您的燕屋农场是否能保留它全部的小燕子？ CAN YOUR SWIFTLET FARM RETAINS ALL ITS YOUNG BIRDS?

有关新的第三代Love Potion的研究以被進行来收集有關的它的有效性資料，来保留小燕子居留和做窝。

我們都明白燕屋农场的未來是依賴于它能夠吸引小燕子居留和做燕窝。你知不知道超過50%的燕子後代不会返回其出生地點来做燕窝的。

如果所有的燕子(100%)回到自己出生的地方做燕窝，那么我們就不會有停滯的問題。

增長停滯和燕窝的數量仍然与前几年相同就清楚地表明這一点。有超过80%以上的燕屋农场有增長停滯的問題。那麼我们应该如何解決呢？

我接觸過許多燕屋主抱怨，在操作了第2和第3年的燕屋农场，燕窝似乎没有增加过。它仍然站在同样的位置。燕窝的數量不再增加。它仍然是它的200个燕窝、350个燕窝或在其400个燕窝，等等，它的位置在那裡很多年。

一個簡單的計算是，如果一個燕屋农场在年头的时候有300个燕窝，一年有2季（最基本）2次孵卵，假設80%的倖存在燕屋农场，那么燕屋农场就會有1080只燕子(300x2x2)。如果1080只燕子配對在一起，在一年多的时间它將会有540个燕窝。我們還沒包括從其他燕屋农场飞来居住的燕子。还有從這個燕屋农场的燕子與其他燕屋农场飞来的燕子配對然后居住在這個燕屋农场。即使我們撇除另外30%從540个燕窝，大概說30%死于疾病、 伤了或被捕食动物抓了我們仍有378个燕窝。

所以一个燕屋农场在第2年有300个燕窝它应该成倍增加。即使它沒有增加在第3年，但它至少應該在第4年和第5年增加。所以在第4年應該是 300个燕窝加378个燕窝(共678个燕窝)和加 378个燕窝在第5年(共1056个燕窝）。我們正在使用的是最低的假設在那2年"第四年和第五年"的增加仍然是在每年378的增加。它可能更多。所以這個燕屋农场應該有至少1056个燕窝在第5年。但是通常不是这个情况。大多數的燕屋农场仍然是200、300、500,1000、 等等，过了很多年。那些所有的後代到底去了那里？

我敢肯定你每一次做收穫的时候，你會看到一些小燕子或燕子蛋在燕窝中。這些小燕子到底去了哪裡在它們長大了之后？是不是很奇怪嗎？

答案就是，它們已經找到一個新家，它們已經逃到其他燕屋农场。

所以，要有能力保留那些後代是極為重要的。你的燕屋农场是不是有這種能力呢？問問你自己把。燕窝增长是否停滯了嗎？正如我所說沒有人比你更了解您的燕屋农场。

我們的研究結果將顯示在以下的照片。

在用了点滴頭和Love Potion的第一个星期後在這个地方。这是一个特別被挑選在有大堆燕子屎以外的地方。一周之后，白色的燕子屎被發現在点滴頭的下面。許多白色的燕子屎表明幼燕子有留下來。

第二個星期，看到有羽毛在白色燕子屎周圍在地板上。這表明它們很快就會在点滴頭的上面做燕窝。

第三周，更多白色的燕子屎和羽毛。現在可以看到燕窝標記在木板上。

可以看见那些羽毛在這干了的燕子屎上面，是燕子留下的。燕子已经在木板上做了燕窝然后离开了。它們已经好多个月没有回來了。現在有許多新的羽毛在燕子屎上，這表示新的燕子霸占了这个地方来做燕窝。

大家有好燕屋农场 ！

CAN YOUR SWIFTLET FARM RETAINS ALL ITS YOUNG BIRDS?

A research has been done to collect data pertaining to the effectiveness of  the New 3rd Generation Love Potion to retain young birds to stay and to build nests. 

We understand that the future of a Swiftlet farm relies on its ability to retain and attract its young birds to stay and to build nests. Do you know that more than 50% of the offspring do not return to their birth place to build nests. 

If all birds (100%) returned to their birth places to build nests, then we won't have a problem of stagnation.

The stagnated growth and the number of nests remained the same over a few years clearly indicates this. More than 80% of Swiftlet farm is having the stagnated growth problem. So how do we solve it?

I have come across many farmers complaining,  after the 2nd and 3rd years in operation often the number of nests never increased. It stood still and remains there. The number of nests ceased to increase. It remains as it is 200 nests, 350 nests or at 400 nests and so on and it stood there for many years.

