Love Potion, Bird Test, Area Survey, Tourist....

My schedule goes haywire yesterday. In the morning I have to meet up with my reader Mr. E, a regular user of Love Potion from Gambang then to North. Later have to be in K.L to deliver dozens of Love Potion to readers from Vietnam who came here for Tour.

Mr.E, he has been calling the last few days.

“James could we meet this weekend? I want a dozen of Love Potion urgently”

“Mr.E , I am not in town now. I shall check and see whether there are available stocks as last couple of days we have delivered quite a lot to neighboring countries and those that are available have being booked. I shall call you back”

I was so busy and forgotten to call him until I remembered it in the late evening. So called him and confirmed out appointment. I told Mr.E that was the last 1 dozen of Love Potion I have. There rests are for my readers from Vietnam which I need to send to the Hotels.

The next day we met at a coffee shop. As we were having coffee I ask Mr.E why you need the Potion so desperately. Normally I don't query much about my readers farm unless they want to tell me. But this time I asked Mr.E because he wanted it so urgently.

The reply was, “James I have used the Love Potion regularly since Chinese New Year 2010 when I bought a farm that has 300+ nests early this year. Today it reaches 800+ nests in less than 1 year and I presume by the year end it would reach 1000 nests.”

No wonder he needs it so urgently and have been using it so regularly. I am very happy to hear that.

Ever since with the help of Love Potion that had boost up the nests growth now he is confident to invest more by buying and building more Swiftlet farms.

After I delivered Love potion to Mr.E I have to head to North to meet up with another reader Mr. K who wanted to engage me as a consultant for his soon to be a 2 storey 30x 80 farm. He wanted to discuss about the plan and how soon I could come in. As I had told him that my other ongoing projects stretches till early 2011. Somehow I would try to accommodate what he wanted and shall advise him later on the date of commencement.

Mr.K took me to view the area he intended to build the farm. It was a good area surrounded with mangrove which is a place where Swiftlet foray for food.

There is no existing swiftlet farm around this area within 10 km radius. It is hard to find a good area like this. We drove for an hour around here to see the landscaping. There were many small streams here. While driving I could see plenty of swiftlet flying above the mangrove canopy searching for insect. Can’t hesitate anymore I stop and blast my BTK within minutes hundreds of swiftlet swamping to the Stress sound in a hot afternoon. That was impressive!

I told Mr.K you have found the right place. After that we head for tea and further discus about the structure and the design of the farm and so on.

That is not all, I have to head back to K.L and by 11pm to deliver dozens of Love Potion to Hotels in the heart of the city. I wanted to deliver them by courier but Courier companies don’t work on weekend and my readers from Vietnam are leaving on Sunday. Most of the time I don’t deliver Love Potion personally unless special cases like this. Using courier is very much convenient.

Ms. V from Vietnam has contacted me many times thru phone and email. She had wanted Love Potion for her farm in Vietnam. She is not buying 1 or 2 bottles. I supposed many of her friends in Vietnam wanted the Love Potion too

After a whole day of travelling I have to rush back to K.L by 11pm. I haven’t been to the city on Saturday night for quite a while since I got involved in Swiftlet farming.

Couldn’t imagine traffic jam at 12 midnight I thought that only happen in Bangkok.

Drop off the Love Potion to them and have some chit-chat and go. I won’t want to park my car in the basement if I did I would have to spend hours talking about Swiftlets. I am exhausted.

Good Swiftlet farming!

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Know Your Nesting Planks

(no black dots, wood eye, etc. All pre-selected )

(workers doing QC. Bad planks are taken all. One by one checked)

( the bigger the timber the better. Timbers are scar even the small ones are taken)

( crack wood and stain ones are cut out and removed)

Few days ago I got call from my reader that 70% of his nesting planks have fungus. I asked him, “How long has your farm operated?” His reply was “just 1 month.”

He told me in fact he had suspected something not right with the planks after it was delivered to him. Since he had bought it and wouldn’t want to waste them so he installed them anyway.

Now he has to remove them. Not only had he wasted the money spent on the fungus plank but also the money to employ people to remove and install the new one.

