New Swiftlet Farm, 1 st month After Using LP & GS/Hypno Sound

( Normally with lots of watery whitish patches higher chances of birds building nests. There are also feathers around)

(Another sign of nests building. Take photos and compare them and you will know whether the birds will stay for good)

( Not so much of whitish patches, Have to wait another month )

“James, Thanks for your compliment. I depend totally on Gs9, Hypno 5 and Love Potion as I always believe that the three sense of swiftlet (i.e. sight, smell and hearing/echoing) must be very well develop in order to detect their food (i.e. flying insects) in the sky. We can tackle the swiftlet's hearing and smell through Gs9, Hypno 5 and Love Potion. If we could also find out what they like to see, then we may help to reduce the BH's failure rate. I manage to get 18 patches of Bird Shit within 30 days and some patches are getting bigger and bigger.”

From

W.K

S.P

This is one of the many emails from my readers who are using the Love Potion combined with the Gs/Hypno sound.

He wants to know whether this is a good sign for his new Swiftlet farm which is located in a competitive area as he has not seen other Bhs to compare with.

I told him I have visited many failed and sick bhs, some only have 1 or 2 nests after 3 years. Some had operated for 6 months but can’t find a single patch of birds shit in it. Some had few patches of bird shits but the patches size never increased.

In his case what more could he ask for? I told him if he had created a good internal environment and put them under his control then in a very short period of time he would see nest markings.

His Bh in S.Petani, Kedah. This is his 1^st Bh and he wants to make it right the first time and he can’t afford to make mistake. Well this is everybody wishes because investing in Swiftlet farming is not cheap.

The first month of operation is very important. Observation is vital. During this period from observation we would know whether the Bh is in the right track. The reading from the Hygrometer would tell us the conditions of the internal environment. If the reading is not favourable we must do something to rectify it. Otherwise it won’t attract birds to stay.

The Birds shits tell tales… don’t take them likely. If you can’t find any Birds Shits in your new Bhs then your Bhs are in big trouble.

Birds have to stay or clinch long enough on the planks or the tweeters in order to create a big patch of dropping below.

If the patches are small in sizes and there are only few patches then it is not a good sign. All these are the indication of how well you have built a Bh.

Though you may see many birds playing at the entrance hole when you first switched on the sound but this doesn’t mean your Bh will be successful. What we want are birds to stay and make nests not just come and play and leave later.

I am sure many would be excited when they see many birds circling around the entrance hole but most important is to have birds fly deep into the nesting area. In other words it is better to find droppings at the deeper sections of the Bh than around the roving.

During the first month of operation often birds won’t fly deep into the nesting areas unless proper planning has been done. Often my readers would ask what they should do? Or what should they put inside their Bhs. My reply was simple, use Love Potion and GS/Hypno sound perhaps some droppings from other Bhs.

Some even ask what about Amonia?

My reply was I DON’T/NEVER use Amonia in all my Bhs and also in all the Bhs that I had built for others.

Using Amonia is already out dated …..for a mere $50.00 of 25kg pack that could last you years. Do you think it works? The pungent smell that is so strong that could kill the senses of the Swiftlets, especially young swiftlet. Swiftlets rely on their senses to survive (hunt, socialise, navigate, etc). Once their senses have been destroyed they will never survive.

That is why I said in my last article the number 1st enemy of your Bh is yourself if your Swiftlet farming skill and knowledge are somehow half pass six.

So be observant you will learn lot of things.

Good Swiftlet farming All!

謀殺您的燕屋農場 ( 畫上鳥在牆壁上)

以下是從Star報紙的一篇有趣的文章。 实际上，我老早就有想過要寫關於這個，當我參觀許多出故障和失敗的燕屋農場。

我遇到入口洞被繪上巨大的鳥，當然是黑色的鳥，圍攏在入口洞和環繞區的牆壁上。 當我看見我就感覺到災害。燕屋主根本就是在他自己的饭碗裏放了毒物。

我問了燕屋主" 您為什麼這樣做？" 通常的回復是" 我看見別人這樣做，因此我就跟隨啦! 我想要吸引燕子飛入我的燕屋農場."

