The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 185 Three-Hole Chicken Hatchery

In Li Hong's house, on the one hand, Wang Shaodong followed Li Hong to learn the experience of raising laying hens;

If we get Li Hong to Songbai Mountain, then all the problems about raising chickens will be solved easily.

However, Wang Shaodong saw that Li Hong’s family still had an old mother in her 70s. Although she was still in good health and did not live with Li Hong, but because Li Hong’s brother was his own, he had no intention of going to other places to work. idea.

On the third day in Sidian Town, Li Hong took time out and borrowed a van to take Wang Shaodong to Sankong City to have a look.

In his previous life, Wang Shaodong had been to Sankong City, and he was surprised by the abnormally low prices around Sankong Normal University.

In 2007, Wang Shaodong went to the Galaxy Group in Zoucheng to play with his classmates, and then the two made an appointment to go to Sankong for a visit.Sankong is the hometown of Confucius, and the Confucian Mansion in Sankong City is also a place that has been valued by all dynasties. It is also a very famous tourist attraction now.

The two of them had a meal at a roadside restaurant in a small alley next to Sankong Normal University. They ordered four dishes and one person drank two bottles of beer. They finally settled the accounts and were shocked. The total cost was only 15 yuan.A bottle of beer costs one yuan and five yuan, then a plate of vegetables without meat costs two yuan, and a plate with meat costs three yuan.

After the meal, Wang Shaodong and his classmates took a rickshaw to visit the Confucian mansion. After walking a short distance, the other party only asked for two yuan.

The whole city is immersed in an antique charm, and the slow pace of life seems to be the blood of the calm Confucian scholars in ancient times.

The three-hole trip in the previous life was a bit clever, so Wang Shaodong walked around the Confucian mansion and hurried back home.And as for the Confucius Forest and the Confucius Temple, there is no chance to visit it.

This time Li Hong brought Wang Shaodong here, and bought a three-hole package directly, intending to visit all three places.

Confucius is a descendant of merchants, who propagated the rituals of Zhou all his life, and finally became a sage advertised by the past dynasties, and then was overthrown by crazy criticism in modern times, but now he is suddenly resurrected, which really makes people feel incredible.

Li Hong accompanied Wang Shaodong, and the work of taking care of the children, the chickens in the chicken coop, and Li Qing all fell on Li Hong's wife.

Li Hong's first child is a daughter, according to the policy he can have a second child.

The memory of Wang Shaodong's previous life is very clear. Li Hong's first daughter, Li Qing, was 12 years younger than him, and his second daughter, Li Xue, was 20 years younger than him.By next year, that is, in 2004, Wang Shaodong will be 20 years old, and then Li Hong's youngest daughter should also be born.Based on this calculation, Li Hong's wife should also be pregnant soon.

After walking around Sankong, it was only about four o'clock in the afternoon, and then Wang Shaodong discussed with Li Hong that he wanted to go to the chick hatchery to have a look, and he wanted to get [-] laying hens first.

Wang Shaodong heard from Li Hong that there was a new batch of breeders in the hatchery, called Nongda No. 40.This is a domestically bred breed with an egg production capacity of about [-] catties. It is a very good breed of laying hens.

Wang Shaodong didn't have many memories of laying hens and the breeds of laying hens in his previous life, so he just listened to Li Hong.

In 2003, although the technology had been highly developed and the chick hatching technology was already advanced, looking at the entire Luzhong City, there was not even a decent hatchery.

Of course, it does not mean that there are no chicken hatcheries in Luzhong City, but that the chicken hatcheries in Luzhong City are very backward.

Large-scale chicken hatcheries have already started using constant temperature incubators to incubate chicks. Then in 2003, there was another farmer in Fangjiazhuang Village, Dazhai Township, who used traditional kerosene lamp incubators to incubate chicks. .

Farmers in Fangjiazhuang incubate local grass chickens. This breed has no breeding advantages. Generally, roosters can only grow to about four catties, while hens grow to a little over two catties. About ten catties.Moreover, the individual weight of grass eggs is also very small, which is much worse than that of bred varieties.

Wang Shaodong and Li Hong came to the chick hatchery and asked if there were any chicks hatched at the No. [-] Agricultural University.The sales staff of the hatchery told them that a batch of chicks hatched the day after tomorrow.

The hatching time of chicken chicks is 21 days. The people in Luzhong City have a curse saying, "You are an egg that doesn't hatch for 21 days", which translates to "You are a bad guy".If the egg hatches for 21 days and no chick comes out of the shell, then the egg will be broken and become a "bad egg".

Among them, the chicks hatched in the first half of the 20th day are particularly strong, and the chicks hatched in the 21st and a half days are weak chickens.

Then from the 22nd day, if there are no eggs hatched from the incubator, it needs to be disposed of.Under normal circumstances, these eggs that have not hatched into chicks, after the shell is opened, there are some chicks with hair inside, but the chicks are not well developed because the nutrition of the eggs themselves is not enough, and they have no strength to peck. Open that thin shell.Most of the chicks that are peeled from the eggs will not survive, and only a very small number of chicks can survive.

For this kind of egg with hairs inside after opening, it is commonly known as hairy eggs. In fact, if it is fried, it tastes pretty good.However, some people find this kind of food disgusting and refuse to eat it.

Since a batch of Agricultural University No. [-] will be hatched soon, Wang Shaodong decided to stay at Li Hong's house for another two days.

Li Hong and his wife are also very happy about the extra Wang Shaodong out of thin air.In Li Hong's house, Wang Shaodong was not idle, he helped with this and that, and he was also an expert inside and outside the chicken coop, and he was able to do a lot of work.Li Hong and his wife were naturally very happy to have such a capable helper all of a sudden.

And Wang Shaodong is also very satisfied with Li Hong and his wife. They serve good wine and good food, and can learn a lot of experience in raising laying hens. Of course, he feels very satisfied with this kind of free learning.

Two days later in the blink of an eye, Li Hong called the hatchery, who said that the chicks had started to be sold.

After the chicks hatch, they must be vaccinated against Marek's within 24 hours, and then they can be sold in boxes.

Wang Shaodong knew that the chicks that hatched first were the strongest, so he and Li Hong came to the hatchery early to grab the chicks.

In May 2003, as the egg market was optimistic, the price of laying hens and chicks also rose all the way, and more and more people wanted to raise laying hens.

Fortunately, Wang Shaodong only needed [-] chickens, and Li Hong was familiar with the hatchery, so Wang Shaodong bought [-] chicks at a price of [-] yuan each.There were boxes on this side, and Li Hong contacted the box cargo that was responsible for transporting chicklings on the other side.

In this way, when he came, Wang Shaodong came to Li Hong's house with a big schoolbag on his back, and when he left, he went home with five hundred chicks.

(End of this chapter)