做善良的人，存好心、 慷慨、 誠實、 真誠，最終燕子和燕窩就會來的

(燕窩在水泥牆壁上）


(仔細的看看廟寺的內部）

(燕子在玩耍它們喜歡我的GS外聲)

(美麗的廟寺)

（安裝木板以便可以增加燕窩）

做善良的人，存好心、 慷慨、 誠實、 真誠，最終燕子和燕窩就會來的。我在幾年前開始燕屋農場的時候總是相信這一刻。

為什麼設有龐大的投資，有一流的設備，聘請知名的顧問和位於好位置的燕屋農場還是會失敗。但是，一些簡單地修建的那些燕屋農場卻做得相當好。

我肯定你們有很多人會想知道爲什麽。我已說過，無論我們做的最好那只是仍然 80%而已，因爲還有其餘的20%威力強大的在我們上面。我深信這一點，因爲在我到訪整個東南亞地區和修建燕屋農場的時候，我見證了。

時間就可以證實一切，而你可以自己見實到它，如果你為您所做的任何事情都很有耐心和實踐存好心這一點。

在吉打州有一個燕屋農場建立的成本幾乎達到$200萬，在這一個燕子頭等區，但是效果卻沒有達到那些只是使用了1/5而建立的燕屋農場。

另外一個，建立的成本也是幾乎$200萬的燕屋農場，使用了一流的燕屋農場設備位於彭亨州，又一位知名的印尼顧問設計，但是在過了好多好多年之後，它的效果幾乎沒有達到OK的水平。如果是用了時間來衡量這個燕屋農場的投資回報，這個燕屋農場已經進入虧本很久了。

到底是出了什麼差錯呢？是不是使用了金錢最終就可以解決所有燕屋農場問題的方法嗎？也許這個可以適用于其他項目，但是絕對不是燕屋農場。我們不能控制這些燕子，它是一個開籠的概念。今天燕子可能是你的，但是明天它們可能會消失。燕子隨時都可以來和去，這就是最具有挑戰性的部分。燕子不在乎你是誰，不管你是有多麽的富有，你投資了多少錢在你的燕屋農場。如果您不是善良、 沒有好心腸，慷慨、 誠實和真誠，那麼您可能需要等待長時間才能看到很多的燕窩。

以上的照片是拍于越南的一座寺廟。它是由我的好朋友Tran先生發送給我的。那些燕子是自己來到樓梯口造燕窩的。那裏沒有高音揚聲器和木板。就是自然而然的飛來的，決定把寺廟當作它們的家。它們為什麼選擇了這個寺廟呢？此外在這裡還有其他的燕屋農場。我相信大家都知道為什麼。很簡單，這就是其餘的20%。這裡是一個可以找到善良的地方。燕子的本能意識到這。

現在Tran先生被寺廟的住持要求安裝木板。他做這些完全是出於善意。從燕窩得到的所有收入都用於孤兒院。這不是非常美妙嗎？Tran先生告訴我他用了我的GS外聲和催眠內聲，成千上萬的燕子都到這裡玩。它的結果是非常意想不到的，而燕窩的增加是非常的快速 ... ...速度極快的。我非常的高興因爲我的GS聲音和催眠聲音在一部分發揮實現了這個目標。

（在泰國的寺廟也有燕窩被作在祈禱大廳的天花板上）

你是否擁有這些優點呢？"善良，好心腸、 慷慨、 誠實、 誠信"。

如果沒有，那您最好改一改，如果你想要成為一個成功的燕屋主。

我強烈的相信這一點。信不信由你。

大家有好的燕屋農場 ！

Be Kind, Good Hearted, Generous, Honest and Sincere the Birds and Nests Eventually Will Come

( Nests on the cement wall)

(A closer look inside the Temple)

( Swiftlets playing they like the my GS sound external Sound)

( Beautiful Temple)

( Nesting planks installed to increase nests)

Be kind, good hearted, generous, honest and sincere the birds and nests eventually will come. I’ve always believed in this the moment I start Swiftlet farming many years ago.