不敢告诉他我知道它是災害。 他殺害了他自己的燕屋農場。 這樣做是傻的，並且大多數有非常糟糕的圖畫技巧，本來想要畫燕子的，結果被畫成烏鴉或食肉的鳥類。

他們實際上嚇唬了燕子。 我在許多燕屋農場看過這些方法，一些還延伸到甚而投入一些複製品或誘餌在燕屋農場裏。 某些複製品看起來更像掠食性的鳥類。

他們的想像力告诉他們這就是燕子想要的東西，但是實際上它並不是如此。 因此別讓您的创造性想象唬弄了您。 我可以告诉您在燕屋農場裏您的最大的敵人就是您自己的想像力。

要瞭解的基本是1)當那裡有貓頭鷹就沒有鴿子， 2) 當那裡有鴿子就沒有貓頭鷹， 3) 當那裡有烏鴉就沒有鴿子，相反的也是。

當您瞭解了這一點您就不需要安裝那些閃燈或霓虹灯在入口洞來阻止掠食性鳥類。 無論如何，投入這些燈光(110%)根本不會幫助到。 实际上，強的燈光也可以嚇唬燕子。

如我總是勸告" 不要做哪些您不肯定的事"。

大家有的好燕屋農場!

(嚇唬烏鴉：塑料烏鴉被垂懸在喬治城高等法院的走廊上的天花板)

乔治镇： 這裡的法院大樓選擇了一種創造性的解答來解決他們堅持鴿子的問題，人造烏鴉。

訪客通过Farquhar街道的門进入法院就可以看至少十二塑料的烏鴉垂懸在原始的法院大廈走廊的天花板上。

法院职员，請求匿名，說塑料烏鴉被安裝了好幾個月在古老大廈的來保護角落，吓跑在角落造巢的鴿子。

鴿子的存在導致了很多清洗工人的頭疼; 在大樓後面的走廊的糞便。

职员說安裝了塑料烏鴉的設施使情況改善了。

塑料烏鴉，然而，在過去的幾個月開始下垂，給人令人毛骨悚然的栩栩如生的姿態。

這可能是訪客弄錯了把它們認為真正的鳥的原因。

「我本來以爲鳥飛入一團电线，但是我發覺更多的鳥垂懸在天花板上。 之前我沒有看過它們非常奇怪」，一位拒绝命名的法定助理。

她的朋友补充说，當他第一次看見它的時候，他還以爲它是伏都教。

來源： The Star

大家有的好燕屋農場!

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把内部牆壁油上漆

把燕屋農場內部的牆壁凃上暗色的漆是否有不同的效果？ 您认為怎样？ 它是否一個神話或它是一個當务之急做的事在燕屋農場 ？

或者只是跟隨其他人............

就好像我總是說的，明白您做的任何事情，不是盲目的跟隨那麽簡單。 在我們決定是否把燕屋農場內部的牆壁油上漆之前，或許我們必须瞭解它背後的原因。

它是否有需要油漆？ 它又如何可以幫到燕屋農場？ 在您把所有的牆壁油上漆之前您是否有问自己這個問題？

我參觀了許多燕屋農場，很可悲的看到許多燕屋農場的牆壁都是被油上了漆。 當我问燕屋主為什麼會油上漆，它的回復是「燕子喜歡黑暗」。 我又问您如何知道呢？多数的回復是「我不知道，我是跟隨別人因為許多人都把它油上漆的。我猜燕子一定喜歡黑暗」。 這些是他們一般的回復。

因此很明顯地可以看見多数的燕屋主和顧問都是通过跟隨而做的，實際上是跟隨而做沒有擁有自己的評斷。

因此是否有必要把內部牆壁油上豈呢？ 「它可能不是，也可能是，它完全依赖燕屋農場如何被設計」。 明显地DK类型的設計不會需要太多的油漆与OR類型的燕屋農場比较。

燕屋農場的牆壁被油上漆來減少光線的密度。 我們都知道好的燕屋農場應該有正確的光線密度。 太黑暗是不好的，太亮燕子也不會停留。

在內部牆壁油上漆是改正差錯的補救工作。 如果燕屋農場是很恰當地被設計，並且設計師考慮到光線的密度而設計，那麽需不需要把燕屋農場的牆壁油上漆，這個問題根本不會存在。 如果真真的有需要油漆，那也是僅僅一小部分的燕屋農場 (不是整個燕屋農場)的。

明显地，多數的人會使用黑色的漆來油。 但是也不代表不可能使用其他的顏色。 一些人發誓只是使用一種颜色的类型，而其他的卻不真正地跟隨，只要它可以使燕屋農場變暗。

不同的顏色是否有問題？ 黑色，綠色，褐色.....等。

坦白的說，多数的動物都是色盲的。(來源： Natgeo) 它們只是由色調和顔色的對比來區分顏色並且如此它全部是在色調是否是黑色，綠色，褐色等等，是暗色或亮色而已。

