Baby Pigs! Building a No Smell Pig Pen

Today we take a look at my friend Blake's no smell pig pen based on Master Cho's principles in his Korean Natural Farming piggery. Learn how to raise pigs in a contained area with a living floor that eliminates odor and processes the waste into soil.
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0:00 Welcome to a KNF Piggery
1:27 What is the KNF Bedding System?
4:16 How to Raise Baby Pigs
6:09 Why is Blake Using a KNF Piggery?
8:30 Mistakes and Improvements to the Pig Pen
11:39 What's Special About Mangalitsa Pigs?
12:55 What's Special About Duroc Pigs?
16:44 More Tips on Building a KNF Pen
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[@drewblack749]

I was spell bound listening to the pig farmer!! Love that he loves his pigs and knows the animals so well. Great video !! Best of luck to him.

[@jonmueller2117]

The deep bedding above grade is just brilliant. It allows oxygen to enter the charcoal and log layer from the sides. Building a good fence containment for that mass of carbon is much easier than digging a hole. This is absolutely perfect. My cousin in Kansas has, at any one time, 4 to 5 thousand hogs in process. That is an extreme commercial operation. This KNF is perfect win level for the small to medium operation. 5 to 50 hogs easily depending on your scale. Great video!!!!

[@amykinnell2837]

Please do a follow up with Blake. Baby pigs are so fun to watch.

[@jordanolveda5921]

Yes Amy that’s a great idea! BABY PIGSSSS!!

[@deannacornett3940]

Love your KNF system for raising pigs on your farm Blake. Cool to see how you applied it to your context, and everything was explained so well, thanks!

[@busyrand]

The vertical aspect of building is brilliant. The sourcing/movement of the materials sounds daunting.

[@dannyv84oz]

Yes, in Eastern Europe we use the pig lard as oil for a types of cooking instead of olive or vegetable oils, it’s a bit old school

[@kathya739]

Love your enthusiasm to learn, share, and educate; this is why I follow you. Being good stewards of the earth and treating animals humanely, allowing nature, man, and animal to work together to build a better world for future generations.

[@enikooh2878]

Mangalica is the best pork! 😍 It's true it has a lot more fat, but the fat is a lot healthier than other pig's fat! And the meat is also tastier! 😋 Not to mention how cute they are with their curly hair!

[@brandstone1]

This is so cool. I bet it pairs up really well with hugelkultur. Awesome!

[@joycanbefoundinthegarden7897]

This is very, very helpful. I just got my first breeding pair of Mangalista Blondes. I have three pens and I am going to try this method. I’m a physician. I have a strong belief in the gut micro biome. Obviously, if the microbes around us are healthy .. then we have those and we are healthy. Fascinating! Great job. I’m in South Dakota.

[@jordanolveda5921]

Great news you are introduced to knf! Enjoy & God Bless!

[@fizzypop1858]

This is AMAZING!! Thanks for showing this. Your work is so important!

[@joepro66]

Here in middle Tennessee, I might have to get one of those pigs.

[@easygrowinggarden]

I've always turned away from the thought of owning animals simply because of the smell but now I might have to reconsider.

[@faith6978]

So happy I found this video. I had a neighbor show me this method using a hole, I have no way to do that. I love the info about ground up; thanks

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Awesome so glad this helped you!

[@BigNatorStrength]

Wow really love this!! just bought a little property for some small organic farming and I would love to meet with people like you guys. Keep up the great content

[@kcw6263]

KNF method really works 👍👍👍 Thank you for sharing useful information.

[@schmuelsonsradang4301]

Very informative. This is what I have been looking for. Thanks for this wonderful sharing.

[@CritterCreekUSA]

Always informative and but even more so your videos are Creative and Valuable.. Plus the Critters Rock! thx for sharing

[@thomasreto2997]

You guys answered so many questions about kNF. I will just go above ground with the layers of carbon! I KNOW this is a system that will be on my 4 acre homestead someday soonish!🤙

[@Zbee167]

LOVE THIS!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

Wow I’m planning to move to East Tennessee thank you so much!

[@toddcaskey9984]

I do this on a small scale, I would love to see you do a video on the whole process , making the charcoal and building a pen .

[@kylebell7414]

Dang ole wild cat spitting wisdom

[@donaldhernandez1547]

Alright... some new content. Woo

[@rndmerle]

Amazing content, thanks!