Why Swiftlet farms built with huge investment, with state of art equipments, by well know consultants and located at good location fail. While some simply built ones doing fairly well.

I am sure many of you would want to know. As I have said before whatever the best we do it is still 80% the remains 20%  rest on the great power above us. I strongly believe in this as I have witnessed it myself while travelling all over South East Asia visiting and building Swiftlet farms.

Time tells and you could see it yourself if you have patience and practice kindness to all things you do.

In Kedah there is a Swiftlet farm cost almost $2 million to build located at a Prime Birds Area but not at par with those built at 1/5 of its cost.

Another one cost almost $2 million to build with state of art Swiftlet farming equipments located in Pahang designed by a well know consultant from Indonesia barely passes the o.k. level after many many years. If time was to use to measure return of investment this Swiftlet farm has gone into red long time.

What has gone wrong? Isn’t it money is the ultimate solution to all Swiftlet farming problems? Well perhaps this applies in other field but definitely not in Swiftlet farming. We cannot control the birds, it is an open cage concept. Today the birds might be yours tomorrow they might be gone. The birds can come and go anytime and this is most challenging part. Birds don’t care who you are, how rich you are, how much you have invested in your Swiftlet farms. If you are not kind, good hearted, generous, honest and sincere then you may have to wait long time to see many nests.

The above pictures were taken in a Temple in Vietnam. It was sent by a good friend of mind Mr.Tran. The Swiftlets came by themselves building nests at the stairs. There were no tweeters and nesting planks. Naturally they came and decided to make the Temple their homes. Why did they choose the Temple? There are Swiftlet farms around here too. I am sure we all know why. Simple, this is the remains 20%. This is a place where kindness can be found. Instinctively birds could sense this.

Now Mr.Tran was asked to install the nesting planks by the Abbot of the Temple. He is doing it for goodwill. All the incomes from the nests are for the Orphanages. Isn’t this wonderful? Mr.Tran told me that he is using my GS external and Hypnotic internal sound and thousands of birds came and play. The result was fantastic and the nests have been increasing fast…extremely fast. I am extremely happy that my GS & Hypnotic sounds have played a part in achieving this.

(There are also Temples in Thailand which have nests built on the ceiling of the prayers hall)

So do you have all these in you? “Kindness, good hearted, generosity, honesty and sincerity”.

If not you better have it if you want to be a successful Swiftlet farmer.

I strongly believe in it. It is all up to you all.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

怪罪于別人

怪罪于別人是其中一個最簡單的方法來把自己從爛攤子裏爬出來。90%失敗的燕屋主永遠不會責備自己的。他們總是怪罪于燕屋農場的儀器、 顧問、 燕屋等等。

他們是否有想過他們就是所有問題的原因呢？"沒有"。

爲什麽燕屋農場失敗？它有一百零一個理由，但是要找到問題的根源，我們必須明白一個成功的燕屋農場是如何構成的。是不是燕屋農場裏燕窩的數量？還是燕子的數量。。等等來證明燕屋農場的成功？

如果是的話，那爲什麽在他們修建第二個或第三個燕屋農場，在第一年的時間總是無法達到 10個燕窩。它的表現縂是完全不同的與他們較早修建的成功燕屋農場相比。讓我們更仔細得看看，瞭解一下是什麼影響了這些。

燕屋農場是一切關於知識、 技能和周詳的計畫。沒有所有這些甚至修建到最好的燕屋農場，擁有配備最先進的設備和儀器在燕子稠密的地區也不能保證成功。

一個燕屋農場如何可以有效地吸引燕子居留和造窩是完全依賴于如何有效的控制燕屋農場屋内環境(內部)和（外部）。附加這些因素，我們還需要有好的燕屋農場技能。所有這些加在一起將有助於我們建立一個成功很好的燕屋農場。