所以，當燕屋農場是在完全黑暗的情況下，燕子是不會停留和不會进入到深深筑燕窩的区域，因為沒有它沒有色調和顔色的對比，這使飛行困難。 對新的燕屋農場來説，有色調和顔色的對比是最重要的。 如果一個新的燕屋農場沒有顔色的對比，那麽它將是完蛋的。

您是否有想過這一點呢？ 當您娉請顧問來建立您的燕屋農場的時候，您是否有想到呢？ 我肯定您沒有。

當您DIY您自己的燕屋農場的時候，您是否有想到 ...... ？

在這裡還有許多東西來學習的。 要修建一個成功的燕屋農場不是打開一個洞和安裝有些高音揚聲器那麽簡單。 它還需要更多的。

大家有的好燕屋農場!

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Killing your Swiftlet Farm ( Drawing Birds on Walls)

Below is an interesting article from the Star Newspapers. In fact I had wanted to write about this long time ago when I was visiting failed and sick Bhs.

I came across entrance holes painted with huge birds of course black color birds surrounding the walls of the entrance hole and the roving areas. The moment I see that I could sense disaster . The Bh's owner is putting poison in his own rice bowl.

I ask the owner " why did you do that for?" Often the replies were "I see people do it so I follow lah..! I want to attract birds to fly into my Bh."

Without letting him know I knew it was a disaster. He is killing his own Bh. It is silly to do that and most of them had very poor drawing skill and the intention of drawing Swiftlets ended up as crows or predator birds.

They actually frighten the Swiftlets instead. I have seen this in many Bhs to the extend some even put replica or decoy of birds in Bh. Some of the replicas looked more like predators birds.

Their imaginations tell them that is what birds wanted but in reality it is not. So don't let your creative imagination fools you. I can tell you in Swiftlet farming your biggest enemy is your own imagination.

The basic to understand is 1)when there are Owls there are no Pigeons, 2)when there are pigeons there are no Owls, 3) When there are Crows there are no Pigeons and via verse.

When you understand this you don't have to install flash or Neon lights at the entrances holes to deter predators . Anyway putting all these lights will not (110%)help at all. In fact the strong lights will frighten the swiftlets also.

Like I had always advised " Do not simply do things that you are not sure of".

Good Swiflet farming All!

(Scare crows: Plastic crows hanging from the ceiling of the corridors at the High Court in Georgetown)

GEORGE TOWN: The courthouse here has opted for a creative solution to solve their persistent pigeon problem artificial crows.

Visitors entering the court's premises via its Farquhar Street gate will be able to see at least a dozen plastic crows hanging from the ceiling in the corridors of the original court building.

Court staff members, who requested anonymity, said the crows were installed several months ago to scare away pigeons that built their nests in the sheltered nooks of the century-old building.

The pigeons' presence had caused a headache for the cleaning crew who had to deal with large amount of the birds' faeces on the building's back corridors.

Staff members said the situation had improved since the installation of the plastic crows.

The plastic crows, however, have begun to droop over the months, giving the dummies an eerie life-like stance.

This could be a reason why visitors have mistaken them for real birds.

“I first thought a bird had flown into an electrical wire, but then I noticed more birds hanging from the ceiling. It's very strange that I have not seen them before,” said a legal assistant who declined to be named.

Her friend added that when he first saw it, he thought it was some kind of voodoo.

Source: Star

Good Swiftlet farming!

PAINTING INTERNAL WALLS

Does painting the internal walls of Swiftlet farms with dark colors make a different? What do you think? Is it a myth or it is a must do kind of thing in Bh?

Or just follow what other people do………...

Like I’d always said know what you are doing don’t simple follow blindly. Before we decided whether to paint the internal walls or otherwise we must understand the reason behind it.

Is there a need to paint it? How does it help the farm? Have you ever asked yourself these questions before you paint all the walls?

I have visited many Bhs and it is sad to see many Bhs’ walls are painted. When I ask the owner why you painted it the reply was “Bird like it dark”. When I ask how you knew it? Most replies were “I don’t know, I just follow because many people painted it..I guess birds like it dark.” These are their common replies.

So it is clearly seen that most owners and consultants did what they have done practically by following others without having own judgment.

So is it necessary to paint the internal walls? “It could be No, and it could be Yes, all depended on how the Bh is being designed. Obviously the DK type design wouldn’t need so much of painting compared to an OR type of Bh.

