I wrote this article in the "Duckegg-swiftlet-special" group forum and would like to share on this blog.
I also added: "If It Does Not Work How Do The Birds React?".
Quote:
To those who have applied some kind of aroma in their BH they will see
either more birds are coming in or the opposite.
To be very sure that those aromas applied are working you need to
observe the suddern surge of birds at the top of your BH.
If this happened on the day you applied, try to apply them in the
morning, you will see the numbers hovering above your BH in a
substential numbers. They are more then normal. In some cases the
number can be 10 times or more from the normal number.
By drawing such a big crowd you know that the aroma is working.
You now need to monitor their numbers for a least a few days until
they subside. Normally they will start to reduce in numbers after a
few short days. This is because the aroma effectiveness is lessening
or the aroma have finished its effectiveness.
What next?
The best is to wait until the number are down to, let say 50% - 30% ,
you now can reapply for the second round.
This time you need to be innovative. What I mean by being innovative
is to find the best ways to keep the aroma smell fresh all day long.
You might need those special sprays that can refresh the smell every
hour from 3pm till 8pm.
Inside the BH you need to be ready with those clean papers on the
floor below those wooden planks where you applied the aroma. The
moment that they occupied these planks they will do their shitting
business and you can see how much they are.
If the application is showing a positive signs, it is recommended to
install a CCTV system to monitor both the entrance hole and the wooden
plank where the aroma being applied. Use those cameras that can make
you see in the dark please.
Pay a very close attention how they behave when they enter the house
and what do they do at night.
Well what more can you do?
If I were you I will start odering one full truck of the same aroma.
As long as their shelf life is forever, why not?
But don't be suprised after a few weeks the birds might not like that
much anymore. Similar to those sound????
Unquote.
So what if the aroma is not working?
The immediate impact is that there won't be any or there will be lesser then normal swiftlets flying on the top of your BH. A bad sign that they don't like or scared of something might happened in the BH.
You will also observed that everytime the birds wanted to fly in they will either behave as if as they undecided or scared to enter.
If these are what happened you can guess that the aroma is not working and you need to quickly remove those aromas.
Just imagine if you are greedy and applied the aroma to all those wooden planks in your BH?
Ai ya ya. You need to clean the plank one by one and later coat the plank with a special liquid to mask those failed aroma smell.
This is what you must try to avoid.
The best is to apply these new found aroma, step by step. Use a little bit for a trial on a removable planks and if it does not work you can remove them in an instant.
You got that? I hope so and please don't be greedy and stupid......
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