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Egg Yolk Oil, Type 3 Bee Solution, Shootugi Feed

November 2, 2025 · by Drake Weinert

Drake recaps the Hawaii Farmers Union convention, where Daniel demoed KNF solutions from NaturalFarmingSolutions.com (cleanser $20, medicine $40) and Dan and Jason's Kona coffee farm reported zero coffee berry borer since switching to natural farming. He also mentions a swine co-op meeting where a university scientist said brucellosis infects roughly one in four wild pigs, a disease Drake thinks proper KNF practice could largely eliminate.

Questions cover a chicken with an eye infection (likely fowl pox from wild birds, treat with a lactobacillus spray) and whether microbes break down plastic in soil (yes, given time, often through mealworm gut microbes, sped up by sunlight breaking the bonds). Drake then walks through making egg yolk oil: cook just the yolks outside on high heat for 30 to 45 minutes until they blacken and smoke, pressing the oil out as it cooks, useful on wounds and fire ant bites.

The back half rewatches a Master Cho video on fermenting shootugi, a high-protein speckle grass, for chicken and pig feed — watch for diarrhea if you overfeed it, and never cut new shoots, which carry too many toxins until they've grown two to three days. Master Cho also introduces "type 3" solution, sprayed on plants during fruiting, which he says works almost like honey when sprayed near a hive: it gives bees food, cleanser, medicine, structure, fuel, minerals, and reproduction, instead of just sugar water.

Questions answered

  • 9:08 Can Korean natural farming prevent brucellosis and leptospirosis in pigs? — Done right, KNF would probably eliminate both bacteria; even wild pigs are heavily infected, so the environment needs IMOs too.
  • 17:02 Where can you buy ready-made KNF solutions instead of making your own? — NaturalFarmingSolutions.com sells cleanser for $20 and medicine for $40, shipped to you.
  • 18:37 Has anyone actually solved coffee berry borer with natural farming? — Dan and Jason's Kona coffee farm went from infested to zero coffee berry borer doing natural farming.
  • 22:10 What's the solution for a chicken with an eye infection? — Probably fowl pox or mycoplasma from wild birds mixing with the flock; spray lactobacillus on the eye, though Drake usually just lets it run its course.
  • 23:30 Do microbes break down plastic in the soil, or just make it smaller? — Given enough time microbes will break plastic down, often through mealworm gut microbes, and sunlight speeds it up by breaking the bonds first.
  • 30:12 What's the number one thing to heal a chicken's wound or infection? — Egg yolk oil, because it's essentially pure stem cells.
  • 30:58 How do you make egg yolk oil? — Cook just the yolks outside in a scrap pan on the highest heat for 30 to 45 minutes, blending them small, until they blacken, smoke, and the oil presses out.
  • 34:34 What is Master Cho fermenting shootugi grass for? — High-protein speckle grass fermented into feed for chickens and pigs, but watch for diarrhea if you feed too much.
  • 39:10 What if you don't have shootugi grass where you farm? — Use whatever high-protein plant is locally available, like comfrey, which Drake calls green milk.
  • 40:49 Is it safe to cut and feed the new shoots right when they come up? — No, new shoots carry too many toxins; wait two to three days until they've grown bigger before feeding.
  • 43:45 What is Master Cho's type 3 solution, and why call it the breast solution? — Type 3, also called the skinny solution, is sprayed during fruiting and nourishes growth the way breast milk nourishes offspring.
  • 49:04 Is spraying type 3 solution basically the same as feeding bees honey? — Yes, sprayed on a broad leaf near the hive it gives bees almost the same result as honey, far better than sugar water.
  • 50:31 What do bees get from type 3 solution that sugar water doesn't give them? — Food, cleanser, medicine, structure, fuel, minerals, and reproduction, while sugar water is just sugar.

Topics: egg yolk oil, type 3 solution, shootugi, fowl pox, lab, imo, coffee berry borer, bees, chickens, pigs, brucellosis, plastic decomposition

KNF Office Hours is a free live Q&A every Sunday at 9 AM HST. Bring your question to pureknf.org/learn/questions or join live.

In this episode

  1. 0:00 Welcome and I Ching reading
  2. 6:45 Life update, second Tuesday meetings return
  3. 12:33 Farmer's Union Convention recap
  4. 13:12 Growing tobacco for farmer friends
  5. 17:02 NaturalFarmingSolutions.com tour
  6. 18:37 Coffee berry borer gone with natural farming
  7. 21:25 Orchard restoration check-in
  8. 22:10 Chicken eye infection question
  9. 23:30 Microbes and plastic decomposition
  10. 26:29 Pressure canning class recap
  11. 30:12 Why egg yolk oil heals
  12. 30:58 How to make egg yolk oil
  13. 34:34 Master Cho: shootugi grass for chicken and pig feed
  14. 40:49 New shoots and toxin timing
  15. 43:45 Type 3 solution explained
  16. 49:04 Type 3 solution for bees vs sugar water
  17. 57:02 Chick feed prep and IMO bath demo
  18. 1:00:41 Bee decline and insect apocalypse talk
  19. 1:07:57 Closing thoughts

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