A simple calculation would be, if a farm has 300 nests at the beginning of the year with 2 seasons (Min) of  2 broods and presuming 80% survived then the farm would have 1080 birds ( 300x2x2). If 1080 birds paired together and in a year plus it would make 540 nests. We haven't included birds from other farms that came and stay.Also birds from this farm paired with other birds and stay at this farm. Even if we discounted another 30% from the 540 nests, say the 30% died due to disease, injury or predator we still have 378 nests. 

So a farm in year 2 with 300 nests should have multiplied. Even if it didn't increase in year 3 but it should have increased in year 4 and year 5. So it should be 300 nests plus 378 nests in year 4 (total 678 nests) and plus 378 nests in year 5 (total 1056 nests). We are using the lowest assumption where the two years " 4th and 5th year" the increase remains at 378 per years. It could be more. So this farm should have at least 1056 nests in year 5. But that is not the case. Most farms remained as it is 200, 300, 500,1000, etc, for many years. What happens to all  the offspring?

I am sure when you do harvesting every time you would see some chicks or eggs in the nests. Where did all these chicks go after they have grown up? Isn't it weird?

The answer is.......they have found a new home and they have fled to other farms. 

So the ability to retain offspring to stay is utmost important. Does your Swiftlet farm have this ability? Ask yourself. Has the nests growth stagnated? As I had said nobody knows your farm as much as you do.

Our research results are shown in the below pictures.

The first week after a Dripper with Love potion is placed at this area. An area specially selected away from the large patch of bird shit. After a week white bird shits are spotted below the Dripper. Many  white bird shits indicate that young birds had stayed.

Second week feathers were seen on the floor around the white bird shits. This indicates they are soon going to build nests right above the Dripper.

Week 3, more feathers and white bird shits. Nest markings can be seen on the planks now.

Feathers can be seen on this dried shits,which left by the birds. The birds had built nests on the planks above and left. They never came back for many months. Now with many  feathers on the shits this indicates new birds had taken up the place to build nests.

Good Swiftlet Farming all!

For inquiries please contact 012-3173811 or Whatapps

EDIBLE BIRDS NEST FRESH FROM FARM TO PROCESSING CENTRE 新鮮的原始可食燕窝从燕屋农场到加工中心

It would be interesting for those who want to know how Raw fresh nests  from Swiftlet farm look like after it has been processed. The finished Processed nests quality has very much to do with how skillful and diligent, those who work in the processing center. Not all Nests processing centers possessed the same skill, similarly not all Swiftlet farms produce the same quality and the same number of nests.

对那些想要知道新鮮的原始燕窝刚在燕屋农场被摘下然后被處理後看上去如何的人应该会很感兴趣。被完成后的加工燕窩的品質与純熟和勤奮有很大相关程度，尤其那些在加工中心工作的人。並不是所有的燕窩加工中心擁有相同的技能，同樣的，不是所有的燕屋農場生產同樣品質和相同數量的燕窝。

 1) Raw Nests collected from Farms.

1） 原始燕窩從燕屋农场里收集到的。

2) Nests at processing center.The Nests are dirty with feathers and slightly yellowish. They are not top quality. You will be surprised how it looks like after it has been cleaned.

2） 燕窝在燕窝加工中心。燕窩是骯髒和有羽毛的，而且略有淡黃色。它們不是最高品質的燕窝。但是它被清洗後它看起來如何，你會感到驚訝。

3) After cleaning they are separated for drying, sometimes it takes days.

3） 被清洗後它們被分開来晾乾，有時需要几天的时间。

4) This is how it looks like. Clean..very clean. 100% No bleaching solution used or money back....guarantee. All these are for export (export quality). Stringent quality control.

4）看起來就是這样。干净...非常干净。100%没有使用漂白液，要不然推回錢......保證。这些所有都是為出口（出口品質）。嚴格的品質控制。

 5) Obviously it takes many hours to clean to such perfection.

5） 顯然它需要許多小時的清洗才可以得到這種完美的品质。

6) A closer look at the cleaned nests. Do you mind paying more for such skillful cleaning? I guess not.

6） 仔細看看这些被清洗后的燕窝。你是否介意付更多给這種純熟的清洗嗎? 我猜不会吧。

7) Another angle of the cleaned nests.

7)  清洗后的燕窩另一个角度。

8) Some customer prefers a thick full cup shape. 

8） 一些客戶更喜歡厚厚的滿杯形狀。

9) It depends on customer's request. Some prefer a thinner cup with many grooves (separated lines) on it.

9） 它取決於客戶的要求。一些喜歡薄杯與許多条纹（分开的線）在上面。

10) A completed cleaned nests and ready to be sent to oversea.

