Succeeded successfully bird nest

The initial success of hatching and healthy breeding of islands is opening up the prospect of raising oats as a bird in our country.

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Model of bird nest in the house to get a nest (Photo: tchdkh.org.vn) Bird nest for edible and nutritious nest is only found in East - South Asia. The species of oats in our country are often called oats, nesting in caves in the limestone mountains along the coast or on the island. They only eat insects that are flying or alive, do not eat and die. Yen goods combined each pair, making nests (bird's nests) with their drool, oriental medicine is called "jade" or "myth".

Salanganes'Nest weighs about 7 - 15g, looks like dry, dried vermicelli, attached to the cliff. Nests nest from mid-December to early May lunar calendar, then their "pearls" are dry, no nesting anymore.

People harvest the first bird's nest in February and March of the lunar calendar, forcing the bird to re-create the nest. The second nest is usually small, thin, many impurities, poor quality compared to the first period.

In our country, the most popular places are the islands in Nha Trang bay and nearby, Cu Lao Cham in Hoi An, Phuong Mai peninsula in Quy Nhon .

Based on colors, sizes, bird's nests are classified into five main categories, according to the value from high to low, such as blood nest (red like blood), pink nest (red orange), bird nest (ivory white, weighing 8 - 10g ), celestial color (darker than optical fiber, weigh 6 - 7g), oat (small nest, weigh 3 - 5g).

In addition, there are oat (sticky moss), salted bird (steamed sea water), oat (wet nest), oat flakes, bran oats, loofah .

Currently, each year our country harvests more than three tons of Salanganes'Nest, especially in Khanh Hoa (approximately 2 tons / year), Hoi An is about 650 kg / year and Quy Nhon 450kg / year.

Prices of pink and oat oats range from US $ 4,000 / kg to over US $ 5,000 / kg, but Hoi An has no more than two types of oats since 10 years ago, only a few in Khanh Hoa. Wholesale price of oats - celestial - optical from 2,500 USD / kg to 3,500 USD / kg depending on type and origin of Hoi An Salanganes'Nest price.

Breeding bird nest in the house

The nest has a subspecies nesting in the house, smaller and darker than the oat feathers in the island. Domestic oat farming is established in the late 19th century in Indonesia. The houses for nest to nest (bird nest) have the same characteristics that are old, large space, high humidity, little light, convenient for nesting nest .

The oat breeding area is a lagoon area with many trees and insects, well-ventilated. To lure nest into a house, walls, ceilings, and beams are applied with dirt of oats or chemicals that smell them. In the house of oats, on appropriate occasions, people also open the tape of natural oat language calls to call, call their partners .

In Vietnam, there are about 20 swift houses in Da Nang, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ninh Thuan, Dong Nai, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Vinh Long, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau and Kien Giang. . Most of the owners of lucky houses with oat residences do not interfere with the life of the oats, only harvesting the nest. Researches to actively promote bird nesting have only just begun recently.

In the town of Phan Rang - Thap Cham (Ninh Thuan), Yen Viet Co., Ltd. leases long-term Thanh Binh old theater to keep the bird's nest in line since 1999. The company also bought three more houses, attached artificial nest. and increase moisture to lure birds.

But it is a success to lure a natural nest into a new home. Can not quickly increase the number of bird's nest in the house if only expect the natural reproduction of the bird nest there. After many improvements of incubators from Indonesia to suit the Vietnamese environment, several recent hamlets of Yen Viet Company, the rate of hatching birds reached 95%. The rate of healthy mature young birds here is 50%, one of the main foods that the three day employees "make" for young nest is ant eggs.

Almost at the same time with Yen Viet Company, Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company also researched hatching and raising artificial oats to get nests. From the first nest house in Thong Nhat Street, Nha Trang was discovered and handed over to Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company in early 2004, so far Khanh Hoa Salanganes'Nest Company has flocked to three houses, with 282 groups. , 950 oats.

Mr. Vo Thai Lam, Director of Yen Viet Company - successful nesting place in the house.

Based on the research results of the nest's biological behavior and the cave nest breeding trials, the company has built a nest egg hatching machine. During incubation, parameters such as temperature, humidity, egg turn cycle are controlled automatically.

In April 2006, Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company gave hamlets three nest eggs, hatching rate reached 78.4%. Initially, young birds were raised in a rearing machine manufactured by the Company with a healthy rate of 28%, reducing the hard work of the technicians.

Mr. Le Huu Hoang - Director of Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company, said the company has built nutrition standards for bird's nest, from which the type, amount of food and frequency of feeding are adjusted to suit each Young bird nest. Hundreds of young birds were Khanh Hoa Salanganes'Nest Company signed a nest with natural herd in the oats.

"Raising the nurturing nest has been at hand " - Mr. Vo Thai Lam - Director of Yen Viet Company confidently said. He said, very willing to disseminate the experience, the secret of hatching and raising oats in the house, so that many people can get rich.

Yen Viet Company has started to harvest the first bird's nest to introduce products to partners. Khanh Hoa Salanganes Nest Company is also completing the process of hatching and breeding bird nest, the process of building a typical oat house in Vietnam to soon launch applications and technology transfer. When raising oats in the home become a popular profession, do not worry about lack of young oats, because the source of natural nest eggs in the island is very abundant, now still have to dump a lot when removing the nest.

- Salanganes'Nest has much protein, acid min and essential trace elements for humans.It has the effect of stimulating digestion, enhancing physical activity and nervous reflexes, regulating the function of poisoned organ organs, stabilizing hematological and anti-aging targets . Salanganes'Nest is also being studied for the treatment of cancers and HIV / AIDS, because of which there are a number of bioactive substances that stimulate the growth of peripheral white blood cells.

- Indonesia currently has more than 10,000 bird houses, each year for harvesting Salanganes'Nest 4 times, yield over 100 tons.The output of bird's nest in each country in Malaysia and Thailand is also about 15-10 tons / year.Each nest house succeeds for an average yield of 15-20 kg of bird nests / year, particularly up to 50 kg / year.The oat houses are also tourist attractions attracting many visitors.