Swiftlets farming for production of edible bird's nests

A method of breeding swiftlets for their edible nests (62) comprising:

• housing swiftlets in an artificial cave system (100) having an enclosed aerial feeding chamber (259) and cage (350), the cage comprising a feed dispenser (300) and water dispenser (214), the feed dispenser and the water dispenser mounted on a ceiling of the cage;
• for providing an aerial supply of nutrients to feed and water the swiftlets;
• producing aerial feed in a breeding apparatus (263);
• (264);
• (265), the aerial feed comprising a swarm of live airborne insects (297) and worms (128);
• providing the aerial feed (297) to feed the swiftlets, the aerial feed dispensed by the feed dispenser;
• providing aerial water droplets to the swiftlets from the water dispenser by injecting water drawn by a pump (357) from a pond (260) into the enclosed aerial feeding chamber;
• and
• providing a pneumatic propulsion mechanism to propel the aerial feed through a pipe connected at a first end to the pneumatic propulsion mechanism and at a second end to the feed dispenser, the pneumatic propulsion mechanism comprising an air intake suction port at a first end and a discharge port connected to the pipe connected to the feed dispenser, the air intake suction port draws in the aerial feed from within a container and air flushed from the pneumatic propulsion mechanism propels the aerial feed through the pipe to the feed dispenser and introduces the aerial feed into the aerial feeding chamber.