燕屋農場的成功因素

如果您有以上兩個，機會是你的燕屋農場將會在短期內有很多燕窩。很明顯，你不能僅僅依靠設備和小儀器，您必須瞭解這些設備和小儀器的使用方式和它如何能受益于你。

一個很好的例子是，你絕對不能把一個噴霧器放在你的燕屋農場就只是因為你想要增加濕度。您還必須瞭解它是如何使用，使用的時間，應該開多長的時間是最好的，它應該放的位置，多少個噴霧器是足夠的，哪個種類型的噴霧器才是應該使用等等。

即使您有一個自動的控制器（Hygrostat）來控制噴霧器，它仍然不可能長期的解決濕度問題。我有遇過有超低濕度的燕屋農場，而燕屋主安裝了許多噴霧器來得到適合的濕度。他發覺他可以得到85%的濕度，但是噴霧器卻是一直在開著甚至使用了自動控制器。它唯一停止的時間是下雨的時候。

這很清楚的表明，噴霧器並沒有得到為濕度充分的利用，但是卻爲了制止以彌補在燕屋農場通風孔流失的濕蒸汽。因此，現在主要的問題不是濕度而是通風的控制。第一個解決方案是如何控制和管理燕屋農場的通風系統。

這就是許多燕屋主所面對的問題，他們認為燕屋農場的設備和小儀器就是最終的解決方案。這是一個錯誤的看法。如果你不知道如何使用這些設備和小儀器，它更本給您帶來好處。噴霧器的目的是超出了濕度那麽簡單。它可以得到更好燕窩的品質，燕子有更好的感覺，並產生更多的唾液等等。

現在您可以清楚地瞭解為什麼您安裝了許多設備和小儀器，但是燕子尚未造窩。

濕度 - 只是要建設一個好燕屋農場的其中一個很小的部分。還有數以上百的其他東西像光的密度、 溫度、 香氣、 聲音等等，在我們可以充分利用之前，我們需要瞭解他們。

所以，燕屋農場是不是很有趣呢？

學習永遠不會終止。

大家有好的燕屋農場 ！

Blaming Others

Blaming others is one of the most easiest ways to get out from the mess you are in. 90% failed Swiftlet farm owners never blame themselves. They blamed it on the Swiftlet farming equipments, consultants, Bhs,etc.

Did they ever think that they are the cause of all problems? “NO”.

Why Swiftlet farms fail? There are hundred and one reasons but in order to get to the root of the problem we must understand what constitutes a successful Swiftlet farm. Is it the number of nests in the Bh? Is it the number of birds in the Bh and so on that justify the success?

If yes, how come when they build their second or third Swiftlet farm after the first successful one it barely reaches 10 nests the first year. The performances were totally different from the successful ones which they had built earlier. Let’s look closer and understand what influences all these.

Swiftlet farming is all about knowledge, skills and thorough planning. Without all these even the best built Swiftlet farm, equipped with the best equipment and gadget in a populated bird area won’t guarantee success.

How effectively a Swiftlet farm could attract birds to stay and build nests very much relied on the effectiveness in controlling the Bh Micro (internal) and Macro (external). Additional to these factors we also need to have good Swiftlet farming skills. All these add together would help us in building a good successful Swiftlet farm.

Factors Influencing the Success of Swiftlet Farm

50%		50%
Skill & Knowledge Understand Bird’s flying path Understand the Bh design Understand the Characteristic & Birds Behavior Understand the breeding cycle Understand the Material of the Building (insulation  properties) Understand the equipment& gadgets usage.	Population of the Birds in the area Food source Geographical & landscaping (Trees, mountain, rivers, etc)	Birds prime zone Successful over populated Bhs Birds flying route	Temperature Humidity Light density Nesting Planks Entrance Hole Partitioning Size of the Bh	Aroma Sound System Mist sprinkler (outdoor)

If you have both of the above chances are your Swiftlet farms will have many nests in a short period. Obviously you cannot rely solely on the equipment and gadget you must understand how these equipment and gadgets work and how they could benefit you.

