Assume that you have pumped in more than RM500,000 on a bird’s nest venture. RM400,000 for an empty (most likely nearly abandoned) 3-storey building, a further RM100,000 for the renovation and adaptation of the interiors for the pleasure of the birds. Once you have cut the red ribbons for the opening ceremony, you most likely [...]
Swiftlet nests farming – Part 3
Video Caption: Swiftlet returning to their nesting heaven in the evening.
The last and final part of the write-up is more of a discussion on the most important aspect of swiftlet farming. One can spend millions on the buildings and further tens of thousands on refurbishing the swiftlet’s nesting heaven. However if [...]
Swiftlet nests farming – Part 2
In swiftlet farming, there is no guarantee that the project will bear the owner its fruit of success. However, after indulging in this business for quite a while, we found that we have to be creative, flexible and be experimental in order to reduce the risk of failure. So, literally to pick gold out of [...]
Swiftlet nests farming – Part 1
My family ventured into the swiftlet farming business about 3 to 4 years ago as sort of an experiment. We started off by constructing a purpose-built 2-storey building specially to house the swiftlet nests in our fruit orchard. During that period there were not many people who were willing to take the risk of constructing [...]
