Met someone who seem to be very active in swiftlet farming.
He has travelled to many towns and met with many swiftlet farmers.
One of the most important suggestion that prompt me to write today is on his idea which he said will improve your birds population by at least 33.33% per cycle is by adding one additional egg to every nest.
The idea is to increase the number of eggs per nest after the second egg was laid.
It is very common where swiftlet lays only two eggs per season. If you can arrange to insert one additional egg, the outcome is one extra bird per nest.
In this way every cycle you will have one bird per nest extra which is an extra 33.33% per cycle.
If these birds breed 3 times a year, you actually increase a total of 33.33 X 3 = 99.99%.
If you keep doing this for at least three years, you will most probably sees more birds in your BH within a shorter period like a normal ways of breeding.
You might think that this is an easy way out but remember there are also many things that you need to consider:
a) You need to get ready with those additional eggs to top up the numbers. They must be fresh and of high quality.
b) You need to be very careful to insert into each breeding nest. The timing and the method of egg handling must be with absolute care. They must be carefully handle so that the birds will not reject the new eggs.
c) By inserting a third egg, the swiftlet will need to work extra hours to feed the three young birds. You need to ensure that the season will provide adequate food for these young birds to survive.
d) You need to have enough time to make sure that they are successful. Perhaps you need to employ someone on a full time to carry out the job plus checking that the new eggs are accepted by those adopted parents.
The suggestion given are merely for you to think before indulging. Remember they are just some crazy ideas which you might want to consider for which if it is successful you will accelerate your birds population.
Happy New Year and let us improve your bird nest population together.
He has travelled to many towns and met with many swiftlet farmers.
One of the most important suggestion that prompt me to write today is on his idea which he said will improve your birds population by at least 33.33% per cycle is by adding one additional egg to every nest.
The idea is to increase the number of eggs per nest after the second egg was laid.
It is very common where swiftlet lays only two eggs per season. If you can arrange to insert one additional egg, the outcome is one extra bird per nest.
In this way every cycle you will have one bird per nest extra which is an extra 33.33% per cycle.
If these birds breed 3 times a year, you actually increase a total of 33.33 X 3 = 99.99%.
If you keep doing this for at least three years, you will most probably sees more birds in your BH within a shorter period like a normal ways of breeding.
You might think that this is an easy way out but remember there are also many things that you need to consider:
a) You need to get ready with those additional eggs to top up the numbers. They must be fresh and of high quality.
b) You need to be very careful to insert into each breeding nest. The timing and the method of egg handling must be with absolute care. They must be carefully handle so that the birds will not reject the new eggs.
c) By inserting a third egg, the swiftlet will need to work extra hours to feed the three young birds. You need to ensure that the season will provide adequate food for these young birds to survive.
d) You need to have enough time to make sure that they are successful. Perhaps you need to employ someone on a full time to carry out the job plus checking that the new eggs are accepted by those adopted parents.
The suggestion given are merely for you to think before indulging. Remember they are just some crazy ideas which you might want to consider for which if it is successful you will accelerate your birds population.
Happy New Year and let us improve your bird nest population together.
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