[@kurt8386]

Really enjoyed this video. At about 9:08 Blake talks about ramping up his charcoal production. This would make a great video. If a video isn't forthcoming, could he please talk more about ramping up charcoal production?

[@wcm68tn]

We definitely need more info on charcoal.

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@kurt8386]

Thanks Blake for replying!

[@melodymartin4503]

Thank you for the great information!

[@drewblack749]

Will Blake do the pigorator method that Joel Salatin describes? My father in law raised them conventionally. It was a mess. Blake’s pigs look happy.

[@briles24]

Thanks for the great content, man.

[@rollingreedranch6395]

Awesome video

[@thomasreto2997]

I have been interested in kNF and IMO. I may end up using it over rotation pasture grazing because our ag property is in a tropical rainforest and I am concerned about the pasture management in a rain setting. I have heard of folks going to Master Cho to get certified in KNF

[@rickthelian2215]

Interesting thanks guys.

[@o.o1163]

Thank you for sharing about the pigs n i definitely know what kind of pigs n system💐☺.

[@willowlaken6303]

Great video!

[@okiegrandma1154]

I can't tell if the heat lights are secured... please secure we're the sows can't knock them down and start a fire. I had a grumpy sow knock one down and caught the barn on fire.

[@flintbrann6555]

I am very interested on how your both of breeding cross(s) work out, please keep us posted

[@deliastanley3921]

What’s Blake’s YT Chanel? Or IG?

[@LadysFarm]

Wow this is great. I currently have 4 pigs in my barn and have been trying to bed down there pen with straw to help with the smell, moisture and heat but it’s not working. I would love to give this a try. I would love some more information on the KNF system.

[@bernardhaboc4056]

Put also salt underneath for anti-bacterial

[@jonathanself6985]

Lord how did that brother figure out that amount of charcoal? That one of my hang ups as well

[@mathewagostini3922]

Hi Steven. Do you think high quality compost (soil food web thermophilic compost) can be used in place of imo4 to innoculate the bedding? Thanks in advance

[@lisaalbarras3029]

Anybody else notice that pig jaw bone in the lower left of the screen at the 17:50 mark?

[@TnMtnFarm]

They don’t all survive….

[@lisaalbarras3029]

@@TnMtnFarm Well, I don't think any of then will live to old age, they just taste to darn good.

[@davidslav5987]

Hello! Possibly might be interested in one for harvest! I personally love fatty meats! Get back ! Thanks

[@SaludyPlata]

Excellent method and news for my planing phase pig keeping ambitions; this blew me away; I also recognized the method as an upscaled pig-driven compost reactor! One important question popped into my mind immediately, though: what about vermin, mice and rats? The clearance between the ground and the actual bedding material, the nooks and cravices in the log layer seems to me as an ideal vermin-problem hotbed in the waiting, pun not intended! But seriously, thick, warm, dry bedding material, with lots of vertical space for tunneling. Would truly appreciate if you could provide some insight on the issue, thank you! Lovely mangalica pigs, greetings from Hungary!

[@cathysteele924]

I only have space to start seeds indoors. I bought a seedling heat mat for my peppers and strawberries. Do I need to use a thermostat with it? If so, what should I set the temperature at? Thanks for any help.

[@mking3219]

Wish I had the resources to do that,I have a 12x12 space,love fatty pork,but am not a farmer

[@whyh]

How do you move the mature sow/finishers from the raised beds out of their enclosure?

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

WOW!

[@carlplath1]

These pens remind me of hugelkultur.

[@joycanbefoundinthegarden7897]

I agree. As a gardener, it is the first thing I thought of

[@maryedmo7798]

I’d like to know how he produced the amount of charcoal he needed.

[@deliastanley3921]

Right?? When he was talking about it. I thought he would explain how he did that.. 😕

[@suburbanyute340]

Living near woods provides plenty of sticks to burn for charcoal. You could also go buy bags of hardwood lump charcoal.

[@Nickjaegertree]

Idk probably watched a KZbin video...

[@deliastanley3921]

@@Nickjaegertree LOL true.. 😁

[@darrenbroadfoot128]

It's through the practice of making biochar (uncharged)

[@alvaroarenas3233]

I would be interested in knowing how he makes the charcoal

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@corneliusmtarr1984]

Thanks for this video very much, I love your pigs can you sell some of them and if yes what could be the cost of one pair?