Still have fungus and mould problem? I thought that was history and never exist anymore. Why people have the tendency of repeating mistakes over and over again. Perhaps they enjoy doing it.

No wonder even with the harshest punishment and the toughest law people still committing crime and not fearing being sent to jail. Even if they did after jail term or released they still repeat the same crime. I guess this is human nature and we can’t change this.

Similar with Nesting planks, knowing those poor quality Meranti plank which flooded the market (90%) are of guarantee to grow mould and fungus yet they still use it. Simply they believe that all planks are of the same. I can bet with you with my entire life asset there are not the same. Even we are all human but physically, mentally, psychologically and so on we are not the same. I hope Swiftlet farmers do understand this. If you don’t then Swiftlet farming is not your cup of tea and I suggest that you shouldn’t get involved.

Often I still see failed farms with planking problem. Majority willing to spend hundred of thousand on the farm construction but when it comes to nesting plank they still use those poor and cheap planks.

Some paid premium price for good quality Meranti planks but were supplied with poor and cheap planks because they don’t know how to identify and differentiate them. Many believed that Meranti Bukit is the answer but even Meranti bukit won’t guarantee no fungus if there are not treated properly in the saw mill.

Most paid for the name only “Meranti” but received other kind of woods. There was once I told one of my readers if you think and believe it is Meranti then it is Meranti….ha..ha…

Do you know how many types of Meranti wood (trees) ? …there are hundreds of them go and check of the web.

I came across many planks suppliers who have very little knowledge about planks. Most of them are middlemen just wanting to earn extra bucks. Technically when you ask them the genre name of the wood they can’t tell you. If they don’t even know their products well then how could they sell you good products?

Last week I was invited to visit a saw mill specialized in Nesting Planks to check out their planks products. Their collecting of Nesting Planks is not bad and they do QC on all planks that are to be delivered to customers. There are no wood eye, no crack, etc. All are of high quality grade.

The only setback is the availability of stock. The good ones sometimes have to be pre-ordered. Good woods are scar now. It is hard to get them. Sometimes we have to wait for months. Nowadays It is hard to get those dark red qualities which I used to purchase for my own Swiftlet farms many years ago. Nevertheless if compared to other Planks suppliers I still give 2 thumbs up for this saw mill.

So when it comes to Nesting Planks there is no guessing game. Your farms may have the best micro and everything is at perfection if your planks are infested with fungus then that is the end of your farms.

Good Swiftlet farming All!

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G.Star 万星外声

當我張貼了一篇文章在我的部落格之後，想要关掉我的個人电脑时。 我從我的一個讀者收到電子郵件。知道G.Star（万星）是如何在他的區域推翻了其他的聲音是相當有趣的。

受尊敬的师傅James，

谢谢。 您的Gezillion Star万星9号是打倒了全部5個燕屋農場。 我是Bahau的E先生。 我希望您还記得我。2個月前我跟您買了Gezillion Star万星。 以前，我所有的鄰居都有很多燕子除了我的燕屋農場。 在用了万星2個月之後，現在有最多燕子的是我的燕屋農場。 我的鄰居问我做了什麼在我的燕屋農場。 我没有告訴他們。

再一次谢谢你

E先生

蛮有趣的哈 ......

大家有的好燕屋農場!

G.Star External sound

While wanting to switch off my PC after I posted an article on my blog. I receive an email from one of my readers. It is quite interesting to know how the G.Star has overthrown other sound in his area.

Respected Sifu James,

Thank you very much. Your Gezillion Star 9 beat all 5 farms. I am Mr. E of Bahau. I hope you can remember me. I buy Gezillion Star from you 2 months ago. Before that all my neighbors have many birds except my farm. After playing 2 months now I have the most birds. My neighbors ask me what I do to my farm. I never tell them.

Thank you again

Mr. E

Interesting ha……

Good Swiftlet farming All!

需要的不只是好的温度和湿度!

