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Hi,I've been using DBS since i started last year. It works pretty good for me. The beddings can last for many years. Since they get compacted and muddy, you only add more every other week, less that a foot usually. After one cycle only a foot gets truly wet and you can use that as fertilizer. I shall try to post pictures on how to make one, later after i got off from work.Veniwww.balogo.wordpress.com
No-wash-pigs Technology: An Easy Way to Manage PiggeriesKeeping the piggery clean and odorless has always been a challenge for hog raisers but this is more difficult for small-scale growers who raise pigs in the backyard They need to wash their pigpens more often to keep their neighbor from complaining.Ironically, the fetid odor of piggeries is not a problem in the Municipality of Barotac Viejo in Iloilo for hog raisers there are practicing the no-wash-pigs technology, a very easy and economical way to manage piggeries which has been initially practiced in the Integrated Farm System (IFS), a demonstration farm that the municipal government established in Barangay Vista Alegre.In this technology which is based on earlier models, the pigpen is made of bamboo and nipa and its concrete flooring is slightly inclined to force water and waste to flow down to the drainage. The floor is also stocked with 6-inch bedding which contains equal amounts 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 should be 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 by dissolving two cups of concentrated indigenous microorganisms (IMO), which contains beneficial microorganisms like yeast, lactobacilli and molds, per 15 liters of water.The bedding should be removed 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.“This technology is simple, not labor intensive, and can be adopted by house holds who want to raise pigs in small-scale. In fact, when the fishing slowed down the communities near the seashore have ventured into hog raising. They have built small pigpens in their backyard because they can manage the odor of the hogs by adopting the technology,” Mayor Raul Tupas said.Even government employees became interested on hog raising as an additional source of income because of the no-wash-pigs technology. With the technology, “they simply feed and water their pigs in the morning before reporting in the office and attend to the pigs after office hours,” he added.The technology is also beneficial for the pigs. Edward Jamola and Vicente Baticbatic, staff of the municipality’s hog project, said that when pigs are washed daily, they lose energy to keep their bodies warm after wetting.The demonstration farm, on the other hand, would continue showcasing new farm technologies. “Soon, the staff of IFS will release a new technology on alternative feeding which utilizes local feed ingredients such as aerial potatoes, cassava, legumes, among others. Through this, dependence on expensive formulated commercial grower feeds would be lessened and likewise, the cost of production would be reduced,” Tupas said. do i have to remove all
personally po kasi mas gusto ko yun concrete and metal pen.yun sa dbs kasi hindi needed/ less ang paligo ng baboy dahil nalilinis ang katawan nila kapag humihiga sila sa beddings
Ang alam ko kasi alang standard ang deep bedding system, what ever works for you, yung ang gamitin mo...Kung ikaw kasi ay meron ng existing na kulungan then gamitin mo yun system na kung saan papatungan mo nalang yun semento mo. Kung wala ka pang kulungan then try mo yun 1 meter deep system.Kung ako tatanungin mo although ala akong experience sa deep bedding system mas prefer ko yun patungan mo na lang ng beddings. Mga possible na disadvantage ng 1 meter deep (personal opinion, no actual experience)1. dahil 1 meter deep siya ang iyong pader ay dapat mga 2.5- 3 meter mula ilalim pataas. Ang .5-1 meter ay nakabaon sa lupa para maging matibay ito, yun 1 meter ay yun pinaka balon or hukay at yun 1 meter pa uli ay yun pinaka pader para hindi makatakas ang baboy. 2. dahil 1 meter siya dapat siksikin mong mabuti yun mga ilalagay mo dito na beddings , kung hindi malamang lumabog baboy mo especially kapag basa na ng wiwi nila yun kulungan. 3. In times naman ng harvest then it means halos 1 meter deep din ang papalitan nyo na beddings. 4. mas mukhang magastos ito compared sa conventional cement or dun sa dbs na ipinatong sa concrete.
