Advantages of using Profitable Innovative Growing System (PIGS) - Solves bad odor and health risks in piggeries - Easier, cleaner, and cost-effective - Reduces antibiotic dependency in swine - Environment and community-friendly - Health protection for both humans and animals - Promotes humane animal treatment Guidelines in Constructing an Odorless Pigpen/ Odor-free Piggery - Avoid lowland where flood incidence is high during rainy season - Soil or earth flooring must be above the highest possible water level in case of flood - Piggery must have adequate wind and sunlight penetration - General bedding requirement is at least one and a half (1.5) square meters per pig - Place 2 to 3 foot deep newly milled rice hull or other organic materials above the earth/soil flooring to act as bedding for the pigs - Wallowing pond should be 1 meter wide spanning the length of the pen with water depth of 1 to 4 inches deep depending on the size of the pig - Feeding trough should be constructed opposite the wallowing pond and should be 11 inches from the wall of the pen - Use concrete hollow blocks for the lower fencing around the pen, for the wallowing pool, and feeding troughs - Use iron bars or matured bamboos as upper fencing to allow for wind to pass through and to prevent pigs from jumping out of the pen Managing an Odorless Pigpen/ Odor-free Piggery - Change the water in the wallowing pond everyday - Provide unlimited clean drinking water - Follow the prescribed feeding guide - After harvest, the rice hull bedding can be used as compost or plant fertilizer Watch the Video on How To Set Up PIGS Babuyang Walang Amoy Source: babuyangwalangamoy.comSource: Business Diary Philippines
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