(美麗的燕屋農場，大家都想擁有一间)

(黑暗有时總不是解答的问题)

(在這種情況下，黑暗成為了一个問題)

「James，您必須帮助我，燕屋主Y先生的投诉，一间20x80， 3層樓獨立的燕屋農場，燕子總是不在我的燕屋農場停留。聲音開始了差不多有7個月的时间了。 請请你，您几时可以來解決我燕屋農場的問題？」

我延遲了我的參觀好几次了，直到我感到不好意思为此。 可悲的知道燕屋主在它投資了非常多和燕子就不停留。這個燕屋農場一定有問題。

燕屋農場位于南部，由龙珠果园圍攏着。 它是由一位当地的燕屋農場顧問設計的。 它是美妙地修造以所有必要的防熱材料。 它有双层的磚。 內部的溫度是在28-29度之间它的差别只是比1度还少。 大廈的外部看起來蛮好的，但是有什麼用呢。 我們想要的不是美麗的大廈来赢得其他人的赞赏而是它的窝？

燕屋主就无法推测它。 它位于許多燕子的主区，每個晚上都可以看到很多燕子在在他燕屋農場的附近寻找食物，但是它們就是沒有停留。

就如同我說一切必须集中在一起，雖然温度和湿度是好的，但是顧問沒有瞭解到更多的。 他沒有注意到對像飛行道路、高音揚聲器的形成和光线的密度的其他事等等(或許他甚而不知道那些是什麼材料)。 因為，当我进入燕屋農場时，並且觀察有許多事不適當地做除了屋内环境(温度和湿度) 。

大多数的燕子只是飛行到环绕区，並且没有進一步的飞入。 似乎他們害怕飞到筑窝区。 我在我參觀了的許多燕屋農場觀察到这一点。 它是设计的缺點，它限制燕子深入燕屋農場。

当我看到环绕区时，就算是人的天性我也沒有良好的感覺，想像燕子對环境是那么的敏感，與這樣的環境我不認為它们裡想要停留？

我问Y先生，您为什么選擇了這樣的內部設計呢？ 他解釋了，这是顧問想要的。 我告诉了Y先生，我將教您所需要的一切，並且下次您就可以單獨解決这些問題了，无需依靠其他人。

我告訴了Y先生，入口洞是太靠近邊緣，这样燕子被迫飞行鋒利的角度而且做一個不規律地轉動。 小燕子是不喜欢这样的，因此它們不飞行更深入。

其次，第二个入口洞到筑窝区的是不适當地被找出的都在相反的左边。 这使它变得更壞， 燕子必須潛入才可以到达筑窝区。 作為結果所有的燕子只是飛行在环绕区甚而没有进入到筑窝区。

第三，在整個燕屋農場根本沒有光线的密度對比。 既使人我也无法找到入口和出口在那里如果我是在筑窝区的话。 那么小燕子会发生什么呢？ 它們也許根本發現不到出口，一旦它們在这样的情况，它們决定根本不进入。

我標記了那些需要拆除的地方並且要Y先生架設一些分開来容納燕子的飛行道路。 我顯示了他哪里應該架設和它的原因。

高音揚聲器的形成是更加糟糕的，高音揚聲器的数量是不足够的。 它是一个完全A-Z的维修。

我是很高兴Y先生瞭解我所教他的一切。 否則，如果什么都沒有完成，我猜測，在等待兩三年之後也是沒有窝的。

之後我們去喝了杯茶，然后我就往P.D去，去看我監督下的另一個新的燕屋農場的建筑工程。

大家有的燕屋農場!

Be a Smart Swiftlets Farmer. Don't Waste!

( Located at Hill Top)

( Oil palm surrounding area)

( Man at work!)

( roof removed to make way for concrete slab)

(still in good condition)

(The surrounding area next to the bungalow has been cleared for birds smooth landing)

(additional reinforcement with concrete )

( extension to make it bigger)

I always believe in recycling and don’t waste, also don’t simply spend when it is not necessary when it comes to Swiftlet farming. Though many might disagree with me but that is my principle. So what if you have plenty of money that is not the way to do things must well donate it to the poor and the needing ones.

