為什麼這麼多人不知道如何去設計燕屋農場 Why So many People Don't Know How to Design Swiftlets Farm

"為什麼這麼多人不知道如何去設計燕屋農場"。這在我的腦海不斷思考。

似乎大多數的燕屋農場都是設計或計畫失敗。我真正擔心的是那些可憐的失敗燕屋主。他們要做些什麼呢? 經過多年的寫作，提供免費的資訊在我的部落格 (还有很多在网络里可用的資訊)真是可悲地看到人們每天還在建設失敗的燕屋農場。

我的許多讀者建设了成功的燕屋農場就是在读了我的部落格之后才學習到，我不明白為什麼別人不能。

(Termeloh 小鎮)

我被邀請去參觀幾個在Termeloh的燕屋農場。這里有一个很特別的尤其是它的設計是如此糟糕，裡面有很多死燕子。我想在这里指出它的錯誤與大家分享。

燕屋主最近从所謂的夥伴兼顧問 (合資企業)那里拿回這个燕屋農場來自己管理，因为他已经耗盡耐心了。

3層楼的燕屋農場，位於燕子區。許多人會夢想有燕屋農場建在這裡。與很多的成功燕屋農場包圍，這些都是達到數千个燕窝的燕屋農場。有一个燕屋農場在這裡已經是成功的一半....但不是此特定的燕屋農場。

(到處都死燕子)

(到處都死燕子)

最令人震驚的事情是，到處都是死燕子。在我打開門那一刻，死燕子是在我的腳下。看到它的大小和顏色我知道这些都是幼鳥。這些都是剛剛學會飛翔的年輕燕子。

燕屋主不知道為什麼他的燕屋農場有這麼多的死燕子。每次的到訪，他都發現死燕子。他清除它們。這是一個例行的工作。它只是再次發生。

他懷疑肉食動物，貓頭鷹、 老鼠、 壁虎等等，但到目前為止他沒有抓到什么。

你會容許此事發生在你的燕屋農場嗎? 不能怪主人，因為他想不出為什麼。他能得到的最接近的就是怪罪于肉食動物。

死燕子到處都是，在做窝區、 互连洞、 特別是低层。我注意到燕子最多死在较暗的地方。

這向我暗示燕子不能找到出去的路。剛剛學會飛翔的年輕燕子並沒有在完全黑暗的情况下有導航的能力。它們尚未開發的哢嗒聲 (回聲) 導航出從黑暗的區域飞出。

這些年輕的燕子很大程度上非常的依靠眩光，来引導它們飛來飛去。我敢肯定你們很多人遇到这样的情景，就是燕子飞向您的大燈或閃光燈，當你在燕屋農場中的时候。

這很明顯顯示出光线的密度對幼燕子的生存至關重要。如果它們不能找到在周圍或回窝的途中，它們將死于過度疲勞的飛行。

所以當一個人告訴你它是強制讓你的燕屋農場越暗越好，你就知道他的養燕知识。(接近于零的知識)。

通常這些都是为别人建设燕屋農場有很多年的人。這就是為什麼養燕的成功率仍然維持在20%。(80%失敗)。

燕屋農場的設計封裝一切，從光线密度的控制到容易飞行的幼燕子。它是養燕成功的最重要方面之一。

這個特別的燕屋農場，內部設計失敗。我不同意在下半部分有差距的需要，雖然我見過很多燕屋農場採用這種設計。它會導致弊大於利。

他們聲稱，它是让流動的空氣和通風的目的。我們不是有通風孔来做到這一點吗。其次，我們不鼓勵有流通的空氣在燕屋農場中。所以这不是很矛盾嗎?