A good example is, you definitely cannot put a Humidifier in your Swiftlet farms just because you want to increase the humidity. You must also understand how it works, the time to operate, how long should it operate, where it should be placed, how many units is sufficient, what type of humidifiers should be used and so on.

Even you have an automatic controller (Hygrostat) for the humidifier it still wouldn’t solve the humidity problem for long run. I have come across Swiftlet farms with low Rh and the owners install many humidifiers to get the RH reading up. He discovered that he managed to get the RH reading at 85% but the Humidifiers keep running most of the time even with the automatic controller. The only time it stops is when it rain.

This clearly indicated that the Humidifiers have not been fully utilized for the purpose of humidity but as a suppression to compensate for wet vapor that had escaped from the Swiftlet farm. So the main problem is not humidity but Ventilation control. The solution is to control and manage the Ventilation System of the Swiftlet farm first.

That is the problem with many Swiftlet farmers they think Swiftlet farming equipment and gadgets are the ultimate solution to their farms’ problems. That is a wrong perception. The equipment and gadgets are of no benefits if you don’t know how to make use of it. The purpose of the humidifier is beyond humidity. It makes better quality nests, birds feel better and produce higher volume of saliva, etc

Now you could clearly understand why you have installed many equipment and gadgets and yet birds still don’t build nests.

Humidity is only a small part in the process of building a good Swiftlet farm. There are hundreds of other things like light density, temperature, aroma, sound, etc which we need to understand before we could fully utilize them.

So isn’t Swiftlet farming interesting?

The learning never ends.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

Your Swiftlet Farm Has To Be Special 您的燕屋農場必須是很特別的

This is one of the most happening Swiftlet Farm in an Eco Park located in Terengganu. There are so many Swiftlet farms here but this one stand out among all the rest. It's attracted lots of birds. As you could see the birds only choose to play at this Swiftlet Farm, the rest of its neighbours seem quite.

Do you know why...? This Swiftlet Farm has been using Love Potion (hormone) Aroma from the start and still using it now. It also using the attacking sound B-52 sound (external) and the P9 (internal) combined. This particular Swiftlet farm is getting all the neighbours young birds.

To win the battle (sound war) you need an attacking sound. A common Swiftlet sound will never work in a Prime Zone Area. It has to be something different and special.

Enjoy the Video.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!          


這是一個最潮的生態公園燕屋農場位于在丁加奴州。在這裏有那麽多的燕屋農場，但是只有一間是出人意表的。它吸引了眾多的燕子。你可以看到燕子們只選擇這間燕屋農場來玩，它鄰居的燕屋農場看來似乎很冷清。


你知道為什麼嗎... ...？這間燕屋農場一直使用了Love Potion(激素)的香氣，從一開始到現在還正在使用它。它還有使用有攻擊性的聲音B-52聲音（外聲）和P9（內聲）結合一起使用。這間特定的燕屋農場把所有鄰居的小燕子都吸引過來了。

要贏這一仗戰爭 (聲音戰） 您需要一個有攻擊性的聲音。一些普通常見的燕聲在這一個頭等燕子區是行不通的。它必須是與衆不同和非常特別的東西。

享受這一段錄影。

大家有好的燕屋農場 ！

                                                                                

不是開玩笑的，這是真的

一個擁有4年多的燕屋主昨天很不耐煩地打了個電話給我想要知道什麼是溫度和濕度。這不是開玩笑的。這是事實。我參觀過很多燕屋農場，見過各種各樣不同的燕屋主。你無法想像我見過的人。有時候我所聽到的東西真是讓人難以置信。你會很驚訝如果您知道他們其實懂得什麽。


