I have provided free swiftlet information, techniques, secrets, etc on my blog for almost five years now.
Still, that is not enough to satisfy some and they believed that I am obligated to do it.
Few days ago, a reader called me on a very early morning around 7.30am. I don’t usually answer calls that early. Somehow, I answered this particular call. I guess luck was on his side, not mine.
“Hello, I want to know how to get rid of owls in my BH?”
I replied “Do I know you? May I know who this is on the line?”
“Oh, you don’t know me. I read your blog and I want to know how to get rid of owls from my Swiftlet farm.”
“May I know your name?”
“No, you don’t need to know my name. Just tell me how to get rid of owls.”
This guy is crazy, I told myself. How am I obligated to guide you when you can’t even reveal your name?
He did not even have the courtesy of saying “Hello, James or good morning James.”
With my experience of encountering all sort of Swiftlet farmers over my years in Swiftlet farming, this kind of attitudes are often associated with failed farms.
To prove that I am right, I continued the conversation rather than cutting it short. So I asked him about the conditions of his Bh. I was eager to know how badly his Bh failed. So I prompted him about it.
“How many nests are there in your BH?”
“Oh, not many lah.” He replied
“Please define not many?”
Now, I prompted him again….
“Oh, less than 10 nests.”
“Less than 10 nests in how many years?”
“Oh …few years lah…”
So I was right, damn right. My vast experiences had helped me not only to understand birds but also the Swiftlet farmers’ behavior and were proven.
Even though having good knowledge and skills in swiftlet farming would help but in order to be successful it also involves attitude, pure attitude.
It applies to all businesses. Isn’t Swiftlet farming is also a business? Where you harvest the nests and sell them.
Swiftlet farming’s skill & Knowledge + Attitude = Success.
Good swiftlet farming all.