Good farming All!

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我從讀者接到了一個电话, 他一半的燕子沒有回來，他通过CCTV觀察到的。

它是相當奇怪的是不是？

「James, 我的燕子許多沒有回來。是什麼原因？」

「我回復了，它的可能有許多」。

实际上，是有點兒奇怪的，告诉我的那个人沒有告诉我他做了些什麼在他的燕屋農場，至到我進一步问他們。 我就是不瞭解他們為什麼不直接告诉我。 我想他們是对他們做的事感到不好意思。

做錯了又怎么？ 大家都有做錯的时候。 最重要的是我們從它學會和不再重複。

特别是在燕屋農場，如果您沒有矯正您創造的問題或錯误，燕屋農場是一定不会成功的。 只要面對事實就好了。 大家不可能避开它的。 如果您認為您做錯了或您做了一些影響您燕屋農場成長得事，您一定要承认它和最重要的是立刻矯正它。

如果您不可能解決它和您找不到它的解答，您需要帮助。 很好，如果您需要，您可能告诉我。

「我进一步回復了，一定有原因那些燕子不回來。如果沒有火就不会有煙。」

說實話「好的，James, 我做了一些整修在我的燕屋農場。 我擴大了入口洞並且改了聲音和做了一些分成」。

哪你看….多數做了一些己认为可以的整修，不知道後果。 后来才發現他們所做的是变坏了。

我总是相信接受过錯或從這裡我們的失敗可以學會什么影響了燕子群的主要起因。

然后您可能做一些调查紀錄在整修之前，紀錄燕子的数量。在整修之前，拍一些照片並且比較他們。 前後纪录内部环境因素例如温度、湿度、光度等等。 比較他們並且看看前後有什麼變動。

它是有樂趣的，並且有趣，如果您有對燕屋農場的愛，我肯定您可以發現一些事掩藏着是未被發現的。 如果您的意圖和興趣是在金錢，一公斤可以卖多少钱，您會發現它是乏味的，並且您不會解決影響您燕屋農場的問題。

信任我，这是事实。

然而，為的是金錢那些人，他們總是请顧問處理他們的燕屋農場。 假設他們寻找到正確的顧問，要不然它只是顧問來，顧問去，一個连续的过程，並且不可能解決燕屋農場的問題。大家有好燕屋!

Not Necesasry The More Tweeters The Better

( 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.

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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”.

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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!

Birds Nests Soup of Kuantan

(It is a wet-wet day)

(a beautiful shop located at Jalan Merdeka)

(some of the exclusive birds nests on display)

( some raw nests on display)

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Visiting 4 farms in a day that was what I did yesterday and I told myself no more, it is enough of squeezing everything at one go. I was “drop dead” tired.

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Next time I shall take my own sweet time. What to do so many readers wanted to meet up with me.

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I was in Kuantan yesterday invited by the owner of Natural Bird Nest Supplies Madam Tan to visit her shop and to discuss some business possibilities. She is a very nice lady who runs a shop selling Birds Nest products. The shop is located in Jalan Merdeka. She is well known for her recipe in Birds Nest Soup. It seemed that people from all over Malaysia travelled to her shop just for this special Birds Nest soup. After trying the first bowl most customers would come back for more claimed Madam Tan.

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I left K.L in the morning and when I reach Karak the weather was not good it rain almost the whole journey till I reach Kuantan. In fact I was late due to the weather.

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Madam Tan creates different types of Birds Nests Soup by adding additional special ingredients this is what she is famous for thus her birds nest soup is different from the traditionally made bird nest soup.

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As I understand from her all their birds’ nests are cleaned by their staff in fact occasionally she cleanses it herself.

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Natural Bird Nest Supplies also has few Swiftlets farms. The nests harvested from their farms are use for making the birds nest soup.

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She is also very keen to know more about Swiftlet farming. She seemed to have a great interest in it. Bravo!

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If you are happened to be in Kuantan do drop in and try the birds nest soup. Never knows you may come back for more.

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(Next post will be on the 4 farms I had visited)

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Good farming All!

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(它是一个潮濕的一天)
(一家美麗的商店位于Jalan Merdeka)
(一些專屬的燕窝在顯示)
(一些未加工的燕窝在顯示)

我昨天在一天里參觀了4個燕屋農場，我告訴了自己从此以后不要这样，它是足够緊逼的。 我正的是非常的疲乏。

下次我將会慢慢来。 没办法因为許多讀者要見我。

昨天，关丹的Natural Bird Nest Supplies的Madam Tan邀請我參觀她的商店和談論一些有可能性的商机。 她是一個非常好的夫人管理賣燕窝產品的商店。 商店位于Jalan Merdeka。 她的燕窝湯是知名的。 看起來從全馬來西亞的人们到她的商店就是为了這个特別的燕窝湯。 在嘗試第一個碗以后多数顧客会再回來。

我清早晨离开K.L，並且，當我到達Karak时，天氣幾乎是沒好转的，整个旅途都在下雨，我到達了关丹。 实际上我迟了也是归于天氣。

Madam Tan通过增加另外的特別成份創造了不同的燕窝湯的类型，這是什麼她的燕窝湯是著名的，与傳統上的做法不同。

她所有的燕窝是由他的職員清洗的，偶爾她也自己本身清洗它。

Natural Bird Nest Supplies也有少量的燕屋農場。從他們燕屋農場收穫的燕窝是做燕窝湯用途的。

她也是非常有兴趣要知道更多關於燕屋農場的。 她似乎有巨大的興趣。 喝彩!