我的結論是一個人不一定必要擁有許多燕屋農場或有很多成功的燕屋農場，他對燕屋農場的知識就很廣闊。不一定在燕屋農場裏花了很多年就具備良好的燕屋農場技能。

這是真的 ！

"嗨，James你好嗎？你現在得空嗎？我有幾個問題向要問你的。“

"哦 ，L先生，我很好。肯定沒有問題。你想要知道什麼呢？"


"James，濕度是什麼呢？"


"什麼？ ... ... 你可以重複一次嗎？你不就是在 Negeri Sembilan有一家燕屋農場的L先生嗎？"


"是的。我就是L先生，我想知道什麼是濕度。


"濕度就是空氣的水分或空氣的濕氣 ... ... 就好像霧你知道嗎？


"你的意思是像濕的地板嗎？


"可以是類似的，但有時候，濕的地板是不足夠增加到我們要的濕度。


"那麽要如何才可以增加濕度，James？"


（我已經很有耐心，但是另一方面我不知道這個傢伙是不是在作弄我。。不要緊耐心一點）。


"也有很多方法可以增加濕度。您可以安裝噴霧機、 加濕器、 噴水機等等，有很多其他在市場上的小道具可以有助於增加燕屋農場的濕度"。


"我還以爲這是爲了讓燕子來玩的。Ok，James，我明白了，什麼濕度才是最佳的呢？"


"L先生，你的意思是在過去的4年，你仍然不知道在燕屋農場裏什麽濕度才是最佳的程度嗎？你一定是在跟我開玩笑。你想要測試我或者你真的不知道嗎？"


"James, 事實上我真的不知道。要不然我不會打電話給你"。


"很好的，L先生，可接受的水平是75%-95%，如果你能維持濕度在一個水準，那就更好了。


"哦，原來如此，那麽溫度呢？如果我增加濕度，那溫度是應該增加或減少呢？"


"那就好看情況，因爲溫度和濕度有很小的相關性。這並不代表，將濕度增加溫度就會減少或反之亦然。這還要看看那通風孔，燕屋農場的牆壁，分區，入口洞的大小、燕屋農場的設計，狗洞型或開天井型，還有其它 ... ...，等等"。


"James, 我很繚亂了"。


"L先生，你參加的研討會中他們不是已經教了你嗎？


"... ... 沒有, James."


"那麽他們教了你什麼呢？"


"他們教的是燕子的的類型。 可食燕窩的歷史。......................."


"噢，我的天啊。沒關係"。

這就是我和L先生之間的對話。這不開玩笑的，這是真實的，這就是那些擁有燕屋農場的燕屋主所知道的東西。

所以，下次如果你見到那些有很多燕屋農場或有很多成功燕屋農場的人，先別太高興，還以爲你可以向他們學習。令你吃驚的是，您知道的可能比他們瞭解的更多。

他們可能向您抛幾個竅門和技巧，但是那些"自己嘗試，行不行我不知道"。

大家有好的燕屋農場 ！

No Kidding This Is True

An owner of 4 year old BH called me yesterday impatiently wanting to know what temperature and humidity is. It is not funny. It is the truth. I had visited many Bhs, meeting with all sorts of Bh owners. You can’t imagine what people I had met. Sometimes it is really unbelievable what I heard. You would be totally shocked to know what they actually know.

I had concluded that not necessary a person who owned many BHs or have many successful BHs have vast knowledge in Swiftlet farming. Not necessary a person who had spent many years in Swiftlet farming posses good Swiftlet farming skills.

That is true!

“Hi James how are you? Are you free now? I have few questions for you.

“Oh Mr.L , I’m fine. Sure no problem. What do you want to know?”

“James what is Humidity?”

“What?.......can you repeat that again? Isn’t you the Mr.L who has BHs in N.Sembilan?”

“Yes I am. I am  Mr.L, I want to know what humidity is.

“Humidity is the wetness of air or the water vapor in the air…like mist you know?

“You mean like a wet the floor?

“Well it could be like that but sometime a wet floor is not enough to increase the Humidity that we prefer.