分區是完全废了。它是建来殺死燕子的。看看照片A. 年輕的燕子會被光线吸引到(眩光)。對于这些燕子来说这是引它门出入口洞的光线。它們潜入眩光，撞在地板上。通常它們不會立刻死亡。它们会受傷几天，有些仍能飛來飛去，却死在其他地方。因此可以在燕屋農場周围發現死燕子。

這个設計很清楚地表明缺乏对燕子飛行行為的瞭解。有人可能認為这都是成功的燕屋農場的設計，尤其是在Setiawan和吉蘭丹州。对的，那是没错。這些燕屋農場都是在15-30年前建的，那个時候沒有競爭。也許在整個小鎮只有幾個燕屋農場。燕子是很丰富的。死燕子的比例相比增長燕子的人口的很巨大。所以死的部分都没什麼关系。

現在有這麼多的燕屋農場而燕子的人口正在減少，每個死的燕子在燕屋農場的未來產生很大的影響。

(其中一只小燕子撞擊地面後尝试再飛。它將很快死去)。

這个燕屋農場有一個奇怪的氣味。燕屋主投訴，日常有很多燕子玩。它們都是來自附近的燕屋農場，但是它們不會停留。他說，人們都不相信他的燕屋農場做得不好。從在外面玩的燕子數目來看，我同意。

奇怪的氣味在里面。它聞起來像一間髮型屋。刺鼻的氣味，参杂了一些香料氣味。他用什麼樣的香氣? 如何這種氣味可以在燕屋農場。我敢肯定燕子是恨死这种气味所以它们都不入住。我不想對此作進一步的評論。我已向燕屋主解釋。他知道我在說什麼。

日常那裡有大量的燕子來到他的燕屋農場但是只有極少數會留下。看看燕子留下的燕子屎。這些都是從年輕的燕子留下的。它們都是從其他人的燕屋農場来的。如果這个燕屋農場可以获得它的 30%他會笑著去銀行。很不幸的是，情況並非如此。這個燕屋農場不只是無法获得其他人的燕子，它甚至不能維持它自己的幼燕子。

你可以數到高音喇叭嗎? 答案是肯定的。我猜每層只有少於20个高音喇叭。燕屋主答道，師傅說: “沒有必要那麼多的高音喇叭”。

如果這个傢伙能成为師傅，那么所有讀过我部落格的人都能成为師傅。我说對嗎?。

它應該有至少80个高音喇叭。戰略性地安装在角落，因为燕子都喜欢在在角落做燕窝。

照片顯示高音喇叭 (下面或下一個) 都有燕窝靠近。它指示內部聲音的重要性在燕屋農場。這都是很基本的養燕知识但是在这个燕屋農場并没有被實行。

还有很多的問題在这个燕屋農場。我向燕屋主解釋每一个問題。我告訴他，为什么會出現這些問題，然后如何解決。这个一个一對一的指導，它是確保他理解它，以便他能自己管理它而不依賴于他人。

我們都可以從照片上看到，我們都不能否認，拥有這種技能的人都在為別人創造燕屋農場和自稱是師傅。

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Why So many People Don't Know How to Design Swiftlets Farm

"Why So many People Don't Know How to Design Swiftlets Farm". This keeps pondering in my head.

It seems most Swiftlets farm are designed or planned to fail. What really worries me are the poor owner of  those failed Swiftlets farms. What are they to do. After so many years of writing, providing free information on my blog, (and there are tons of information available in the web) it is sad to see people still building failed Swiftlets farms everyday. 

Many of my readers had built successful Swiftlets farms after learning from my blog I don't see why others couldn't.

( The town of Termeloh)

I was invited to visit few Swiftlets farms in Termeloh. This particular one is interesting which the design is so  bad that many Swiftlet died inside. I would like to point out the mistakes here and share with all.

The owner has recently taken back this Swiftlets farm to manage it himself after he runs out of patience with the so called partner cum consultant (JV). 

A 3 storey Swiftlets farm, located in a Prime Bird Zone. Many would dream to have a Swiftlets farm built here. This area is surrounded with many successful Swiftlets farms which some reaching few thousands nests. Having a Swiftlets farm here is already half way to success..but not for this particular Swiftlets farm.

( Dead Swiftlets everywhere)

( Dead Swiftlets everywhere)

The most shocking thing was , there are dead Swiftlets everywhere. The moment I opened the door dead birds are at my feet. By looking at the size and color I knew they are of young birds. These are the Young Swiftlets that just learned to fly. 

The owner has no idea why there were so many dead birds in his Swiftlet farm. Every visits he found dead birds. He cleared them. It is a routine job. It just occurs again and again.

He suspected predators, Owls , Rat, Gecko and so on, but so far he didn't catch any of them.

Would you allow this to happen to your Swiftlets farm? Can't blame the owner as he couldn't  figure it out why. The closest he could get was to blame it on Predators. 