Mr. A from South had wanted to build 2 storey standalone Swiftlet farm at his Oil palm plantation. He has been looking for people to help him out. His intention was to have a 2 storey farm which covers the size of 1200sf per floor. He wanted to have his farm built on the small hill that is next an old bungalow and the budget was secondary.

Mr.A had been trying to get hold of me many times but failed as most of the time I was in outstation building and revamping farms.

Finally we meet up after couple of weeks later as usual after many postponements of appointment. He explained to me about his ideas and plans about building a Swiftlet farm on his land and wanted to engage me to supervise the project.

I explained to him, “Mr.A before you start my suggestion is that you should do an area test and land survey to understand the environment there. This would help you to determine the type of farm (design), sizes and so on.”

Mr.A replied, I didn’t know about that. So I explained to him and we set a date to visit the said area.

It was beautiful area surrounded with Oil palm trees. Indeed a good area for farming. We did a sound test within minute there were few hundred Swiftlets circling above my BTK. As far as the area concerned birds are not the problem.

Around this area there are many commercial chicken farms. This creates many type of flies and insects which are part of the food chain (not those big black flies). Have you all ever wondered why Setiawan is so famous when come to Swiftlets farming? And where does Ayam Dinding comes from? (Do some thinking!)

While doing the land survey I suggested to Mr.A instead of building a 2 storey farm it is much better to convert the old bungalow to a Swiftlet farm. It would save you money and secondly the old bungalow materials are still good, why want to waste. Thirdly the bungalow was at top of a small hill which is the highest peak.

The buildup of the bungalow is approximately 46x 70ft . That is 3220 sf which is bigger than a 2 storey 20x70sf which is 2800sf. Mr.A doesn’t need a high building because the bungalow was at a hill top.

If other consultants were taken to see this land I am very sure 110% they would have asked Mr.A to build a new farm, the bigger the better. Why want to save money? It is not their money. Isn’t a consultant aim is to make money? The bigger the project the bigger cut they would earn.

Mr.A was delighted and at the same time very happy. “James, I never thought of that. I thought of demolishing the old bungalow and build a new farm. That would have cost double. Thank you so much for your wise suggestion”.

Well I always believe in spending wisely and don’t waste. Most of all making a good farm and teaching those sincere ones who really want to learn.

Good Swiftlets Farming All!

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It needs More Than Just a Good Temp & RH!

(Beautiful Swiftlet farm , everyone wants to own one)

( Dark is not always the solution)

(In this case dark has became a problem)

“James, you have to help me out, cried the owner of a 20x80, 3 storeys Standalone BH Mr.Y. Birds don’t stay in my farm. The sound started for almost 7 months now. Please when will you be coming to solve my BH’s problem?”

I had delayed my visit many times until I felt bad about it. Sad to know that the owner had invested so much in it and Swiftlets are not staying in it. There must be problems in this farm.

The farm is located in the South, surrounded by Dragon fruit trees. It was designed by a local Swiftlet consultant. It was beautifully built with all the necessary materials to prevent heat. It has double layer brick. The internal temperature was around 28-29C with variances less than 1C. The exterior of the building looks good but what is the point. We want a nests we don’t want beautiful building to impress others isn’t it?

The owner can’t figure it out. It was located in a prime area with many birds foray for food every evening around his farm but none of them stayed.

As I had said everything must come together, though the Temperate and the RH were good but the consultant failed to understand more than a good micro. He didn’t pay much attention to other things like the flying path, tweeters formation, and light density and so on (perhaps he might not even know what those stuffs were). As I enter the farm and observe there were many things not properly done except the micro condition( Temp & Rh)

Most of the birds only play and fly in the roving and none venture further. It seems they are afraid of nesting area. I had observed this in many farms that I had visited. It is the design's fault that restricts the birds from flying deeper into the farm.

When I look at the roving even with human instinct I wouldn’t feel good imagine Swiftlets which are very sensitive to this, with such environment I don’t think they want to stay in it?

I asked Mr.Y, why did you opt for such design internally? He explained this was what the consultant wanted. I told Mr. Y, I shall teach you whatever I know and so the next time you could solve the problems by yourself without relying on others.