“Then how to increase the humidity James?”

(I am already very patient, but on the other hand I was wondering is this guy trying to pull my leg..Never mind be patient).

“Well there are many ways to increase humidity. You can install Mist maker, Humidifiers, Water sprinkler, etc and there are many other gadgets in the market that help to increase humidity in Bh”.

“I thought that is for birds to play.Ok James I got it but what is the best level of humidity?”

“Mr.L you mean after 4 years and having many Bhs you still don’t know the best level of humidity in Bh? You must be kidding me. Are you trying to test me or you really don’t know?”

“James sincerely I don’t know. Otherwise I won’t be calling you”.

“Well Mr.L the acceptable level is 75% - 95% if you could maintain a constance level then it will be good.

“Oh I see what about temperature? If I increase the humidity will the temperature reduce or increase?”

“It depends there is a small correlation between temperature and humidity. It doesn’t mean humidity increases the temperature will reduce or via versa. It depends on the Vent-Hole, the walls of the Bh, the partitioning, the size of Entrance hole, the type of Bh design DK or OR…and so on”.

“Mr.James I am confuse”.

“Mr.L didn’t they teach you all these in seminars that you had attended?

“No Mr.James…”

“Then what did they teach you?”

“They teach about the type of Swiftlets . The EBN history………………………………………..”

“Oh my god. Never mind”.

This is the conversation between me and Mr.L. No kidding it is true how little those who had Bhs know.

So next time if you meet those who have many Bhs or those who have successful Bhs don’t be too happy thinking that you could learn from them. To your surprise you may know more than what they know.

They may throw few tricks and tips for you but those are “Try if yourself Works or Not I don’t Know”.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

不管是誰建造的燕屋農場

我上個月參觀了這個燕屋農場，但沒有時間發佈在我的部博客上。我幾乎忘記了這件事直到昨天我在電腦看到這幾張照片。


此燕屋農場已經開始運作有一年多的時間了。目前裡面只有幾個燕窩。位於頭等區和一些鄰居燕屋農場每個月都有超過10公斤的燕窩收穫。

這是一個3層樓的建築物，而頂樓已經轉換成燕屋農場。已經有幾個改造，但仍然還是沒有很好的結果。因此我被邀請到這個燕屋農場去看一看。

我問燕屋主。出了什麼錯誤呢？讓我來調查一下。燕屋主回答說 "James一切都是很好的。我覺得應該是沒有什麼錯誤。它是由一個有名的人建造的，從......他是。。。先生。 ... ...你認識他嗎？"

就好像我所說了好多片 "如果不是着火了，那哪來煙呢"。

不管是誰建造的燕屋農場。燕子更本不在乎是誰或他是如何著名。如果燕屋農場不適合它們，沒有好的基本屋内環境那麽它們不會定留和做燕窩。

也許大多數的燕屋主知道有煙，但他們卻無法找到那裏着火。要發現那裏着火需要有好的燕屋農場技能。

（高音揚聲器只是面向一個方向和太少了)

當我進入這個燕屋農場，就在往燕屋農場内幾步的時間，我就可以發現有許多東西都沒有做得好。甚至不需要看濕度計我就可以感覺到它的屋内環境控制不是做的很好。內部的設計是完全不行的。想像一下我還得問燕屋主那個入口洞在哪裡。那是太黑了更本看不到從入口洞的光(光線)。燕子很難才找到它們的進口和出口。

(在必要的時候才油上黑漆 "不一定是強逼性的")

下面是結論：

1） 太多的通風孔。（當燕屋農場的溫度上升時，他們就增加通風孔的數量。他們不知道的是，因爲這個做他們是讓外面的熱空氣進入燕屋農場内，而導致燕屋農場的内部環境變成不受控制）。