Walls are painted to reduce the light density in the Bh. As we know a good Bh should have the correct light density. Too dark is bad and too bright birds won’t stay.

Painting the internal walls is more of a remedy works to correct mistakes. If the Bh is designed correctly and the Designer has taken into consideration of the light density while designing the Bh then painting the walls of Bh issue wouldn’t exist at all. If there is a need to paint, it would be done only to small sections of the Bh (Not the entire Bh).

Obviously most would use Black color to do the job. But it doesn’t mean other colors can’t be used. Some swear by only a type of color while others don’t really follow as long it would darken the Bh.

Does different colors matter? Black, Green, Brown…..etc.

To be frank most animals are color blind.( source: Natgeo) They differentiate colors by tone and contrast so whether it is Black, Green, Brown, etc it is all in tone, brighther on darker.

That is why when the Bh is in total darkness Birds won’t stay and won’t venture deep into the nesting area because there are no contrast and tone it makes flying difficult.. It is most important for newly build Bhs to have the contrast and tone effect in it. Without the contrast effects it will be the end of the newly built Bh.

Have you thought of that? Did you think of that when you engaged a consultant to build your Bh? I bet you never.

Have you thought of that when you DIY your own Bh……?

Well there are so much more to learn. To build a successful Swiftlet farm is more than just opening a hole and install some tweeters. It takes more than that.

Good Swiftlet Farming

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Cool Mist ultrasonic mist maker. Powerful fine mist. Portable and comes with 30 ft wire cable. Top hose can be fitted with grey "T" PVC joint pipe.

Cool Mist超音波薄喷霧器。 強而有力的薄霧。 方便拥戴和有30尺的电线。 頂面水管可以符合灰色的" T"型 PVC的聯合管子。



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Good swiftlet farming All! 大家有好的燕屋农场！！

Sound Detector 聲音檢查器

A new device call "SOUND DETECTOR" to check tweeters in Swiftlet farms. If Tweeters damaged there will be no light. In the pictures light indicates tweeter function normal.

一個新的設備叫做"聲音探測器" 用來檢查在燕屋農場裏的高音揚聲器。 如果有壞了的高音揚聲器那裡就沒有燈。 在照片裏有燈光表示高音揚聲器是還好的。


Size : 2x 4" . To be fixed onto the painting pole.

大小： 2x 4" . 可以被安裝在油漆的竹杆上。

No more climbing ladder to check tweeters. Just place the devise at the mouth of the tweeter.

再也不需要爬梯子來檢查高音揚聲器。 只是把設備放在高音揚聲器的嘴。

Good Swiftlet Farming!

大家有好的燕屋農場！

Swiftlet Farm Equipments Outlet 燕屋用具商店

(next to a Clinic same roll with 7-Eleven)
在醫務所旁邊，與7-Eleven同排）

Come and visit us at our outlet at Shah Alam, Selangor.

來參觀我們的店在沙亞南，Selangor.

SMR MULTIPLES RESOURCES

5 Jalan Belakung 27/7 Alam Megah Shah Alam

40400 Selangor.

Tel: 03-51913033

Business hour : Call for Appointment 只有預約

Closed on Sunday.
.Now you can come and collect Love Potion and other Swiftlet Farming Equipment at the above outlet.

現在您可以來以上的店買Love Potion和其他燕屋農場用具

If I am happened to be there you may get some free Swiftlet farming tips and secret…….!

如果我有在店，您可能可以得到免費的燕屋貼士和秘密。。。！

You may call me at 012-3173811 for direction.

您可以打電話給我詢問方向012-3173811。

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

大家有好燕屋農場！.

我的倉庫吸引更多的燕子!

我從我的讀者和追隨者接到了各種各樣有趣的電話。 這是其中一個我希望與大家分享的。 它是很幽默的，並且我相信大家是希望聽到的。

幾個星期前從Setiawan的一名讀者打電話給我詢問關於我的GS外聲。 他解釋他的燕屋農場到現在開始了5個月。 它是由一位當地的顧問修造的。 他想買GS外聲來幫助他的燕屋農場因爲它並沒有吸引很多的燕子。

