The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 60

Wang Fumin frowned, apparently not believing that his son could arrange for [-] chickens, his eyes were full of suspicion, and he felt that his son was bragging.

"Dad, what is the maximum density of our free-range chicken coop?"

This problem is basically common sense for the four farmers now. Free-range chicken coops, eating, drinking and laxatives are all in the chicken coop, and the breeding density is about two per square meter. It is more appropriate.

The density of free-range chickens cannot be increased. The main reason is that the chicken manure of free-range chickens is difficult to deal with in time. If the ammonia odor formed cannot be ventilated in time, it will easily lead to chicken poisoning and induce various chicken diseases.

Moreover, not only the chickens will get sick, but the farmers can't stand the ammonia-smelling chicken coop.

The chicken manure of free-range chickens is generally processed after a batch of chickens are raised, so it is difficult to achieve high-density farming in this way.

The only way to achieve high-density breeding is to raise them in cages.

"Needless to say, two chickens per square meter, we have two thousand chicks in one batch, isn't that the reason?"

Wang’s chicken coop covers an area of ​​1000 square meters, so only 2000 chickens can be served each time.

"For free-range chickens, the chicken manure is on the floor of the chicken house, which is not easy to clean up. The wheat straw and wood chips covered on the ground absorb water and ventilate to reduce the pollution of the chicken manure to the chicken house environment. Therefore, free-range chickens generally only guarantee that every square meter The breeding density is 2. But..."

Wang Fumin frowned, then suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his son and asked, "Son, are you planning to go to the cage?"

Wang Shaodong did not do it on a whim, but did a lot of work long ago.These days, he relies on plug-ins to play games, and what he does most online is to contact chicken cage equipment manufacturers from the Internet.

He found a caged chicken house manufacturer that was only 120 miles away from his home on the Internet, and then called them to inquire about the price. 1000 yuan.The other party also introduced to Wang Shaodong that the complete set of equipment includes dung scraping boards, hot-dip galvanized feeders, etc., and if an additional 24000 yuan is added, a set of plumbing and hot air stoves can be installed.After using this set of equipment, the breeding density of a 1-square-meter chicken house can be increased to 1000 chickens per square meter.

In this way, the remaining chicken shed in Wang Shaodong's house can raise 4000 chickens after the equipment is upgraded.According to Wang Shaodong's plan, their family's greenhouse will breed [-] chickens, and then the remaining [-] chicks will be rented from the neighbor's three greenhouses, and each greenhouse will breed more than [-] chickens. Although the density is a bit high, it is not enough to say Impossible to succeed.

It is more risky to raise 5 firewood roosters in a 2-square-meter greenhouse, and the survival rate of chicks is definitely not as good as that of [-]-density breeding.

However, Wang Shaodong knew what the price of chickens would be in a cart five months from now. Now that the prices of chicklings and feed were dropping, the benefits were really insignificant compared to the risks.

Wang Shaodong knew that doing this was not a risk at all, but a steady way to collect money.

The money is on the ground, will Wang Shaodong pick it up?
Looking at Wang Fumin, Wang Shaodong nodded: "Yes, put them in cages, bring manure scrapers and feeders, and it will be much easier for us to raise chickens in the future."

"how much is it?"

Wang Fumin said that the family has 10,000+ money in the bank, and it is okay to use some money to upgrade the chicken coop.

"Our greenhouse costs 1 yuan for the chicken coop alone, and another [-] yuan for a water heating stove."

When Wang Fumin heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked at his son in surprise: "It's so cheap?"

Although everyone knows that cage chicken houses can greatly increase the breeding density, increase the breeding scale and increase the breeding efficiency without increasing the chicken house area.However, if you buy steel bars yourself and find a welder to weld them, you will need at least 10 yuan to build a [-]-square-meter caged chicken coop.With such a high price, it is not easy to recover the investment in a short period of time, so many small family farmers would rather choose free-range farming with more labor and lower breeding density than cage farming.

And if you choose the free-range method, the cocks raised, whether it is combs, legs or feathers, are more beautiful, plump and shiny than chickens raised in cages.The sales of free-range chickens in rural markets are very good, but if chickens are kept in cages, there is no market in rural farmers' markets.

Free-range chickens can be sold in the form of small-scale wholesale and retail sales in farmers' markets, while chickens raised in cages are relatively large-scale, so they can only be sold in large trucks.

This is also the reason why rural family farmers prefer to choose free-range farming instead of cage farming.

However, if the aquaculture industry wants to make a lot of money, it must either take the boutique route or the scale route.

Wang Shaodong decided to take two routes for his farm, to raise free-range chickens in a large shed, drink herbal soup, do a good job of publicity in the future, register products, and sell them at high prices.On the other hand, he also plans to take the scale route, install chicken raising equipment, and expand production on a large scale.

According to Wang Shaodong's long-term plan, there will be a super-large chicken farm in the future where the farm is now, and he is the director of the chicken farm.

Facing his surprised father, Wang Shaodong nodded and said, "That's why it's so cheap. It's mass-produced, with a full set of equipment, low cost, and highly professional. That's why it's so cheap."

Wang Fumin nodded, and then asked: "Son, how did you know that there is such a cheap chicken cage equipment? Is that factory far from our side?"

"I found it on the Internet, and the factory is in Nanmiao County, more than 100 miles away."

Seeing that his father was a little moved, Wang Shaodong hurriedly said: "Dad, I have discussed with the other party, and I will go to the factory to check the equipment the day after tomorrow. If it is suitable, we can buy a set. Then, Uncle Hongzi and I will set a price of [-] yuan." Thousands of chicks will have a place to raise."

"One set of equipment, including the air heater, is only 2... This price is really suitable... If you buy two sets, then there will be a place to raise more than [-] chickens."

Wang Shaodong was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked: "Dad, are you planning to put our two large sheds in cages for chicken coop equipment?"

Wang Shaodong thought to himself, if the two chicken coops became cage chicken coops, then his plan to raise high-quality chickens would be ruined.No, I must persuade my father to give up this idea.

"There are chickens in our chicken coop now, how can we install the equipment? I was thinking, if we can install a set for Uncle Zhentang, then our family can really take the risk and use his [-] chicks. When the time comes, we will rent Uncle Zhentang’s chicken coop, and then Uncle Zhentang will slowly pay back the money for our equipment after making money, he will definitely be happy.”

Wang Shaodong's eyes lit up, this idea is really good, and this matter is not risky at all.

(End of this chapter)