如果您偶然是经过关丹，不妨嘗試她的燕窝湯。 您可能会再回來。

(下個文章是关于我參觀)的4個燕屋農場 . 大家有好燕屋!

Superiority of Pre-War Shop Farms.

( They even have ventilation roof tile. How could you beat them?)

Why Pre-war Shop lots are more superior in term of Micro condition control than current buildings?

Why farms of pre-war shop lots are more successful?

Why birds like Pre-war Shop lots?

All have to do with the micro conditions. Pre-war shop lots have better micro because the way the buildings were constructed. Nothing superior other than the way it was built.

The walls are thicker.

The roofs are higher.

The inter floor height is higher.

The good quality of old clay bricks.

There are many more advantages besides the above but these few qualities are good enough to attract Swiftlets.

The roof clay tiles are of small sizes therefore it is easier for the hot are to escape from the roof creating a cooler ceiling.

The cross section beams are made of hardwood that resist to fungus and mould. These beams are turned into nesting planks and birds love it.

It could be said almost all things in its favor a good micro.

There are many pioneers out there prefer pre-war shops. There are some specially target these shops and turn them in to Swiftlets Farm.

Good farming All!

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(他們甚至有透氣洞在瓦上。您怎麼可能跟他們斗？)

為什麼全部戰前商店比當前的商店是更優越在屋内环境的控制？

為什麼戰前商店全部都是更加成功的燕屋農場？
為什麼燕子喜欢戰前的商店呢？

这是和屋内环境有关。 因為商店被修建的方式，戰前商店全部都有更好的屋内环境。 沒什麼更加優越除了它被修造的方式之外。

牆壁是更加厚實的。
屋頂是更加高的。

地面离屋頂的高度是更高的。

优良品质的老黏土磚。

除了以上的許多好處还有更多的，但是這些少量的品質是足够好吸引燕子。

屋頂黏土瓦片是更小块的，因此熱汽是更加容易离开，創造了一个更加涼快的天花板的屋頂。

横梁是由硬木制成是有抵抗青苔和真菌的作用。 這些横梁变成了板條，並且是燕子所愛的。

可以说它的所有一切是有利好屋内环境。

有許多先锋更喜歡戰前商店。 有一些特別地瞄準這些商店並且改成他們的燕屋農場。大家有好燕屋!

Merry Christmas to all Readers

Warmest Wishes for a Merry Christmas!
May all Farms have Good Harvests.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All readers.

Good Farming All!

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Should One Install Corner Board in all New Farms.

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Look at the pictures above , nests were built on 90dg corners. The Swiftlets seem to like these corners so much. These pictures were taken in farm located in the North. All the nesting planks in the farm are without corner boards.

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The owner didn’t install any corner boards reason being since the birds love the 90dg corners so much then we shouldn’t cover it. Let them build the nests there after few harvests then only install the corner boards.

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That really make sense and I am sure many have being doing that. The reason of having corner boards installed is to prevent 90dg nests that are lower in price.

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Some may think differently, their objective is to maximize the birds population first then only thinks about nests quality. It really makes sense if the population doesn’t grow no matter what quality of nests you have it is of useless. So maximizing nests is most important I do agree with it therefore for this reason they don’t install corner boards.

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To me having corner boards installed is to add additional corners. Instead of having one corner after installed the corner board there will be 2 corners of course it will not be 90dg anymore.

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Should we install them in all new farms or later after the birds had made nests?

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Do birds still love them? …………that is for you to guess………

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Enjoy the pictures.

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Good farming all!

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看看上面的圖片，我被修造在90度的角落。燕子似乎非常喜歡這些角落。 這些照片是在位于北部的燕屋農場拍的。所有的板條在燕屋農場是沒有壁角板的。

因為燕子愛在90度的角落，所以燕屋主沒有安裝任何壁角板。燕屋主认为不应该把壁角封阻，讓他們修造了几次窝之后才安裝壁角板。

这是有道理的，並且我肯定許多会那么做。 安裝壁角板是防止90度的窝，因为90度的窝價格是比较低的。

一些也許不同意，他們的宗旨是首先得到大量的燕子数量然後才考虑窝的品質。 它也有道理，如果数量不增加，不管您有多好品質的窝也是無用的。 因此，他們為此不安裝壁角板，我是同意的。

對我来说，安裝壁角板是增加另外的角落。 而不是有一個角落，在安裝之後那裡壁角板將是会有2個角落，當然它不會是90度的。

我們應該是否因该安裝在所有新的燕屋農場或做了窝之后呢？

燕子是否仍然愛他們？ ............让您猜測吧......... . 享受圖片。大家有好燕屋!