Dead birds are everywhere, at the Nesting area, the Inter hole and particularly the ground floor. I noticed that most dead birds are at the darker area of the Swiftlet farm.

This hinted to me that they can't find their way out. Young Swiftlets that just learned to fly do not have the ability to navigate in total darkness. They have yet to develop the clicking sound (Echolocation) to navigate out from the dark area.

These young birds relied very much on the glare of light to lead them to fly around. I am sure many of you had encountered incident where birds charging to your headlight or flash light when you are inside the farm.

This evidently shows light density is vital for the survival of young birds. If they can't find their way around or back to their nests they will die of exhaustion of flying.

So when a person tells you that it is compulsory to have your Swiftlet farm the darker the better, you know how well he knows Swiftlet farming. (Knowledge near zero).

Often these are the people who had being  building Swiftlet farms for people for many years. This is why the successful rate of Swiftlet farming remains at 20%. ( 80% failed).

The design of a Swiftlet farm encapsulate everything, from control of light density to easy maneuvering for young birds. It is one of the most important aspect of  successful Swiftlet farming

For this particular Swiftlet farm, the internal  Design failed. I don't agree with having a gap at the lower part of the partition though I had seen many Swiftlets farms adopting such design. It causes more harm than good.

They claimed, it is for Movement of air and Ventilation purposes. Isn't we have the Ventilation holes to do that. Secondly we don't encourage Movement of Air inside Swiftlet farm. So isn't this contradicting?

The partitioning was totally disastrous. It was made to kill the birds. See a Picture A. Young birds are attracted to light (glare). To them it leads the way to Entrance hole. They dived down to the glare and hit the floor. Often they won't die instantly. It takes days to succumb to injuries, some of them still could fly around and die at other places. Therefore dead birds could be found all over the farm.

This design clearly shown the lack of understanding of Swiftlets flying behavior.  Some might argue that there are successful farms with such design especially in Setiawan and Kelantan. Well that is true. Those Swiftlet farms were built 15-30 years ago when there were no competition. Perhaps just a few Swiftlet farms in the whole town. Swiftlets were plentiful then. The dead Swiftlets were small percentage compared to the huge increase of Swiftlet population. So the dead ones consider nothing.

Now there are so many Swiftlets farms and the Swiftlet population is reducing, every each dead Swiftlet would have an impact on the future  of a Swiftlets farm.

(One of the young birds trying to fly after hitting the ground. It will soon die). 

This Swiftlet farm has a strange smell. The owner complained, there are many and Swiftlets playing everyday. They came from nearby Swiftlet farms but they don't stay. He said, people wouldn't believe him that his farm is not doing well. Judging from the number of birds playing outside I agree with him.

The smell insidewas strange. It smells like a hair saloon. A pungent smell, a cross smell of some spices. What kind of Aroma  is he using? How can this smell be in a Swiftlet farm. I am sure the Swiftlets hate it that is why there are not staying. I wouldn't want to comment on this further. I had explained to the owner. He knows what I am saying. 

There large number of Swiftlets come to his Swiftlets farm everyday but only few would stay. Look at the Swiftlets dropping marks. All these are from young Swiftlets. They are from other people's farms. If  this Swiftlets farm could capture 30% of it he would be laughing to the bank. Unfortunately that was not  the case. Not only this Swiftlet farm is unable to capture other people's birds, it can't even retain its own young birds.

Can you count the tweeter? Obviously yes. I guess each floor has less than 20 tweeters. The owner replied, " Sifu said no need so many tweeters one."  

If this guy can be a Sifu with such skill then all who read my blog could be Sifu too. Am I right?.

It should have at least 80 tweeters. Strategically placing them at the corners as Swiftlets like building nests at corners.

The pictures show most  tweeters ( below or next ) have nests near them. It indicates the important of Internal sound in a Swiftlet farm. This is very basic of Swiftlet farming but it is not being  practiced in this Swiftlet farm..

There are tonnes of problems in this Swiftlet farm. I explained every each and  single problem to the owner. I told him how these problems arise and how they can be solved. It is a one to one guide making sure he understand it so that he could manage it himself without relying on others.

As we all could see from the pictures, we can not deny that people with such skill are  building Swiftlet farms for others and claimed to be Sifu.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

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