2) 天花板上面更本沒有防熱材料。（他們已經為超過上百的人通過這種方式建造過燕屋農場，所以一直在繼續這樣做）。

3） 所有在木板和天花板之間的差距。(天花板上的木邊沒有被刪除掉。也許是為了節工。也可能這是他們建造燕屋農場的方式。 在所有的木板和天花板之間都有約 1"的差距。它創造了空氣流動而影響燕子找燕窩）。

4） 高的溫度 （沒有防熱材料把溫度推高）

5） 低的濕度 （有了這麼多的通風孔，又如何可以維持濕度呢？這是一個簡單的常識)

6） 使用在市場中最便宜的木板。(但卻自稱是Meranti）。

7） 太少的內部和外部的高音揚聲器。

8） 錯誤的高音揚聲器編排。

9） 內部的高音揚聲器都按裝在錯誤的地方。（不應該安裝在壁角板下面。它應該安裝在壁角板和木板同行）。

10） 它的窗口只是用了三夾板來密封而已。

11） 它的環繞區都油上了黑漆。

12） 所有的音響系統都錯誤地設置 (只用一個Amp來完成所有的目的)

13） 到處都有懸吊的電線。

14)     錯誤的入口洞位置

15)     環繞區的面積太小

16）  錯誤的區分（影響燕子的飛行路徑）

17） ... ... 還有更多

（直接安裝在壁角板下面是更好的）

燕屋主之前表示他的燕屋農場是沒有問題，那到底是誰對誰錯？這個清單可以沒完沒了 ... ...。

這個需要加以糾正的問題清單將交給燕屋主，我不想暴露更多以便可以為燕屋主和他的著名顧問留下臉子。

所以請記住燕子更本不在乎誰建造的燕屋農場。如果屋内環境被搞砸了那這個燕屋農場就完蛋了。不管誰建造的燕屋農場，最重要的是基本要正確。第一步就是要得到正確的基本，然後下一步才把燕子量推高。

大家有好的燕屋農場！

Does It Matters Who Build The Swiftlet Farm

I had visited this BH last month but didn’t have the time to post on my blog. I had almost forgotten about it until yesterday when I was running thru some pictures on my computer.

This BH had operated for more than a year. Currently there were only few Nests inside. Located in a Prime Zone Area and some of its neighbors are harvesting more than 10kg of Nests per month.

It is a 3 storey building with the top floor converted into a Swiftlet farm. There have been few revamps but still no good result. I was invited to have a look at this Bh.

I asked the owner. What has gone wrong? Let me investigate.  The owner replied “James everything is OK. I think nothing is wrong. It was done by a famous person from ……. He is Mr….     Do you know him?”

As I had said many times “There will be No Smoke if there is No fire”. 

It doesn’t matter who builds the BH. Swiftlets don’t care who is who or how famous he is. If the BH doesn’t suit them with good basic micro then they will not stay and build nests.

Perhaps most owners knew there is smoke but they are unable to find the fire. To find the fire it needs good Swiftlet farming skills.

( Tweeters facing one direct and too few of them)

When I entered the Bh within few step towards the middle of the Bh I discovered so many things that are not properly done. Without even needed to look at the Hygrometer I could feel a bad Micro control. The internal design was totally out. Imagine I have to ask the owner where the Entrance Hole is. It was too dark I can’t see light (ray) from the Entrance Hole. Birds are having hard time finding their ways in and out.

(Only paint black when necessary "NOT compulsory")

Below are the findings:

1) Too many Ventilation Holes. (They increased the number of Vent-Hole as the BH temperature rises. What they didn’t know is that they are allowing hot air from outside into the BH making the Micro uncontrollable).

2) No Insulation Materials above the Ceiling. (They have been building hundreds of Bhs for people this way so they continue to do so).

3) Gaps between all Nesting Planks and Ceiling. (The Ceiling Wood Skirting not removed. Probably to save works. Maybe that is the way they build Bh. Leaving gaps of about 1” above all Nesting planks. It creates movement of air that affects Nest Building).

