Patent ID: 7661391
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method of cultivating and harvesting edible bird's nests, said method comprising: providing a production facility comprising a man-made cave structure configured to provide a shelter and nesting habitat for breeding swiftlets for their nests in an environment emulative and simulative of natural cave conditions in which cave dwelling swiftlets thrives; said production facility comprising: stocking the production facility with swiftlets; maintaining the environment within the enclosure at approximately 90% humidity and 25° C. to 30° C.; stocking the facility with live insects appropriate to the swiftlet diet; providing a lifting or hoisting system for positioning harvesters proximate the roosting structures; operating the lifting or hoisting system to position the harvesters proximate the roosting structures and removing any abandoned swiftlet nests.