10） 一个完全被清洗好的燕窝，而且準備好要送到国外。

 Good Swiftlet Farming All!

大家有好燕屋农场 ！

For any enquiries, please contact James 012-3173811

Swiftlet Farms in Vietnam, Hanoi & Haiphong using Love Potion 在越南，河内和Hai Phong 都使用Love Potion

These pictures are from a good friend of mine from Vietnam. He was the first few in Vietnam who had used Love potion. He was the pioneer user of Love Potion then. That was way back in 2009.

At that time he has just started his Swiftlet farm in the North of Vietnam, Haiphong. He wants to attract as many swiftlets as possible into his farm. He knows that time is money. The faster the farm has nests the faster the returns on investment, so he turns to Love Potion.

It was from an email eventually we became good friend. That was 8 years ago. I still remember Love Potion was packed in a 1.5 liter mineral water bottle then. Few bottles were sent to him. After a couple of weeks he emails me some wonderful pictures. Birds were clinching onto the nesting planks that had sprayed with Love Potion. It was unbelievable. The birds like Love potion smell so much. They crammed the place where Love potion was sprayed. Thousands of birds stormed into his farm and make it their permanent home. Within weeks there were nests everywhere.

 He was the first in the Northern Vietnam to have used  Love potion. Now, after many years and with many thousands of nests in his farm he still continues to use Love potion till today.

He is a very successful Swiftlet farmer now and currently building many Swiftlet farms for the local in the Northern Vietnam. He has learned the skill of how to build successful through corresponding with me.

For those who want to purchase Love Potion and want to build a good Swiftlet farm in North Vietnam please contact Mr :Tuan at tuanyen_hp@yahoo.com.vn

You may also visit his blog at yenthiennhien.blogspot.com

這些照片是從越南的一位好朋友寄来的。在越南他是少數最先使用Love Potion的人。當時他是Love Potion的先鋒使用者。這是在2009年的时候。

那時候，他剛剛開始他的燕屋農場在越南北部的Haiphong。他想要盡量的吸引更多的燕子到他的燕屋農場。他知道時間就是金錢。燕屋農場越快有燕窝那么就越快得到投資的回報率，因此，他就使用了Love Potion。

它是從一封電子郵件开始，最終我們成為了好朋友。那是8年前的事了。我仍然記得那时候的Love Potion是被裝在一瓶1.5公升的礦泉水的瓶子。向他寄了幾瓶。过了幾個星期後，他给我發了一些精彩的照片。燕子都緊抓在有喷洒了Love Potion的木板上。真是難以置信。燕子们是那么的喜欢Love Potion的味道。它們都拥挤在被噴灑了Love Potion的地方。成千上萬的燕子沖入他的燕屋農場，並使其永久居所。在幾周內燕窝到處都是。

他是第一個在越南北部使用Love Potion的人。現在，过了許多年後有數以千計的燕窝在他的燕屋農場，然而他仍然繼續使用Love Potion直到今天。

現在他是非常成功的燕屋主，而且目前在越南北部还为當地的人修建許多燕屋農場。通过我们的通信，他已經學會了如何成功的修建燕屋農場。

對於那些想要購買Love Potion和想要建立一個好的燕屋農場在越南北部的人，請聯繫Tuan先生： 在 tuanyen_hp@yahoo.com.vn

您也可以訪問他的部落格在 yenthiennhien.blogspot.com

( Swiftlet farm, Mr. Tuan is building)

(Tuan先生修建的燕屋農場)

( A very unique modern Swiftlet farms in Haiphong)

(一个非常獨特但具有現代感的燕屋農場在Haiphong)

( Swiftlet farm in  rural area)

(在農村地區的燕屋農場）

( Building a Swiftlet farm in North Vietnam. Most Swiftlet farms here use  clay bricks.)

(在越南北部修建燕屋農場。大多數的燕屋農場在這裡都是使用粘土磚）。

( This is the Love Potion Swiftlet farm. This Swiftlet farm located in North Vietnam. Uses Love Potion since 2009 and still using it today.)
(這是Love Potion的燕屋農場。这个燕屋農場位於越南北部。从2009年开始到现在仍然使用Love Potion）。

( This Swiftlet farm belongs to Mr.Tuan. You may ask him how did he do it.)
(这个燕屋農場是屬於Tuan先生的。你可以問他如何做到)。

( All Planks sprayed with Love Potion)

(所有的木板都噴上Love Potion)

