Hope all my blog readers read one of my old article about "cross fostering".
Cross fostering refers to using those Serinti birds to adopt AF chicks or eggs.
In many parts of Malaysia and Indonesia, you may find lots of Serinti birds. (Serinti is very similar to AF but they built their nest from casurina tree leaves or fern from tree barks plus 20% saliva). They eat the same food and have rather similar breeding pattern like AF.
The term cross fostering is actually defined as you remove those eggs or young chicks from these Serinti nests and replace them with AF eggs or babies. Need to do them when the birds are away and make sure the item placed are not with human smell.
Today I came across a person from Sabah, Malaysia who is pretty successful in doing this technique.
He started the Serinti farming by accident and after 7 years his house now have a total of 4,000 nests.
He started the cross fostering sometime back and stop about 2 years ago. After looking at the number of birds growing and his neighbors harvesting them he feel that the time have come to do this in a more serious manner.
He intent to install sound system, enclose those areas slowly and perhaps improve the temperature and humidity by stages.
The most effective method of cross fostering, according to him, is to go for chick replacement.
Import those eggs and incubate them. Once they are hatch, swap these babies with Serinti babies. Mark the nests that were replaced.
I am very happy to have met him and I am sure one day I might be able to stop by in Sabah and visit his unique BH.
Want to join my trip?
Call Harry at 017 755 1318
2 comments:
Are you sure you can fool the birds?
Ben,
As long as you try you never know. This Sabahan have the experiences and he is looking for the supply of walet eggs. He needed about 500 per month. Fresh eggs. Can someone help him?
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