Triang, Pahang, a town well known for Swiftlet farming, only for those who are into Swiftlet farming. There is a saying " build any lousy Swiftlet farm here it will be successful".
Well that was true probably 5-10 years ago. Now there are many Swiftlet farms here. Competition is stiff and winner takes all leaving lousy Swiftlets farms with no nests.
One can no longer build a simple Swiftlet farm that is not sensitive to what Swiftlets want. Erecting a building, open a hole, install some Nesting Planks and Tweeters, etc no longer works.
Swiftlets had adapted to the changes of the environment. There are no more wild Swiftlets now, which not long ago someone had claimed that Swiftlet farms could attract wild Swiftlets. That is very misleading.
Most Swiftlets are from somebody else's Swiftlet farms. Therefore the objective is to make sure your new Swiftlet farm is built with good design to accommodate what Swiftlets want.
( one of the successful Swiftlet farm here)
( One of the top Swiftlet farm here)
( Most of the top floors had been converted into Swiftlet farm)
( This floor shall turn into a Swiftlet farm)
After meeting up with them he decided to engaged me. That is common....hahaha. They can't answer many of Mr.L questions. That is what Mr.L told me.
I told Mr. L, next time if you want to meet up with the so called experts make sure you don't read my blog, otherwise you would be disappointed. You would be surprised that you now more than them.
( The back portion shall be converted into roving area for good landing)
A 3 storey building, which the Top floor will be converted into a Swiftlet farm. I have to observe the surrounding prior coming up with a design plan. I asked Mr.L to drive me around. I want to know the location of those successful Swiftlet farms here. I want to know their distances. The direction of birds coming back at dust. I want to know the area these Swiftlets congregate during rain.
All these information would help me to come up with a good and accurate design plan. Building a Swiftlet farm in a town with many Swiftlet farms is different from building one in a secluded area like Oil Palm plantation. Though both is Swiftlet farm, but the design, especially the internal aspect is totally different . I wonder how many people have thought of this.
What have you observed from the above picture? ...........Most of the Swiftlet farms here are adopting the Open Roof design. So what design type should this soon to be Swiftlet farm follows. Well I guess you already know.
This new Swiftlet farm must have an Internal environment that suit young Swiftlets from those existing Swiftlet farms. The objective here is to lure young Swiftlets from these farms. How do we do that. Well I will teach Mr.L and I am sure he is more than happy to learn from me.
( Another Swiftlet farm)
As usual I always bring along a measurement tape. It is to make sure the roving area is big enough for the birds to maneuver. All nesting area should be bigger than 14 x 14 ft. There will be few sections of partition prior to the Nesting area as this is to reduce the light and wind.
Bear in mind, Swiftlets dislike movement of air in Swiftlet farm, therefore I don't encourage fan
( exhaust fan) to be used in Swiftlet farm.
( Most people here prefer to convert Shop lot unit into Swiftlet farm.)
Good Swiftlet farming All!
James tel :012-3173811
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