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

大家有好燕屋农场 ！

極端的天氣 EXTREME WEATHER

最近的天氣是非常沿熱和乾燥。烟霾也渐渐的浓厚起来。現在大多數燕屋农场濕度的水準是位于最低的状况。把喷雾器开到最大只會有一点点的帮忙。燕窝会裂开，燕窝会变的越來越小，越来越薄，而且还有大量的羽毛在燕窝上，又髒又不好的形状。这是由內部和外部的因素造成的。越来越少燕子在天空中飞。我們幾乎不看到它們，除非在黃昏返屋的时间。

回返到燕屋農場的燕子的數量也正在減少。大多数冒著危險去到有雨的地方。它們可能不會再返回如果它們發現有可以支援生長的昆蟲，它們的生存完全依靠这有雨的地方。燕子能飛超過500公里的距離。它們可以前往泰國或印尼，这并不是不可能的，它們能飛超過160公里的时速。这之前是有發生过的，在80年代和90年代期間，印尼的森林火災，從印尼燕子大量的遷徙。它們決定把Setiawan，Parit Buntar，太平，昔加末，等做为它們的家園。有了它們的到來，这个地方茂盛了，現在这个地方变的眾所周知的燕屋。

在这段期間，大多數的燕窝是空的和沒有燕子蛋，也没有小燕子。這是最佳收穫的时间，大部分的燕窩可以被採下，不好像十月份到一月份的那段时间，哪时候大多數的燕窝都是佔有燕子蛋和小燕子的。

由於乾旱，糧食(昆蟲)是稀决的。没有下雨或水源就不能生存。没有下雨昆蟲也不能繁殖，它們依靠水源和雨水才能開始其生產週期。沒有昆蟲也代表沒有食粮给小燕子和它們的生存受到影響。因此，燕子们止住或延遲一段時間直到它們有充足的食物(昆蟲)的才孵卵。這是自然的，它們知道在這種條件下，它门的小燕子不可能生存下去。

通過瞭解昆蟲的生殖週期和天氣，它可以帮助您更好地準備和減輕乾旱的影響。

這这个干旱的時期，有幾件事情我們需要專注的。

1） 增加喷雾器的時間。更加長時間的間隔 比如：每隔2-3小時开30-45分鐘。建議不要把喷雾器連續的开多过1個小時。(熱空氣和水滴鼓勵真菌生長)

2） 把通風孔管理好。（一些排氣孔一定要封閉，以防止熱空氣進入燕屋農場）。

3） 建議要有水池或池塘在燕屋農場中。(把水桶都填滿水)

4） 把在地板上死燕子的屍體清除。（在極端溫度和饑餓的情况下，在燕屋農場的地板上看到死的小燕子是很平常的）

5） 安裝噴水頭在屋頂或入口洞。

6） 排氣風扇： 千万要記住，我個人並不鼓勵燕屋農場內部安装排氣風扇。任何被排吸出来的空气實際上是來自外面的。當空氣被排吸出来，它会把熱空氣帶进來。如果你不明白這個簡單的道理，那么燕屋農場并不是你的那杯茶。那个排氣風扇應该安裝在天花板上，天花板上的熱空氣被吸出来这样才可以把天花板上的溫度降低。

7） 提供昆蟲粉。多餘的食物来提供给年輕的小燕子在燕屋農場 （使用Hi-Nest昆蟲粉）

現在是最佳時間来知道您梦寐以求的燕屋農場是否正確的被建造。

它是一个考验的時期。墙壁的防热功能是否做的对嗎？通氣孔是否被放置在正確的地方？

您的雙層紅粘土磚块夹着一寸的保丽珑现在是最好的作用。支付額外的金錢，為雙層磚塊現在會更有意義。現在你很感激和感到很幸運，因为你選擇了雙層的粘土磚，雖然之前你被朋友嘲笑你額外支付不必要的磚块，但是现在他门却在哭了。

很多的燕屋主都和風水有關，所有的實體需要一種平衡如果你想要看到好的結果。（不能太暗或太亮。不能太熱或太冷。所有必須是在平衡恰到好處，在中間......我應該說中間的路徑是正確的道路。)

在燕屋農場里，我們不能完全分开好與壞或優點和缺點。我們不能完全消除坏，而是要使用或適應它，利用它，將威脅變成機會。

這種極端的天氣也有其優點。現在是引誘和捕獲所有年輕的小燕子的时候，從那些不善建的燕屋農場、 太熱和溫度上升的燕屋農場，那些只有單層磚塊的燕屋農場...等等。

当好天氣有下雨的時后，要捕獲並引誘你鄰居的燕子并不容易。但是现在是对的時机。现在小燕子願意離開。極端的溫度在它們的燕屋農場迫使它們尋找新的家園。所以不要失去這次機會。它只会在許多、 許多年發生一次。嗯，被建議使用第3代Love Potion来捕獲並能夠誘使那些年輕的小燕子到你的燕屋農場。許多成功的燕屋主都是使用这个方法来捕獲他們的鄰居燕子。