他對他的顧問相當不满意，因爲他覺得顧問對他有躲藏一些事。 每當他問到關於燕屋農場的問題顧問將回復「您不需要知道那麽多，讓我做我的工作，您只要等待燕子就行了」。

顧問把握燕屋農場的鑰匙，並且他是進不到燕屋農場的。 他很想做一些事來幫忙，但是不可能因為沒有鑰匙，而卻顧問在過去的5個月才參觀了1次。

今天早上他再打電話給我而卻還充满歡悅的心情「James。James。James。 有許多燕子來玩了我不敢相信。 我很驚奇我燕屋農場現在的聲音從未吸引過那麽多的燕子。 到現在已經继续了好幾個星期了，我應該做什麽James？」

我告訴他您不應該做什麽，應該是高興和繼續播放Gs聲音，並且應該设法一起使用Love Potion的組合來促進燕子群。

然后他再問，但是如何继续播放聲音？ 嗯。. 嗯。. 嗯。 當我聽見了這個回復，它听起來好像有點滑稽和古怪。

我感覺到不正確的事，然後我問他「您在那裏播放這個聲音？」 我不是在諷刺，但是只是要決定，因爲您知道燕屋主會做出各種各樣瘋狂的事。

然后他才回答了。 「是的James坦白跟您說，在我燕屋農場的旁邊的商店，我安裝了2臺新的高音揚聲器在一個分開的放大器的來播放這個GS聲音」。

我问他為什麼您做那為？

他回復了， 「James，我沒有我燕屋農場的鑰匙，我的顧問把它藏起來。 我有2間3層樓的商店。 1個單位被轉換成了燕屋農場，另外一個單位我作為倉庫。 在剛開始聲音的時候，那裡每天幾乎不到10隻燕子來玩。 它继续了好幾個月。 當我問顧問時，他总是要我等待。 我不要再等待了和决定買GS聲音，在我另外一個單位的窗口播放。 我不知道它最终每天都有那麽多的燕子來玩。 现在我的倉庫吸引的燕子比我的燕屋農場還要多。 那就是我問您我该怎么办的原因?」

所以您是否因該高興聽見這樣的事，還是笑到滚地或者吐血呢。.哈。.哈。.哈。

我聽過各種各樣的事和遇到所有瘋狂和滑稽的情況。 這也是我维持在燕屋農場的其中一件有趣的事。

喝彩聲......

大家有的好燕屋農場!

swifjames@yahoo.com

012-3173811

My Store Attracts More Birds!

I received all sort of interesting calls from my readers and followers. Here is one them I would like to share with you all. It is humorous and I bet you all would like to hear.

Few weeks ago a reader from Setiawan called me and enquired about my GS external sound. He explained that his Bh had started for 5 months now. It was built by a local consultant there. He wanted to buy the GS external sound to help his Bh which is not attracting birds.

He wasn’t quite happy with the consultant as he finds that the consultant is hiding things from him. Whenever he asks him questions pertaining to the Bh the consultant would reply “You don’t need to know so much just let me do my job and you just wait for the birds”.

The consultant is holding the keys and he has no access to the Bh. He wanted to help out but can’t do anything without the keys as consultants had only visited 1 time after 5 months.

This morning he called again with joyous mood “James..James..James.. many birds came and play I can’t believed It. I am shocked my current sound from my Bh had never attracted so many birds before. It has been going on for weeks so what should I do James?”

I told him you shouldn’t do anything you should be happy and keep playing the Gs sound and should try Love potion as a combination to boost up the birds population.

Then he asked again but how to continue to play the sound? Eh..eh..eh.. It sounded funny and weird as I heard this reply.

I sensed something not right and I ask him “where did you play the sound?” I am not trying to be sarcastic but just want to be certain as you know Bh’s farmers do all sorts of crazy things.

Then only he revealed. “James to be frank with you I installed 2 new tweeters to play the GS sound on a separate Amplifier at the building next to my Bh.”

I asked him why do you do that for?

He replied, “James I have no keys to access to my Bh the consultant is holding them. I have 2 units of 3 storeys building. 1 unit had been converted into Bh the second unit I use it as a store. After the sound started there were hardly 10 birds come and play every day. It had been going on for few months. I ask the consultant but he always asks me to wait. So I can’t wait and decided to buy the GS sound and play it at the window of my other shop. Didn’t I know that it ended up with so many birds playing every day. Now my store attracts more birds than my Bh. That why I ask you what should I do?”

So would you be happy to hear this or laugh till drop dead or vomit blood..ha..ha..ha.

I heard all sorts of things and have encountered all kind of crazy funny situations. This is one of the interesting things that keep me going in Swiftlet farming.

Bravo……

Good Swiflet farming All!