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Giving water soluble calcium to chickens
jamieewashko01 L2 · provisional yes i have added WCA to my chicken water for years. nice hard shells.Chicken House
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional The idea is to get the sun to go over the chicken house so a beam of sunlight will come through the split roof to go across the floor each day. In the Advanced Chicken Workshop by Master Cho, he explains the building design in the first lecture of the…Chicken Farming
From the KNF library Drake has no fixed blueprint for a KNF chicken coop. He points to the poultry pages on naturalfarminghawaii.net and to his Hubble Bubble build videos. (Office Hours Ep. 78, 32:57) The Hubble Bubble is a small coop design. A University of Hawaii poultry…KNF solutions in chickens drinking water?
jay.buhrt Lukas, Use LAB (1:500) with FPJ (1:300) as drinking water for livestock, to recover their digestive function. As a prebiotic in poultry and livestock production source: (Samanta et al. 2013) OHN can be mixed with animals’ drinking water (1:1,000 dilution) and…Chicken Amino Acids
dagoofman Great use of the toss away you could just throw everything in a bucket and layer with sugar as you go fill 2/3 full could add a rock to help hold everything down add a airtight lid put it in a cool dark place and forget about it for 6-8 months or longer (the…Ferment chicken feed with IMO 2?
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional Yes, it is possible to do with Seed IMO, but of course making Propagated IMO or Activated IMO is better, but if you do not have time to make those solutions, go with what you got. One of the best things to add to the feeds is KNF Protectors! The lactic acid…marigold FPJ for chickens
From the KNF library The library does not say whether marigold or nasturtium FPJ raises lutein in egg yolk. It does cover the FPJ side. Drake says FPJ is plant food made from growth tips, flowers, or fruit, depending on the plant's stage (Office Hours Aug 2025, 50:58). So a…How to Buy the "Plans & Blueprints for KNF Chicken Pens"
suze The idea is to get the sun to go over the chicken house so a beam of sunlight will come through the split roof to go across the floor each day. In the Advanced Chicken Workshop by Master Cho, he explains the building design in the first lecture of the…Ferment chicken feed with leaf mold or IMO2?
cristthomas365 L3 · provisional If you have a solid IMO2 collection then I don't see much of an issue with using a small finger full of that into the amount of water you are adding to the feed especially if you are adding Cleanser(vinegar), Medicine(OHN), Food(FPJ) and Protectors(LAB). If…How to Buy the "Plans & Blueprints for KNF Chicken Pens"
freedomcafe1 I saw well drawn plans here https://pureknf.org/wp-content/uploads/research/ctahr/SA-17.pdf - hope it helps.Dimensions of chicken boxs
From the KNF library The library gives one number, and it is for the brooding box. Master Cho's brood-rearing box has three rooms. The total distance from Room A to Room C is 710 cm for middle-sized chicks (Cho, Theory, p. 136). Chicks rest in warm Room A, eat in Room B, and…FAA with unexpected ingredient
dagoofman to the question is it ok that theres a bit of chicken in your FFA mix - yes its fine its not gonna hurt anythingBacillus subtilis
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional Yes, guinea grass will work well as a substrate for the floor of a chicken pen. Make sure to cut the grass so it is ~4 inches in length. If the grass is too long, it will mat up and the chickens will not be able to turn it. I use a mower to shred the grass…KNF Turkeys?
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional While I don't personally have experience with turkeys the setup is similar to chickens. The only thing that would be different is to make the floor about 1 foot deep of grass clippings or equivalent to start because they are bigger and heavier, and I would…Fertilizing blackcurrants and gooseberries small garden
dagoofman all the things u said r great theres no reason u cant add whatever u want to the soil remember gardening is never 1 way to do anything and the best way to garden is what works for u maybe your a double dig person maybe your a ruth stout it doesn't matter if…Can I use calcium hydroxide for WCA?
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional As said in the Office Hour, I do not believe that calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 can be used because it will not dissolve the same way in vinegar, and may be hazardous to eat. However, the limestone crumbles can be used directly or used in the Water Soluble…WCA help
dagoofman u do not need to roast oyster shells unless u r gathering them yourself then u would want to wash and bake or roast over a heat to clean and kill any bad juju b4 u put in vinegarLivestock housing system
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional The specific barn I have is a prefab building. The floor is what matter and it is described here in this University of Hawaii document on Inoculated Deep Litter Systems.KNF Food for Livestock/Animals
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional There is a a lot to do with pigs and chickens in KNF. Master Cho outlines in his Advanced Chicken Training how to raise the birds with an expanding cage along with a very strict diet to promote intestines 3x the length of standard american practice. There is…Lab for cattle
From the KNF library The LAB fact sheet says LAB culture is used for livestock production as well as plants. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 13) The dilution it gives is for plants: 1:1,000 in water. (Student's Manual, Basic Course, p. 15) The manual lists OHN as an aid to…Fermented Sea Water as Animal Drink
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional Yes, fermented sea water can be given to livestock. Do not give it if it is clumpy or smells rotten.JMS as Poultry Feed
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional I do not recommend putting JMS in animal food.Cambodia Pig Farm Video
octoberexplorer Hi, I am keen on knowing the Cambodian Contact also. Looking at using KNF for both pig & chicken farming. The Video mentioned is https://youtu.be/P7_CU4iTP9w It is titled: Natural Pig Farming Pigs in Cambodia ThanksHemp or other alternatives for IMO 3
dagoofman the main thing to think of is u want Carbs and Carbon at a 50/50 to 60/40 ratio to make IMO3 the Carbs r food the Carbon is the hotel if u think of it like this u will find 100s of alternatives and the ones that r cheapest or even better free are the best to…Pig Feeds
From the KNF library The library gives feed types and a rough timeline, not a week-by-week plan. • Ferment purchased feed first. The microbes make heat and colonize the food. (Office Hours Ep. 2, 11:01) • Add green grass and cut the purchased feed. Cho counts 1 kg of green grass…KNF L.A.B (WITH RICE BRAN)
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional To make rice bran lactic acid bacteria: add a liquid culture of lactic acid bacteria to rice bran then seal it for 2 weeks to culture. The lactic acid bacteria culture should be diluted 1:1000 into water, and then the rice bran should be moistened to 50%…KNF MINERAL C,D
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional These are proprietary solutions introduced by Master Cho's daughter Ju-Young Cho, and are not readily available anywhere due to her departure.Livestock pen design schematics
From the KNF library The library covers poultry pens. It has no cow pen plan. For a small start, Drake points to the Hubbel Bubble coop. It is a small design documented in a University of Hawaii poultry publication on naturalfarminghawaii.net. (Office Hours Ep. 67, 33:25) For…Decontaminating after ASF outbreak
Drake Weinert L4 · provisional Disclaimer: Folks with PhD (permanent head damage) may argue with this , and this is just anecdotal advice. My recommendation is to decontaminate surfaces with KNF Protectors as well as to introduce fresh Indigenous Micro Organisms into the bedding/pen area,…Agricultural Lime
dagoofman i add dolomite lime to my garden beds and it does not effect the microbes in thereSaid on Office Hours
Dr. Drake on “chickens” during the live show. Each link opens the episode at that moment.
Deep Litter IMO Storage, BIO vs FMC, and Disease-Free Pigs
- 3:43 …I did a IMO pile in an old kind of like abandoned chicken pen because I used to have two chicken…
- 14:56 …temperature going like the pigs, especially, I mean, the chickens too, because the chicken's…
- 37:00 …wiped out majority of the chickens in Korea, but never did a Korean natural farming chicken pan…