如果你很了解燕屋農場，每個威脅都可能是你的好機會。

大家有好燕屋農場。

EXTREME WEATHER

The weather is extremely hot and dry. Haze is building up. Now most Swiftlet farm’s humidity level are at its lowest.  A full blast of humidifiers would only help a little. Nests cracked, they are getting smaller and thinner, with plenty of feathers on it, dirty and poorly shaped. They are  caused by the internal and external factors. There are fewer birds in the sky now. We could hardly see them unless during the homecoming hour at dusk.

The number of birds returning to farm is reducing. Most have ventured far to places that have rain. They may not return if they found a place that have rain that could support the growth of insects which their survival depended on it. Swiftlet could fly a distance of more than 500 km. They could be heading to Thailand or Indonesia that is not impossible, as they could fly with a speed over 160 km/h. It had happened before, during the forest fire in Indonesia in the 80’s and 90’s big migration of Swiftlet from Indonesia take place. They decided to make Setiawan, Parit buntar, Taiping, Segamat, etc their homes. With their arrival these places flourished and now they are well known for Swiftlet farming.

During this period  most nests are empty without eggs and chicks. This is the best time to harvest as most of the nests could be taken unlike the month of Oct- Jan where most nests are occupied with eggs and chicks.

Due to drought,  the food ( insects) is scarce. No rain or water means no survival. Insects can’t reproduce without rain, they rely on water and rain to start their production cycle. No insects means no food for the chicks and their survival is affected. Therefore, parents would hold on or delay their broods to a period that have plenty of food (insects). This is nature, they knew with such condition the youngs may not survive.

 By  understanding the insect reproductive  cycle and the weather it helps you to better prepare and reduce the effects of drought.

There are few things we need to focus on during this drought period.

1)  Increase the humidifying time. A longer timing of interval eg: switch on for 30 – 45 minutes every 2-3 hours. It is not recommended to switch on the humidifier for continuous of more than 1 hour. (Hot air and water droplets encourage fungus to grow)

2)  Manage ventilation holes well. ( Some vent- holes have to be closed to prevent hot and dry air from entering the farm).

3) Recommended to have water pool or pond in farms. ( Pail and bucket filled up with water)

4) Remove carcass of dead birds on the farm’s floor. (It is common to see dead young birds on farm’s floors due to extreme temperature and starvation)

5) Install water sprinkler on the roof or at the entrance hole.

6) Exhaust fan: Bear in mind, I personally do not encourage exhaust fan inside the farm. What gets sucked out actually come from outside. When air is sucked out it bring in hot air. If you don’t understand this simple theory, then Swiftlet farming is not your cup of tea. The exhaust fan

Should be installed in the ceiling, sucking hot air in the ceiling out so that the temperature of the ceiling could be lowered.

7) Provide insect powder. An extra food for the young birds in the farm (Use Hi-Nests Insect Powder)

Now is the best time to find out whether your dream Swiftlet farm is being built properly.

It is a testing time. Is the wall being insulated properly? Is the Ventilations being placed at the right place?

Your double layered red clay bricks sandwiching an inch thick Styrofoam pays off now. Paying extra money for the double layered bricks make more sense now. Now you appreciate and feel damn lucky  you had opted for the double layered clay bricks while your friends whose laughed at you for paying extra for the unnecessary bricks are crying.

Swiflet farmers are very much related to Feng Shui, a balance of all entities if one wants to achieve and see good result. ( Cannot be too dark or too bright. Cannot be too hot or too cold. All must be in balance just the right amount, in the middle…. should I say the middle path is the right path.)

In Swiftlet farming, we cannot totally separate good and bad or advantages and disadvantages. We cannot totally eliminate the bads, but to make use or adapt to it to take advantage of it and turn threat into opportunity.

This extreme weather has its advantages too. Now is the time to lure and capture all young birds from  poorly built farms, farms that are too hot with rising temperature, farms that have single layered bricks…. and so on.

When the weather is good with the rain, it is not easy for you to capture and lure your neighbors’  birds. This is the time. The young birds are willing to leave now. The extreme temperature in their farms forces them to look for  a new home. So don’t lose this opportunity. It only happens once in many, many years. Well, it is recommended to use 3^RD  Love Potion to capture and Lure those young birds to your farms. Many successful farmers are using it now to capture their neighbors’ birds.

If you understand Swiftlet farming well every threat could be an opportunity for you.

Good Swiftlet farming All.