What is KACA-SUSU & KACA-SARI-SUSU & KACA-SARI-SUSU-SAPI!!!

The three new words that every swiftlet farmer must get to know.

I heard the word kaca-susu when I first ventured into this swiftlet ranching 5 years ago. Due to some reasons I forgot all about it.

Recently, at Pulau Kapas, one of the speaker, Pak Irman, touched on the subject. It rekindle my memory about KACA-SUSU.

According to Irman, the words have now extended from KACA-SUSU to KACA-SARI-SUSU and most recent is the KACA-SARI-SUSU-SAPI.

For your information, Indonesian are very fond of coining words so that they can remember something much easier.

One of the most memorable one that I learned was the word for hand phone or HP. In Indonesia hand phone is known as HP or hapi.

In swiftlet farming, the word KACA-SUSU was first used by Mr. H. Fatich Marzuki.

The words represent:

K: Kelembapan (humidity)
A: Aroma (Smell)
CA: Cahaya (light)
SU: Suhu (temperature)
SU: Suara (birdsound)

You can see that all the items mentioned in the words are significant in your birdhouse design and development.

After some time the words transformed to:

KACA-SARI-SUSU.

The new word added is SARI. This new word is to include the item:

SAR: Sarang (Nest)
I : Imitasi (Fake)

Which we refer to the imitation nests. I believed that this item must be something that is becoming an important part of the birdhouse design.

Pak Irman then told the participants that there is something more to add to the word. He was refering to SAPI or:

S: Sirip (nesting planks)
A: Aman (Strong Entrance Door)
PI: Pintu Masuk Burung (Birds Entrance Hole(s))

Interesting and I do think that this is a very good idea on how to remember all the points that must be considered when you wanted to built a BH.

How about the things that need a very serious consideration while constructing your BH?

He came out with FOLADIAFON. It refer to your special care to the followings:

FO: Foundasi (foundation)
LA: Lantai (Floor)
DI: Dinding (Walls)
A : Attap (Roof)
FON: Plafon (Ceiling)

It is up to you to remember this additional word.

I would prefer the KACA-SARI-SUSU-SAPI.

Hope you enjoy reading this new informations that is interesting and exciting.....

Sorry Again, For Not Writting For 3 Days !!!

So sorry that for the last three days I was totally away from home attending the Seminar at Pulau Kapas in Kuala Trengganu.

To those who have orderred some stuff for their BH, I will try to sent them shortly while those who are waiting for more interesting articles, please wait for my new articles that I have gathered while in Trengganu.

The trip was pretty tiring but the seminar was worth the effort.

Meeting Pak Hendry Mulia in person is something that I am very proud off.

Beside the two days on the beautiful resort island, managed to stay in Kuala Trengganu for two nights watching those birdhouses in action. Both in the morning and the everning the activities which those swiftlet performed were incredible.

The more you watched them the more you want to see their behaviours and those sweet love music chasing each other.

On the last day of my stay in KT, managed to buy a trial unit of the Ultrasonic Sound Converter, a gadget that can minimise noise pollution for your birdhouse.

I will be cover the product descriptions and a trial test report once completed.

Also visited a total of about 7 BHs in Trengganu including Tirok's.

A very tiring trip however the people I met and the new ideas forwarded by Pak Hendry and Pak Irman is worth every minutes of my time in Trengganu.

Just wait for all the things that I will be writting for all of your to read...

I have to than Pak Jeff for all the efforts in putting the seminar together. A very friendly and jovial person which I always likes to be with. Also met are Pak Ben of Miri, Pak WaletKedah, Victor, Justin Tan, Zul, Tiruk, Nik, Wan, Oswald, Alvin, Patrick&Wife, ParrickPng, and many more ...