4) High Temperature (with No Insulation Material it pushes up the Temperature)

5) Low Humidity (with so many Vent-Holes how could the RH maintain? This is a simple

Common sense)

6) Using the cheapest Nesting Planks available in the market. (Claimed to be Meranti). 

7) Too few Internal and External tweeters.

8) Wrong Tweeters formation.

9) Internal Tweeters position installed wrongly. (It was not installed directly under the corner board. It was installed next to the corner board parallel to the planks).

10) Window sealed with ceiling board only.

11) Roving painted with black paint.

12) Sound System all wrongly set up (One Amp for all purpose)

13) Dangling wire everywhere.

14) Wrong position of the Entrance Hole

15) Roving Area too small

16) Wrong partitioning (affect flying path)

17)…..and many more 

( It is better to install directly under the corner board)

The owner earlier said his Bh has got no problem so who is right? The list can go on….

The list of problems that need to be rectified will be given to the owner and I wouldn’t want to expose more here to safe the faces of the owner and his famous consultant.

So remember Swiftlets don’t care who builds the Farm. If the Micro screw up then that is the end of the BH. It doesn’t matter who builds the Swiftlet farm most important getting the basic correct.

The first step is to get the basic correct then the next step is to push up the population.

Good Swiftlet Farming All!

熱季可以殺害您的燕屋農場

將會有更多的燕子蛋在燕屋農場裏的地板上在這個低繁殖的季節，就是從4月到7 月份。這是一個乾旱的季期，哪裡的食物是稀缺、 要尋找昆蟲也就是燕子的主要食物也是不容易的，因為昆蟲繁殖和生存跟雨季有很大的依賴程度。


在這段時間，成功繁殖的百分比是59%或更底，相比到年底也就是從9月到12月份(雨季)成功率低是97%(GAHPEB Species Malaysia)。從上面的資料表明雨季是非常重要和水是燕屋農場的生命精髓。

（在地板上的死燕子)

由於在乾季糧食不足每對燕子平均蛋的生產量是0.76，平均每一對燕子成功孚出的燕子是0.44%(GAHPEB Aerodromus Species Malaysia)。但是從9月至12月分裏的雨季期間，每對燕子平均蛋的生產量是1.89%和每一對成功孚出的燕子卻是提升到1.32%。燕子可以活成的率在雨季是超過3倍的。在旱季裏母燕子會把一顆或兩顆的蛋從燕窩裏拒絕彈出，把只有一顆或一只小燕子留在燕窩裏，以確保至少一只小燕子生存。它是燕子的父母天性。

(被母燕子拒絕的燕子蛋。粉紅顏色的蛋顯示它們只是在幾個小時前被彈出)

結合熱季在整個馬來西亞，可以繁殖和生存的小燕子的生存機會將會是最受到影響的一個。不要驚訝如果您看到有死燕子和燕子蛋在燕屋農場裏的地板上。在燕窩裏也可能有死燕子。

（另外一個死燕子。氣溫的升高也可以殺害燕子。）

(外面的溫度37度C在下午12點，沙亞南Shah Alam）

甚至提供額外的食物在燕屋農場給燕子也幫不了很大的忙。因爲經常為商業生產的昆蟲並不是100%燕子的主食。95%燕子的食物是飛蟻、 黃蜂和蝣子 (Langham 1980) 而不是果蠅經常被人誤認的，雖然只有5%是果蠅。

可食燕窩的價格已經可以把我們殺死了，現在加上意料不到的熱季，一直可以延遲到9月份的 ... ....還有什麽是我們承受不了的呢？

如果您看不到任何燕窩的增加請不要抱怨，只要它是維持不變就好了。你是否知道，外面有很多人正在經歷燕窩減少和燕子量減少等等。

保持你燕屋農場的屋内環境在控制下並定期檢查它的度數。如果您發現任何變化，一定要立刻採取行動。不要等待！

大家有好的燕屋農場！