Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 972
Chapter 970 Three Hearts of Public Welfare

"The female blue peacock lays about forty eggs a year, and the hatching rate is about 80.00% under artificial conditions; while the female green peacock lays only about eight eggs in the wild, and it can occasionally reach two in artificial breeding. Ten, and even in the state of artificial incubation, a brood of green peacock eggs can only hatch at most two to three small peacocks a year."

"With such a low hatch rate and high requirements for the living environment, the hatched peacocks may not survive. So breeding is quite difficult."

Li Junge asked: "Then why do you want to raise it in our Lijiagou?"

Chen Yiyan said: "my country's green peacocks mainly live in Yunnan Province, and they mainly inhabit tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed forests below 2000 meters above sea level. and open areas in the forest, and don't like too dense tropical rainforest."

"Where does this terrain look like?"

Li Junge suddenly realized: "Then it must be my Lijiagou!"

Chen Yiyan smiled and said: "Exactly! Another problem is that the hatching rate is too low. The hatching rate of crested ibises is also very low outside. But in Lijiagou, even the hatching rate in the wild is quite good, so we are thinking , Is the green peacock also acceptable?"

Li Junge said: "Yes, yes, the hatching rate of crested ibises is quite high in Lijiagou. We always have to shoot if there are dates or not."

Academician Qu said: "It's imminent. We have no choice but to protect and study."

Chen Yiyan introduced: "The green peacock is the largest pheasant bird, weighing more than ten kilograms, which is the same weight as a red-crowned crane. In addition to their beautiful feathers, they are easy to be hunted."

"Although the green peacock is listed as a first-level national key protected animal in China's Wildlife Protection Law, hunting and hunting is strictly prohibited, but in remote mountainous areas with inconvenient transportation, poaching is still an illegal activity that is difficult to control."

"The English name of this thing is 'Peafowl', which means you should understand that it is a chicken that eats peas. This name can also describe one of its major habits."

Li Junge said: "That's over, especially when planting, it's a disaster!"

Chen Yiyan nodded and said, "As soon as you say it, you'll understand, it's the old way of growing food on the slopes of Lijiagou to deal with squirrels!"

"Some green peacocks that live near cultivated land often flock to the cultivated land to forage, causing damage to crops. To protect their crops, farmers soak the seeds in pesticides before sowing. This practice often kills whole groups of green peacocks. "

Li Junge couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead: "I knew it would be like this! Like the crested ibis, it's a pot of pesticides."

Academician Qu shook his head and said, "I just received a notification from the International Union for Conservation of Nature that from next year, the green peacock will be included in the Red List of Endangered Species."

"After so many years of protection, there has been no improvement. And with habitat loss, fragmentation and population decline, their situation is getting worse and worse."

"Now it seems that it may still be an environmental problem. The hatching rate of crested ibises in Lijiagou is quite high, which has attracted our attention."

"So for the green peacocks that are more adapted to the climate and ecology here, we feel that ex situ conservation in Lijiagou may be their last hope."

The words themselves were extremely pessimistic, and Li Junge couldn't help asking: "How many of these things are there?"

Chen Yiyan said: "The green peacocks in Bangladesh, India, and Malaysia have been confirmed to be extinct. The number in the world is still unclear, but in my country, there are less than [-]."

Li Junge was shocked: "Damn! There are more than two thousand pandas, right?"

Chen Yiyan said: "Yes, so the green peacocks in Yunnan Province are actually much rarer than pandas."

Li Junge said: "Then it's no problem. Let's let the green peacocks destroy it here. It's better to have a hundred of them. We can make up for it from tourists!"

Academician Qu couldn't help but get angry: "You are so beautiful! Let's talk about raising these ten first!"

Li Junge is not in a good mood yet, you want to bring me a few more, I can still find opportunities to cheat, if the number is too small, I can only watch it slowly, just like Lin musk deer, it will have to go to the year of the monkey .

But there was no reason for this matter, so Li Junge could only say: "That's fine, then let's send the peacock to the poultry farm. This matter must be done quickly, and the mating period is coming soon."

"This thing probably has the same habits as chickens. Raising chickens is not a joke. I, Lijiagou, are definitely good at it!"

Chen Yiyan smiled at Academician Qu: "Old Qu, you said that Erpi is a half-expert. I believe it now. He has a good understanding of the habits of pheasant birds."

The three got on the battery car and drove towards Wangyougu Poultry Farm.

The green peacock had already been sent to the poultry farm, Wang Hongguang was already waiting at the door, and Miao Wa, who Li Junge came to meet nine times out of ten times.

These green peacocks were probably also artificially bred, and they were no strangers to the poultry farm environment. Two males and eight females were divided into two groups, and they were raised in two poultry pens.

Of course, in order to prevent flying away, the flight feathers are trimmed, and for the convenience of transportation, the tail feathers of the male peacock are also processed.