[@MrPYACOBY]

Would love to hear about the charcoal. Great video very inspiring.

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@Milquetoast702]

@@TnMtnFarm thanks for this very helpful

[@walidzahran601]

Hi Steven, what is the best animal to replace pigs 🐖 as we can't raise it.

[@holberthomestead9969]

What does he spray on it when it begins to smell? What is it imo 4? Can u explain what that is?

[@saktisaliyeshuha5584]

No smell ? Can pigs be in urban residential area?

[@paulgreene1717]

I'd like to know how he produced the amount of biochar/charcoal he needed.

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@Skashoon]

Yup, Both Cliff & Henry know their pigs. I have the utmost respect for them. Once I have things figured out here, get the infrastructure set-up and the cash in hand, I plan to get my breeders from Cliff. He’s much closer to me. I had Mangalitsa meat at the Self-Reliance festival. Maybe they had a cull pig, because it was not good at all. It was dry and chewy, not flavorful. Billy Bond (PermaPasturesFarm on YT) butchered it and mentioned that it had no fat ring on it. (I don’t recall who provided the pig, and even if I remembered, I’d not mention them.) Being a larder, one would expect to see much more fat. I’m hoping one day to try a good one.

[@TnMtnFarm]

Cliff will have great choices for you. Also, that’s too bad your experience with mangalista was not a good one. There have been stories of people trying to raise them on forages alone, but it won’t produce something good. Maybe that happened, when I had an 18mnth barrow processed, 70% fat. It was delicious.

[@johntexan4165]

Pigs root around. Are the logs really necessary? I would think they would turn the “compost” for you for aeration. Plant in some special treats to encourage their rooting. Do love the slot… why didn’t I think of that? LoL

[@TnMtnFarm]

I tried a pen without the logs, it was a disaster. The logs have to be big and at least 2’ deep to start with.

[@michaoz1002]

So the principle is similar to a compost bedding pack for dairy cows? Plenty of carbon sources and keep it aerated?

[@snafu3045]

great setup ! one question tho, you dont have problems with the rats ?

[@TnMtnFarm]

Great question. 1st winter I put no rat bait out, and yes mice will setup a home in the bottom. When baby pigs are not running around, I put blocks of poison out to control mice.

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

You should sell all those KNF products for people like me who can’t make it.

[@2daughtersfarm]

Buildasoil has some for sale.

[@walkswithducks]

How do you cool them off in the summer? Here in East Texas I have to spray them down several times a day and provide them access to mud.

[@TnMtnFarm]

I have fans, and they have a Waller. And I spray them down

[@henrymiller3654]

How big does Duroc and Mangalitsa cross Pigs get in 6 months old?

[@Tannermo7]

How did you do make your bulk charcoal?

[@andrewmundenandcadfellmast4624]

I love this system 👍🏼👍🏼. I worked on a pig farm for a while as a teenager, the smell was horrendous...and it makes all your clothes, and even your skin stink too...awful

[@henrymiller3654]

Do you have any picture of your pork crops 75% Dour and 25% Mangalista ?

[@surfbuddha5434]

What do you add for the correct microorganism ecosystem?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

IMO3/4 and LABS

[@joanneaschenbach3590]

Would like to see a full process from beginning, charcoal to end

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@sammalit8374]

So how do you inoculate that system with microorganisms? He said he sprayed it. But with what?

[@bernardhaboc4056]

He said it on the video.

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

He sprayed it with Indigenous Micro Organisms. Aka IMO.

[@morganmauldin715]

Any kind of charcoal work?

[@bernardhaboc4056]

Do we apply the LABS and IMO 4 by spraying it ? Or do we add it on there foods or add it on there water ? Thanks.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

All of the above. Spray IMO4 and LABS on the layers as you build the pen. Sprinkle some solid IMO4 as well. When pen is complete just spray when you notice smells building. I add IMO to their food, LABS in water.

[@bernardhaboc4056]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight thank you 😊

[@vladenache9006]

Hey boy i am from Romania and Mangalita is a romanian pig breed

[@buffalopatriot]

I heard the Mangalitsa was from the Carpathian Mountains and was brought to Austria in the 1700’s. I would like to get a few in the future.

[@TransNeingerian]

At 17:59 he says he sprays whenever it starts to smell. What, where, and how much does he spray?

