Lagoons must be also maintained. YOu have to put some plant like kangkong. Put some filter like charcoal and sand and you must have an aerator to kill the bacteria.

So the idea is that solid part should stay in the biogas digester to create methane then the excess water will be directed to different layers of lagoon. THe first could be layers of sands then second layer would be activated charcoal then the last will be  aerated to kill bacteria.  THen you could put kangkong on top of the water so it would absorbs some excess nutrients from the water.

THen the semisolid part that was trapped by the sands will be sun dried and can be use as fertilizer

Yes it is okay to put a septic tank. I do believe that biogas digester are the advance form of septic tank.

In huge farm they put a septic tank or digester and then a lagoon where the excess water would go. THe design of the septic tank is the same as what we use in our CR. IT is just a big box type of excavation that would vary depending upon the number of your animal.

Proper disposal of manure is a must to minimize the smell of your farm. SOme put biogas digester. OThers put activited charcoal in the manure so it will absorb the odor. Some feeds are added with yucca extract by the manufacturer so the manure of the pig will give less odor. Some would dry the manure using the heat from the sun. So every time the animal will defecate they will scoop it and put directly under the sun.


The less the moist in your pen the less the smell of the farm. So always put the drinker near the gutter area and not in front of the pen.

Pilmico is the maker of Farmer's edge feeds. It is used to be known as PMI feeds. Their plant is located ng Tarlac and i consider them as one of the elite brands like ACE, BMEG, CJ, PURINA, and ROBINA.

The mother company is aboitiz.

Acenie and especialist do check your email. i already sent you the file.

I cannot see any disadvantage in converting your gestating to farrowing pen the only question is that by doing so would it not mean you have less gestating pen? Does the remaining gestating pen would be enough for your sows?

Usually in a well program farm the ratio is in every 10 sow you need around 3-4 farrowing and 7 gestating pen.

Sorry  i am not familiar with SBF feeds. Do you know what SBF means ?

Capital for swine business depends in the number of sow or pigs you want to raise. Older studies suggest that capital for 1 sow is around 40thousand. This include housing, animal etc. To be safe adjust this to 50t per sow.This computation is up to the time the animal will become pregnant, farrowed and your piglet be sold.

If you intend to keep your piglet and raise it as a slaughter  hog you need an additional 3500-4200 per animal for feeds and around 2000t per animal for pen construction.

I would send you an simple cost and return. To give you an idea.

THe 12t sow are around 5-6 months old and a boar from a large breeding farm would cost 25T.

Mikey usually sow that range from 12t upward is purebreed or hybrid and yes they provide data regarding the animal. And most of the time they provide warranty that if the sow continues to reheat and does not conceive they they will replace it.

I would say it is an investment rather than a risk.

Nowadays 12t sow is the cheapest purebreeds you can find. some sow would cost you up to 35-60t.

Your always welcome Mr. Hog

I'm no expert in goat but to my knowledge after kidding and weaning it would take 7 days to one month before a goat could be bred again. To those who are into goat business correct me if im wrong.

So they say that every 7 months you will have a kid.
5 months pregnancy, one month milking, one month to bred again.

kingzion,

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Usually an 12.5k sow is about 6-8 months old.

sa imus cavite po yung pwesto.... agriculture farm po.. anyway, buntis yung 3 inahin na nabili ko and ready to hit na po yung the rest.galing po sa jan jan farm po yung 3 inahin n OJ Haro  (sa imus cavite) top of the line daw ang quality ng mga inahin pure white po cla at malalaki...ang pwesto ko po i 300 capasity may cage para sa paankin n cage para sa mga inahin.. kung lalaki po ang negosyo anytime pwede pa gumawa ng cage at malaki pa ang lupa sa likod ng farm.. but lalaki din ang rent.. possible po ba na umunlad ako? may cost off imcome kac ako ngayun kaya nag invest ako ng pigs.. dream farm ko kac ang piggery. yung thousands of pigs.

Im located at imus, cavit... agriculture farm. 3 sows are already pregnant and the other are ready to heat. the sows  came from jan jan farm and 3 from OJ Haro (imus cavite) tthey said the sow is top of the line quality. and they are pure white and huge. May location has a capacity of 300, it has cage for farrowing and gestating. If my business grows at anytime i can create cage/pen and there are still vacant lot behind my farm. but for sure rent will go high. Is their a possibilty that i would be succesful? .... it is my dream to have a piggery, thousand of pigs.

Ang paglaki po ng negosyo ay nakasalalay sa taong nagpapatakbo nito.

I do believe that If you believe you can and have faith in God you will succeed.

Ang kagandahan lang po sa pag aalaga ng baboy ngayonn tentatively dahil sa nangyaring outbreak sa bulacan and nueva ecija ang presyo ng baboy ay tataas mula november hanggang summer na po yun. Dahil sa kakulangan ng baboy. Wag lang maypapasok na smuggled pork.

So promising ang pasko and next year ng mga nag aalaga ng baboy.

Maaari po bang  mahingi sa kanila ang contact and exact adress ng Jan and jan and OJ Haro para po sna ipopost ko dito sa forum para sa mga ibang raiser na naghahanap ng mabibilan ng mga inahin hindi na sila mahirapan humanap ng kontact number. Salamat po.

The success of the business depends on the person managing it.

I do believe that If you believe you can and have faith in God you will succeed.

The bright side about raising pigs today is that because of the outbreak that happen in bulacan and neuva ecija prices of slaughtered hogs will go up from november until summer. Just hope there would be no smuggled pork.

So, it a promising christmas and new year for swine raiser.

can I request for the contact details and exact address of the farm you mentioned.