Chen Yiyan didn't bother to check the state of the peacocks, and was startled by the rare birds in the poultry farm: "This...so many white pheasants? No, some of them are white-eared pheasants...ha, there are golden pheasants, pheasants...etc, The group that ran past just now...is that...is that the black-necked pheasant?"

Li Junge was triumphant: "How is it? We raised this well, right? Next, we plan to build a rare bird island so that everyone can focus on watching these birds."

Chen Yiyan said: "Not bad, not bad, alas, it's not only good, hahaha, this is simply a sacred place for my research..."

Academician Qu said: "Come on...Xiao Chen, haven't you noticed that the density of birds in the poultry farm is too high?"

Li Junge said: "We plan to divide half of the birds from here after the spawning period this year and return them to the protected area. Half of the remaining ones will go to Rare Bird Island, and the other half will continue to breed here."

Academician Qu smiled and said: "It seems that you have all considered it very well, very good, now I have more confidence in the reproduction of the green peacock. Are Miao Wa and this person in charge here?"

Li Junge said with a smile: "This is the person in charge of our poultry farm, Wang Hongguang, who is mainly in charge of the production of our local traditional fine breed - small-footed black-bone chicken."

"After several years of selective breeding, we have transformed the small-footed black-bone chicken from a pure broiler chicken to a dual-purpose breed for meat and eggs. Now our small-footed black-bone chicken is also a very popular product."

"As for Miao Wa, he is purely a hobbyist, the kind who brings his own lunch box to help when he has nothing to do."

Academician Qu was very happy: "You, an agricultural enterprise, are able to select and breed good seeds, which is to share the tasks of scientific researchers. There are also people like Miao Wa who really love wild animals, which is rare, very rare."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help feeling emotional: "In the work of agricultural selection and breeding, sometimes it is not enough to talk about science, but also to talk about luck, such as the crested ibis. Your Lijiagou is really a treasured place of geomantic omen."

After finishing speaking, he patted Li Junge on the shoulder: "I didn't say Piwa, if these ten green peacocks are successfully bred, I will have the cheek to ask Yunnan Province, and I will give you fifty more!"

After finishing speaking, he said angrily: "How good is it that you all have such awareness? Several local governments regard this as a burden on them, thinking that it has affected their economic development, and they are obedient to us. It is simply...it is..."

Li Junge said with a smile: "There are different situations in different places. You can't say that other places are dead in one sentence. In places where it is difficult to eat, it is unreasonable for you to say that the birds should be protected from spraying pesticides."

"However, for me in Lijiagou, [-] peacocks are indeed not enough to be placed in Bifeng Mountain. Moreover, the income generated is not comparable to the little grain that is wasted every year!"

"Because we have tourists. Take the fifteen crested ibises as an example. This year, we have attracted hundreds of foreign tourists. Their daily consumption in Lijiagou is enough to keep those crested ibises for a year!"

Academician Qu was very happy: "I heard that you have also discovered the spotted softshell turtle here? The scientific researchers have to accept your sympathy for this matter. If a species is extinct due to our own negligence, it would be a great crime. Let's go and have a look."

Li Junge led the way, and smiled as he walked: "That guy takes the title of a rare zombie species. It's not as good-looking as the crested ibis, but I have a happy event in Lijiagou in the past few days-the two pregnant women last year. The finless porpoise is about to give birth. It's a coincidence that you came here."

Academician Qu waved his hands and said: "There is a specialization in surgery, I can't do that, I have to be Lao Meng, but I support you spiritually! Just watch and don't interfere!"

Li Junge said with a smile: "Director Meng is very relieved of us. This year we will only work under the guidance of German cetologists. Next year, we will have our own finless porpoise research team."

Academician Qu said: "This old Meng... Forget it, I will go to watch it when the time comes, and if it doesn't work, I will know something... Are the two finless porpoises giving birth for the first time? The most important thing is to arouse their motherhood. I heard that finless porpoises have a high rate of abandonment, and there are no reports of successful artificial breeding of abandoned porpoises in the world.”

Li Junge gave Academician Qu a thumbs up: "Men Qing still says you don't understand, you are here to make us feel poor!"

In the next two days, under the leadership of Weiwei and Li Junge, Academician Qu learned about the group's wild animal breeding in detail. From the frog farm of Grandpa Yu, to the musk deer farm of Uncle Mumu, he listened to Weiwei's work report on the protected area The focus is on Bawangxiu's investigation report, and he feels very satisfied.

Academician Qu patted Li Junge's hand: "From amphibians, fish, birds, to mammals, your conservation work has achieved three-dimensional and large-scale."

"Scientific research funds are sufficient, scientific research facilities are complete, scientific research strength is strong, cooperative relations are internationalized, and industry-university-research cooperation is a win-win situation."

"Thus, although the Shushan Nature Reserve was established the latest, its mode of operation is at the forefront of all protected areas in China!"

(End of this chapter)