How No-Wash Pigs-Technology Works:

[mikey]

How No-Wash-Pigs-Technology Works

 
No-wash-pigs-technology is a very easy and economical way to manage in small-scale piggeries. This technology is simple, not laborious, and can be adopted by household who want to raise pigs in small-scale. There’s no need to wash pigpens more often to keep the neighbor from complaining petid odor.

In this technology, pigpen is made of bamboo and nipa and its concrete flooring is slightly inclined to force water and waste to flow down the drainage. The floor is also stocked with 6-inch bedding which contained equal amount of river or beach sand, fresh rice hulls, and carbonized rice hulls or rice hull charcoal.

To prevent the inhibition of mange and mites in the rice hulls, a handful of salt is added per square meter, but this is optional. A better option is to regularly add dried kakawate (Gliricidia sepium), neem (Azadirachta indica), and ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala) leaves for these help fasten the processing of the bedding mix into organic fertilizer when it is removed from the pen at the end of the cycle.

Since the bedding mix absorbs foul odor, hog raisers don’t need to wash their pigs everyday. All they need to do is feed the pigs and spray the bedding with a probiotic solution weekly. The probiotic solution is made of dissolving two cups of concentrated indigenous microorganisms (IMO), which contains beneficial microorganisms like yeast, lactobacilli and mold, per 15 liters of water.

The bedding is remove immediately after each cycle and allowed to age for two to three weeks before using it as an organic fertilizer. During the aging period, microorganisms in the bedding speed up the decomposition process, but the bedding will degrade faster if it is feed to earthworms.

[T2]

can i use this method if im just about to start my small business? are these ingredients currently available? I really want to start a small business on swine or meat production. can anyone help me i cant find seminars that would help me start .

[T2]

can i use this method if im just about to start my small business? are these ingredients currently available? I really want to start a small business on swine or meat production. can anyone help me i cant find seminars that would help me start .

[nemo]

You could try to visit the agrilink trade fair this coming thursday (Oct. 9, 2008)

[T2]

You could try to visit the agrilink trade fair this coming thursday (Oct. 9, 2008)

Where will it be held?

[nemo]

Sorry, i'm a bit busy kaya di ko napansin mga post.

Sa world trade center sa Pasay. Last day tomorrow.

[armandb]

Hi Mikey,

I am a newbie here and I am interested in the No-Wash Technoloy to start with my backyard piggery project. I dont know if this had been answered already in the past for which I humbly beg for your pardon.

Here's where I am coming from:

Your article says "the cement floor should be inclined to force the water and waste to flow down the drainage. The floor is also stocked with 6-inch bedding which contained equal amount of river or beach sand, fresh rice hulls, and carbonized rice hulls or rice hull charcoal".

I saw one inquiry in the trail that stated "is it necessary to dig of 1 meter deep?" in which your answer was there is really no need. From this point I sort of imagined that if the bedding were this deep, there would be no excess water to drain in the first place because such liquid will be absorbed by the bedding.

While I know that it is laborious and more costly to replace the 1 meter bedding every cycle, for which cementing the floor and maintaining only 6 inches of bedding is more economical in the long run, will the excess water and waste in the latter require containment and treatment to prevent flooding and emission of foul odor in the area ?

Or maybe, instead of one meter bedding, how about half a meter of bedding to avoid cementing the floor. I do not know.

Inputs will be highly appreciated.