I told Mr.Y, the entrance hole was located way too near the edge this forces the birds to fly from a sharp angle thus making the birds to turn erratically. Young birds hate this, therefore they don’t fly deeper.

Secondly the 2 second entrance holes to the nesting area were wrongly located both at the opposite left side. This making it worst, Swiftlet have to dive sharp to enter the nesting area. As the result all swiftlet play and fly at the Roving without even flying into the nesting.

Third, there were no contrasts of light density in the whole farm. Even as a human I didn’t know where the entrance and exit are when I was in the nesting area. What would happen to young birds then? They might not even find their ways out once they’ve got in therefore they decided not to go in at all.

I marked all places that needed to be hacked and ask Mr.Y to erect some partitions to accommodate the flying path of the birds. I showed him where it should be located and the reason why I want them to be erected there.

The tweeters formation was lousy and the number of tweeters was not enough for this farm. It was a totally make over revamp A-Z.

I am happy that Mr.Y understands what I had taught him during my visit to his farm. Otherwise if nothing is to be done I guess after couple of years of waiting there will be still no nests in it.

After that we went for a drink and later I rush off to P.D to see the construction works of another new Swiftlet farm which is under my supervision.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

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常识教您如何用内部声音. 您不需要是位专家

(燕子熱衷于內部聲音, 所有的窝被修造在附近)

昨天晚上我回到家相当晚的，是因为一位讀者要雇用我作顧問為他新的項目。 那是一个3層樓30x 90的獨立燕屋農場位于Tanjung Malim的。

我們談論了關於計劃，时间和一切，並且需要确定它會有窝在最短的时间。

當在我回家的路上，一個经常的讀者從沙撈越的C先生打电话给我。 他是一位跟隨我的部落格对燕屋農場很热诚的燕屋主，自從我的部落格開始了超过2年的时间。

「抱歉James，現在打电话给您。希望我没有干擾到您」

「哦，是C先生吗，你好吗? 等等讓我按上我的免握手提。 我現在正在驾驶」。

「沒有問題，James」

「是的C先生，我的朋友，我能為您做什麼？ 生意好吗？」。

「非常好，非常好，您的Gezillion Star万星和催眠內部聲音是非常奇妙的。 非常好加上您超級的Love Potion组合。 它真正地让我驚奇。 當我開始播放那个聲音的时候我沒看見許多燕子，但是在2个月后我进去我的燕屋農場，許多白色的糞在裡面，並且從460个窝最后的计算在2個月前和今天它增加到590个窝。 您放了什麼在聲音和Love Potion里？ 告訴我您的秘密啦？」

「哈..哈..哈..哈..哈。C先生我可以告诉您我的秘密，沒有問題，但是我怕您可能不瞭解它。哈..哈..哈..哈..哈。在新的Gezillion Star万星是一名很柔滑的慢曲。在裡面它有一些母燕子很熱衷與準備交配的聲音在不同的声音。 如果您用催眠內部聲音，那里有幼燕子渴望父母的声音，然而燕窝增長就不是問題了」

「哇，James您已經好像在讲燕子话。 請讲回人的語言啦。 我已經是很迷糊了」。

我笑了笑

C先生解釋了給我听他的燕屋農場怎麼進步的，並且他怎麼遵守了我的指示。 他是一个很不错的人和一個好朋友。 開始时是我的部落格的讀者和現在是一位成功的燕屋主。

通常大多數，如果不是所有的那些声称是好的內部聲音，如果您小心地聽，您可能只聽見幼燕子的聲音，除了那一种聲音就沒有其他的了。或許在1個或2個序列之內有大燕子大聲唧啾叫的声音。 其中一些聲音在市場上声称是最好的。 您會是很驚奇9个在10個失败的燕屋農場我有參觀过的是使用這樣的聲音。 我不想要提任何的名字。 我想大多数你们都知道他和大多数的你们也许在使用它。

常识將告诉您那些成功的燕屋農場有上百个窝的，沒有理由只是有1种聲音(幼燕子的聲音)。 合理的声音環境应该是大燕子，年青的燕子，母燕，公燕，幼燕子的聲音混合成的。

因此，如果您使用只有包含1种聲音在內部那就是很不切實際的了。 當燕子飛入到您的燕屋農場时，它們感到很難受，因為您燕屋農場的內部聲音是如此的假象。

这就是为什么那么多的人抱怨的燕子來玩但是就是不停留。 一切都有它的原因。

大家有的好燕屋農場!

