Finding a Suitable Sound for your BH!

Sound is the most important component for success of your BH. However, if you are using the best sound and expecting your BH will be a full-house some days in the near future then it is a big mistake for swiftlet farming beginners!

In the past, I used the best sound in the market and my BH was almost always attracted many  birds. They were gathering above roof top,  from outside to inside ... many people thought that my BH was full of nests  but they were wrong... I got a few nests ... just enough for my special bird nests soup! lots of fun and sparked my researching of swiftlet farming.

Birds are usually enjoying new and attractive sound but it does not mean that they will stay in your bird house and build their nests.


Many things must be done correctly, many issues must be solved, many problems must be fixed. Are your BH ready? At last, Sound is a big help if you are choosing the most suitable sound especially for breeding cycle. Answer by yourself these questions:

What sound should I play during a day, night, internal, VIP rooms, external, pooling?
What sound should I play when there are many young birds around?
What sound should I play when the young birds are about to mate?
What sound should I play to attract birds come and stay in my BH?
What sound should I play when I want bird build their nests?
What sound should I play when birds are giving eggs, incubation?
What sound should I play when birds are mature?
What sound should I play when my BH is 100 nests, 300 nests or more?
Why some succeed BHs have never played any sound at all?

With today sound technology like free, open source Audacity and its plugins, with a few basic good sounds, you can create many untested sounds on the fly ... Mix and remix at unit sound level, section or whole song level... Right! It is simple. Once you setup Audacity correctly then it takes about 15 min per sound: Import ... Mix ... Apply plugins... Export as many new sounds as you would like.  However, you must test them to find the suitable sounds for your BH then you will uncover many tricky secrets...Mating and Baby sounds are "must have" sounds ... I always use my customized sounds and developed strategies of what? when? where? to play these sounds...the purpose is to guide the birds found new home!


Breeding cycles is changing and there is no best sound for all time! You must change your tested sound accordingly.