[@TnMtnFarm]

I use LABS. 1 cup to a gallon. Maybe 1 times a month.

[@guerillagrace]

What is the fly population 🪰☀️ like during warm weather with a system like this?

[@TnMtnFarm]

There are very few flies. I’m trying to figure out how to keep them cool with fans instead of Waller. It’s the west spot that has attracted flies, the poop is inert after the microbes do their job, and it doesn’t attract flies.

[@guerillagrace]

@@TnMtnFarm Great work Thank you for sharing 🦠🐽

[@TheWhitetailrancher]

I learned that the smell of pigs in 100% due to the feed they are given. no exceptions. This is from 100% personal experience. NOT you tube videos etc.

[@homesteadinginthegreatoutd7002]

When we fed brewers grains we had no smell. Only when we've fed commercial products - processed feed smells the absolute worst. We haven't found a regular source of the brewers grain since we moved so we're trying to at least get something more natural to see how it works.

[@cevoso]

Does the type of logs matter? Can one use pine,fur or any other type of evergreen type logs? I kind of concerned due to the pine sap possibility being a problem.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I'd prefer hardwoods so that they will last a lot longer in the system.

[@cevoso]

I’m in Washington State and hard wood logs are impossible to get around here. How about apple wood? I believe they are considered a hardwood. I can probably score some through a local farmer. Sometimes Orchard growers uproot their trees to change the variety they are farming.

[@TnMtnFarm]

I would think it’s some of those big fir trees would make a good base

[@David-kd5mf]

I want to see large scale charcoal making process

[@TnMtnFarm]

I dug a pit and set a concrete cattle feed trough in it. Got a brush pile built up around it that took a while, it was 40-50 feet across and 10’ high when I lit 🔥 to it. Then took the front end loader and kept pushing it toward the center to get hot coals all in the bottom of the pile. Add more solid logs to completely cover that, almost like you were trying to smother it out. When those start to have burned enough to be white ash covered, I began spraying with water. Probably 100 gallons over 2-3 hours till the smoke completely stopped. Came back next morning and put another 400-500 gallons on it. Made enough to cover 500sq’ with 6” of charcoal.

[@David-kd5mf]

@@TnMtnFarm ok thanks for taking the time to write that

[@HelenEk7]

Where does he get the micro-organisms that he sprays in the pen?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

You can make them via the LABS process and IMO4 in Korean natural farming, or you can buy lacto bacillus from different companies.

[@nathanwilson905]

How do I Contact Blake about getting some of his feeder pigs?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

On instagram @tnmtnfarm

[@nathanwilson905]

I'm not into Instagram. I'm interested in buying three of his March piglets. Does he have a website? I'm in Scott County Tennessee. Thanks for your help.

[@corneliusmtarr1984]

And another thing I wanted to say is that I'm a Liberian from Liberia live in Liberia, so If you were to agree to them to me how can I get them cause sending the money I know might not be a problem but getting the animals.

[@ulasbolan4528]

What does he get for his feeder pigs

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

He's selling for 150 each.

[@leedza]

What about rats and snakes using the bottom layer as home?

[@lisaalbarras3029]

Pigs eat both rats and snakes, snakes usually steer clear of pigs.

[@lisaalbarras3029]

Also a good farm cat will keep them at bay.

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

What if I used Plastic bottles on top of the charcoal instead of logs? 🤔 ...Only because there's a lot of plastic bottles available and because plastic lasts forever.

[@saktisaliyeshuha5584]

How no smell?

[@safffff1000]

So how is it eating those 50/50 pigs

[@TnMtnFarm]

Amazing!

[@kayallen7603]

But if you don't want to confine pigs?

[@Gordie1450]

Mmm bacon

[@lonestarfishing2649]

Eye brows

[@markhall6462]

X

[@johnvanderslice7966]

What ever happened to your honeybees?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Planning to start up a hive this year

[@gazellecarlson6543]

nice

[@jjime1175]

But the pigs do not have a chance to be pigs, KNF has some good ideas but animals need space and need to forage that is what they do. If you look at the pigs just laying there ask yourself are they having a good life before they are slaughtered?

[@keyworksales6241]

He used his eyebrows for stink free bedding material

[@tolpabili9616]

Bad odor🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@knowyouknow5244]

Mangalița is a Romanian breed not Hungarian !!!

[@ronrhodes8697]

That is a joke

[@Freshiz325]

Awesome video