Intenal Sound Use common Sense.You don't have to be an expert

(craving for the internal sound all nests being built around the sound)

I came back quite late yesterday after meeting with a reader who wanted to engage me as an adviser for his new project. It was a 3 storey 30x 90 standalone located in Tanjung Malim.

We discussed about the plan, the time and everything that needed to make sure it would have nests in it in the shortest period of time.

While on my way back home a regular reader Mr. C from Sarawak called me. He is avid swiftlet farmer who has been following my blog since it started more than 2 years ago.

“James sorry to call you now. Hope not disturbing you”

“Oh Mr.C , how are you? Wait let me put on my hand free. I am driving now.”

“No problem James”

“Yes Mr.C what can I do for you my friend? Sing Lee ho Boh?

“Very good liow Very Ho, Your Gezillion Star and Hypnotic internal sound are marvelous. Dam good man combines with your Super Love Potion. It really surprised me. When I started playing the sound I don’t see many birds but after 2 months I went inside my farm, many white shits and from 460 nests last count 2 months ago and today it increases to 590 nests. What did you put in the sound and Love Potion? Tell me the secret lah?”

“Ha..ha..ha.ha..ha..Mr.C can no problem I can tell you the secret but you may not understand it..ha..ha..ha..the New Gezillion star in a smooth slow mover. Inside, it has some female craving sounds of ready to mate with different pitch. If use with the Hypnotic internal sound with baby craving for parent then nest grow is not a problem”

“Wah James you talk like birds already. Please talk human language lah. I am blur already.”

I laughed and laughed

Mr. C explained to me how his farm had progressed and how he had followed my instructions. He was a nice chap and a good friend. Started off as my blog reader and now a successful swiftlet farmer.

Most if not all even those internal sound that claimed to be good internal sound, if you listen carefully you could only hear 1 sound which is the baby sound nothing more that .Perhaps within sequences there would be 1 or 2 adults sound chirping loudly. Some of these sounds claimed to be the best in the market. You would be surprise 9 out of 10 failed farms I visited are using such sound. I don’t want expose the name. I think most of you know it and most of you migh be using it.

Common sense would tell you that in a successful farm which has few hundred nests no way there would be only 1 sound (baby sound). The sound environment is of mixture of adult, juvenile, female, male, baby sound.

So if you are using an internal sound that contains only 1 sound in it then it would be so unrealistic. When Swiftlets fly into your farm they feel uncomfortable because your farm is dam fake with such internal sound.

That is why so many people complaining that birds come and play and don’t stay. Everything has its reason.

Good Swiftlets Farming All!

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建造好的墙壁

現在的燕屋主都很有創造性的一致全能来創造最佳的屋内环境。

他們不會想要賭博他們的投資。 他們將竭尽全力並且使用可利用最佳的材料。

金錢是次要的。 他們是看長远的。 當許多一部分聰明的燕屋主選擇最佳的方式来修建燕屋農場，但是还有許多还是不管燕屋農場的屋内环境。

只要他們的大廈安装了板條(任何板條)，並且是有高音揚聲器他們就很滿意了。 或許等了很長的时间之後，他们才体会到他们浪費了多少时间和金錢。 通常是太晚了，並且也花了很多钱。

看看以上的照片。 這是他們如何修筑牆壁来使整體的防熱和創造更好的屋内环境。 磚的組合與泡沫塑料。 精采的想法，但是它是很废勞動的。

是有几百个方式可以創造好的屋内环境的，但是以上的照片是很好的鼓励。

他们是使用了优良品质的黏土磚，整體的想法是修建一個好的燕屋農場。

大家有的好燕屋農場!