The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 84
The 2000 roosters in the free-range chicken house have settled the matter of raising chickens, and the problem of sales has been solved. The rest is to raise chickens well.

As for the 2 chickens that will be served later, Wang Shaodong is very clear in his heart that as soon as the cart leaves at the end of the year, the whole family will be happy.

It is very important to raise chickens well. The problems that did not occur in Wang's chicken farm in the previous life have occurred now.

For example, the salt poisoning incident that occurred a few days ago was something I had never encountered in my previous life.

Properly adding some salt to the chicken feed can promote the metabolism of chickens and accelerate growth, but if it is excessive, it will lead to metabolic disorders, and even serious direct poisoning and death.

Since the salt poisoning incident, Wang Fumin has been more careful when mixing ingredients, and strictly controlled the dosage when adding something.

The situation in the live chicken market has become panic because of the over-publicity of bird flu by the media, especially in big cities, the number of people buying live chickens in the live chicken market has dropped by more than half.

The lower the price, the fewer people buy; the fewer people buy, the lower the price.Such a vicious circle makes chicken farmers feel that this cold winter of raising chickens seems to be impossible to survive.

Farmers are like this. Small-scale farmers lack management experience, breeding experience, risk-taking ability, and market research ability. If they want to make money, they can only rely on the sky.If you are lucky, you will make a fortune if you catch up with the good market. If you are unlucky, you will lose money from time to time.

There are three major risks for farmers: the first is the risk of breeding, catching up with bird flu, Newcastle disease, etc., no one will stay, and how much you invest will accompany you; the second is market risk, the market fluctuates, and there are good times and bad times Sometimes, not only the price of live chickens fluctuates, but also the price of feed and chicken medicine, which poses risks to farmers; the third is physical risk, the environment of the chicken house is not good, and the physical harm to farmers is obvious Yes, and the first two weeks of chick placement are particularly hard, which is a certain test for the farmers' health. If the body is exhausted because of raising chickens, then the meaning of raising chickens will be lost at all.

Wang Shaodong is different from other farmers. He has more than ten years of memories about chicken raising and the live chicken market. Combining these memories makes it very convenient for him to raise chickens.At the same time, the chicken farming experience I heard from my father 15 years ago is more than enough now.Also, because of the previous two guarantees, Wang Shaodong has a very good mentality in raising chickens. Once this person's mentality is improved, no matter what he does, the chance of getting sick will be small.

Another important point is that Wang Shaodong had been in sales for ten years in his previous life, so he didn't worry about selling things.

In this way, Ma Zhentang and He Jiaxiang, two chicken farmers, have seen the market price of live chickens fall again and again since the beginning of winter, and their enthusiasm for raising chickens is not as good as before.

He Jiaqing was in a better mood, but he also felt that their batch of chickens would definitely lose money.

Wang Shaodong remembered clearly that the price of live chickens started to rise suddenly on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.Before that, the price of live chickens in the market had been around four yuan.As for the price of large carts and chickens, because the market is sluggish, it is repeatedly suppressed, and the price is only two yuan more than one catty.

The total investment of 2000 chickens is about 3 yuan when they are raised for four and a half months. The average growth is about five catties, and the total weight can reach about [-] catties.

Retailing for four yuan a catty seems to make money, but the retail sales of chickens in the market are very slow. If they are not wholesaled to chicken dealers, they will sell 30 chickens a day, and it will take a total of 2 months to sell them all.And if it is wholesaled to chicken dealers, it will sell more than 100 chickens a day, but the price will be reduced by one yuan.At the same time, within two months, another 2 yuan in feed costs will be added.Fortunately, the cost of feed is high, and the weight of the chicken will also increase.Once the two are offset, if you go to the market for retail sales, you will basically not lose money.

Therefore, seeing that the price of live chickens in large carts did not increase, Ma Zhentang, when meeting and chatting with Wang Fumin, said that the chickens they were raising free-range now seemed to be sold to the market. Only by selling can you not lose money.

The chickens raised by themselves do not lose money, and He Jiaqing and He Jiaxiang help the Wang family raise chickens. At the end of the year, they can get 4000 yuan of hard-earned money and have a good year.

As for Ma Zhentang, because he got such a cheap whole set of equipment for raising chickens in cages, he should be happy even if he lost the money for a batch of chickens.

However, there is also a big risk in selling in the market, that is, the chickens in the market are mixed, and chicken diseases will be transmitted to each other. trouble.

Wang Fumin did not tell Ma Zhentang that his son had signed an old chicken recycling contract with the fried chicken shop over there, because he told others about it, and the mentality of others was a little unbalanced.

Wang Shaodong told his father, and now everyone takes it for granted that the chicken they are serving now will lose money, and then they sympathize with each other and encourage each other.And if one day everyone finds out in advance that Wang's chickens will not only not lose money, but also make a lot of money, then they will be jealous.

You know, the other three chicken farmers are still helping the Wang family raise chickens. If they start to be jealous of the Wang family, the chickens that help the Wang family will fall into the hands of the stepmother, and they will suffer.

When it was time for the Wang family's chickens to be slaughtered, Ma Zhentang persuaded the Wang family to go to the market to sell the chickens, and then Wang Fumin said to wait and see.

Moreover, Wang Fumin really doesn't have much time to sell chickens.He still has [-] chickens on the farm, and it takes a long time to add this feed every day.

After 500 chickens are raised for three months, they will eat nearly a ton of feed a day, which costs more than 4000 yuan.By the time of five months, the daily feed consumption is two and a half tons, which is close to [-] yuan.

The Wang family’s feed is stored at home, and Wang Fumin and Wang Shaodong, father and son, push it to the other three chicken farmers with a small cart every day when feeding.

Everyone was terrified when they saw the money the Wang family invested every day.

Breeding is high-risk, but also high-return. If you bet right, you will make a lot of money. If you lose the bet, you will lose everything.

The chickens of Wang Fumin's family did not make any movement when they were ready for slaughter, and then nearly a month later, the chickens of Ma Zhentang's family also arrived at the time of slaughter.

Ma Zhentang didn't choose to take the chickens in a big cart, but started riding a motorcycle with a large pan filled with chickens in the back, and then went to the township market to sell chickens every day.

Ma Zhentang went to sell chickens, and the Wang family was even busier.You know, there are [-] chickens from the Wang family in the chicken coop of Ma Zhentang's family.

Although it is said that a contract has been signed with Ma Zhentang, it is really difficult because the chickens of Ma Zhentang's family are going to be sold now, so Wang Fumin also expressed his understanding for Ma Zhentang, saying that the chickens of Wang's family in their chicken coop also come from Wang's family. A piece of help to take care of.

After another two weeks, the chickens that He Jiaqing and He Jiaxiang's family had sold at the beginning were ready for slaughter, and then the two of them also followed Ma Zhentang's example and began to go to the market to sell chickens.

In this way, during the day, Ma Zhentang, He Jiaqing and He Jiaxiang would go to the market to sell chickens, and almost all the chickens in the house fell on the heads of their three daughter-in-laws and Wang Shaodong's family.

The price of live chickens has not improved day by day, and then it has been until the twelfth lunar month, and there are not many chickens in everyone's hands, and then suddenly found that the price of live chickens has started to rise!

Winter is over, and spring is coming!
(End of this chapter)