"Xiao Luo, my son opened his own farm, specializing in hatching chicken and duck seedlings, if you want to buy chicken and duck seedlings, uncle can introduce you to the past, rest assured, they are definitely good chicken and duck seedlings, uncle can let him give you a preferential price." Boss Li patted his chest and promised.

Luo Tong happened to be dozing when someone handed her a pillow, and she was overjoyed when she heard this: "Really? Uncle Li? Look at my thirty-acre orchard, how many chickens are appropriate?"

Boss Li smiled and narrowed his eyes, "I see that your orchard is very large, generally I don't recommend raising chickens in the orchard, because fruit trees are generally short, chickens will peck at the leaves and fruits of fruit trees, and it is generally recommended to raise some geese and ducks in the orchard." ”

Boss Li said very seriously, although he wanted to make an order for his son, but he couldn't be untrustworthy because of this. Seeing that Luo Tong's face showed some regret, Boss Li hurriedly said: "In fact, it is okay if you raise less in the orchard, generally raising ducks and geese is 1000-1500 per acre, but you can't raise so many chickens." ”

As soon as Luo Tong heard that he could raise chickens, he was relieved, as long as he raised less, it was still okay. "Uncle Li, according to what you say, how many can you raise in the orchard at most? I don't want more, I plan to raise fewer geese, and more chickens. ”

"This," Boss Li hesitated, "Actually, I don't know much about the specifics, or Xiaoluo, you can go to my son's farm to take a look?" ”

Luo Tong readily agreed to Boss Li's proposal, and the two went to Boss Li's son's farm together. The farm is also in the suburbs, just over half an hour's drive from Shimizu Village.

It occupies a fairly large area, and Luo Tong heard the cries of the seedlings outside, and the chirping was so lively. On the way, Boss Li had already called his son and told him about Luo Tong's situation, so he didn't have any surprises about Luo Tong's arrival.

Boss Li's son's name is Li Wentao, about thirty years old, and he is also of medium stature, and he looks about the same height as Luo Tong. According to Boss Li, his son used to study animal husbandry, and later came back to set up the farm himself.

Li Wentao led Luo Tong around the farm, and there are many varieties of chicken seedlings, but it is still the stage of chicken seedlings, and Luo Tong can't see it, and feels that they almost all look the same, tender yellow, and fluffy.

Listening to Li Wentao, chickens can be roughly divided into five categories, meat, eggs, meat and eggs, food and medicine, and ornamental fighting cocks.

However, Li Wentao's farm does not have chicken seedlings for fighting cocks, because the number of authentic Chinese fighting cocks is not very large, and the stock in southwest Shandong is less than 60,000 birds, and the number of purebred fighting cocks is even less.

However, Luo Tong is not very interested in cockfighting, and in her opinion, cockfighting is a very cruel activity.

Almost all parts of the world have a tradition of cockfighting, which takes advantage of the aggressive characteristics of chickens in estrus to compete in competitions. Cockfighting is a popular game in ancient China. It was first developed by the Thai people in Baiyue.

When two fierce roosters are placed together, they will peck each other fiercely and slash their opponents with distance. If two chickens are tired after fighting each other for a long time, they should be sprayed with water to wake them up and reinvigorate them and return to the fight until one of the roosters is defeated.

The scene of the cockfight is quite intense, the two chickens fight inseparably, the momentum is incompatible, after the fight the cockscomb bleeds, crying weakly.

Han Yu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, once used a poem to describe the scene of cockfighting: "The sound of cracking blood and losing the sound of screaming, pecking Yin is very hungry, and he is frightened by what he is, and he is clever with his whirlwind." ”

Meng Jiao also wrote a poem about cockfighting: "The claws are deep and difficult to understand, and I am not lazy when I am angry." A squirt and wake up, and make persistent efforts. ”

"Tao'an Dream Memories" said, "After reading the history of barnyard for more than a day, it is said that Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was born in the month of Younian, and he was good at fighting cocks and died in his country." Yu Yiyou was born in the month of Younian and stopped. ”

Meng Jiao wrote a poem about cockfighting: "The claws are deep and difficult to understand, and I am not lazy when I am angry." A squirt and wake up, and make persistent efforts. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, cockfighting was a very popular sport, not only among the people, but also among the royal family and nobles. Princes and nobles not only have to compete for money and power, but sometimes they have to rely on chickens to fight for their voices, and even royal conflicts are often caused by cockfighting.

The topic was far away, and after looking at it in the chicken seedling area, Luo Tong listened to Li Wentao's introduction and decided on the breed of chicken. They are three kinds of Xianju chicken, palace yellow chicken, and black-bone chicken.

When he was about to walk out of the chick area, Luo Tong saw a worker holding a chick in his hand, and it seemed that he was going to throw it away. The chicken was about half the size of a man's palm, and its color was not the usual tender yellow, but a little blue-black.

The chicken chirped, and Luo Tong was stunned to hear a trace of despair. Somehow, she felt uncomfortable. "Boss Li, don't you want this chicken cub?" Luo Tong asked, pointing at the chicken cub.

In order to distinguish, Luo Tong called his father Uncle Li and Li Wentao as Boss Li.

Li Wentao glanced at it and said unconcernedly: "Yes, this chicken cub is not very healthy when it comes out of the shell, it is better to eliminate it early, so as to save more energy." ”

Luo Tong hesitated: "Boss Li, can you give me this chicken cub?"

"Okay, Xiao Luo, if you want, you can take it back directly. Li Wentao didn't care, as early as when he talked about the chicken, the worker was very clever and stood aside with the chicken.

After hearing that Luo Tong wanted this chicken cub, he had the foresight to find a small box, which was also padded with cotton wool, and then put the little chicken cub in it. Luo Tong held the small box and personally delivered it to the Land Rover.

Later, he visited his farm with Li Wentao, and after Li Wentao's introduction, Luo Tong finally decided to stock 500 chicken seedlings per acre in the orchard. Because the orchard is very large and duck and goose seedlings are stocked, Luo Tong decided to divide the orchard area.

Luo Tong plans to raise fifteen acres of chicken seedlings, ten acres of duck seedlings, and five acres of goose seedlings is enough. Because geese eat a lot, if they all raise geese, Luo Tong feels that the cost is too high, and it is too single.

There are several main reasons why Luo Tong chose to raise Xianju chicken, palace yellow chicken and black-bone chicken. First of all, Xianju chicken is the most common breed of small chickens in their province, it is a famous laying hen, and the annual egg production is similar to that of Laihang chicken, about 188~211.

Moreover, Xianju chickens have a lively temperament and strong foraging ability, which is especially suitable for free-range breeding. Moreover, although Xianju chicken belongs to laying hens, the meat production performance is not its strength, but its slaughter rate, meat quality, and meat taste are still good.