Chapter 64: Poor Natives

Freeman's old face was full of smiles. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Boss, can I stay on the farm, I don't have a place to live yet." ”

"Absolutely."

Hearing that he didn't have a place to live, Zhang Yun was a little strange, but he was relieved to think that he was an indigenous.

The aborigines of Australia are probably the most miserable people, even more miserable than the Indians.

On January 1, 1901, the colonial areas of Australia were changed to Australian states and the Commonwealth of Australia was established, which was regarded as independence from Britain and became a formal country.

That's a great thing, but it has nothing to do with the Aboriginal people, because Australia excludes the Aboriginal people from the census. To classify them as "animal groups" means to treat them as inappropriate.

Subsequently, a policy was even adopted to provide for the removal of mixed-race indigenous children from indigenous families and their concentration in nurseries, etc., on the grounds of improving the lives of indigenous children.

And in order to ensure the smooth implementation of this measure, there is an official policy of assimilating the mestizo natives by force.

Well, that means that white people can take children from indigenous families at any time, and if they don't agree, they will be served, and if something goes wrong, the government will back it.

What a pitiful thing for the indigenous people.

Later, in order to fight for the rights of the Aboriginal people themselves, an organization called the "Federal Aboriginal Progress Council" was established in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, Australia.

Listen to the "Federal Council for Indigenous Progress", it looks good, but what about the name. What is called the federal natives, they don't even have their own national names.

Interestingly, of the 12 delegates at the time, only three were indigenous, the rest were white.

However, it was not until 1967 that Australia announced the abolition of Article 127 of the Constitution "in the calculation of the federal population...... "Aboriginal people shall not be counted" in the calculation of the federal population, and granted citizenship to Aboriginal people.

However, the decree that allowed the authorities to take away indigenous children has not been repealed.

Even after all these years of struggle, the life of the indigenous people is much better, but it is relative, far worse than that of the white people. Freeman's request to live on the farm is understandable.

Let him go back and prepare to come to work tomorrow, Zhang Yun began to wander around the farm. Listening to countless parrots chirping in his ears and watching them fly freely, Zhang Yun was in a happy mood.

Enter the breeding house where macaws are bred to see that these expensive macaws are different from gray parrots.

Gray parrots, Zhang Yun uses the kind of large breeding cages, with more than a dozen cages in one room. Macaws are stocked directly in the room. Each room has a space of dozens of square meters, and there are five pairs of macaws flying freely in it. It is a free pairing.

Zhang Yun entered the room of the multicolored macaw. Seeing him come in, all ten multicolored macaws flew up to him and whispered to him.

Another one even flew directly to his shoulder and rubbed his head against Zhang Yun affectionately. Seems to enjoy being with him very much.

This looks good, but it's actually a very dangerous move. The parrot's pecking is so powerful that it stands on its shoulders and is in danger of being forced to undergo plastic surgery.

It doesn't have to be a wild parrot to bite, it's also a hand-raised mature parrot.

Because at the same time, it is also a sign of closeness to the parrot. They'll help you comb your feathers – your hair, your clutter – rings, earrings, and even your moles.

What may be gentle grooming for a companion is a bloody injury for a person.

Zhang Yun has the skill of controlling beasts, and the courage of a master of art dares to do this. For others, there is a high possibility of a facelift.

Play with it for a while, take it off your shoulder and let it stand on your hand.

Walking to the monk's parrot's house, Zhang Yun heard the cry inside and felt that it was time to prepare for breeding.

He bought so many parrots just to breed and make money. Let little Jack bring some vegetables over to town tomorrow and feed them to the parrots. Now the vegetables in the vegetable garden are not ripe, so I have to buy some in the town and top them first.

This is preparation for reproduction. The time when parrots breed is usually the beginning of spring. At this time, everything is revived, plants are starting to sprout, and birds have plenty of food.

Fresh green vegetables, which usually only appear in the spring in the wild, are often seen by parrots as the beginning of breeding. Feeding fresh green vegetables stimulates their desire to reproduce.

At the same time, Zhang Yun instructed that starting tomorrow, let him turn on the shower in the breeding room for an hour every day.

The showers are only available in the breeding houses of large parrots, which were installed when they were built in the past. Water is drawn directly from the mountain stream, and when the weather warms up, the shower is turned on, and water flows from it. Parrots can bathe underneath.

At the same time, it is also to imitate rainy days, and the increase in rainfall is also a sign of spring, which can stimulate the desire of parrots to reproduce.

Of course, this trick does not work for American grey parrots, as they breed during the dry season. Turning on the shower every day is prone to problems.

Zhang Yun spent the whole afternoon at the farm, teasing the parrots.

The next day, Freeman came with his luggage, and Zhang Yun found a room for him to stay. Then ask him what else he needs.

"Medicine, we also need some standing medicines. and cabinets for medicines. I can help with this, I used to know the person from the pharmacy when I was working in the pet store, I can go to him. ”

Zhang Yun agreed, let him go by himself. This trust brought Freeman to tears, and his former boss didn't even take him seriously. There is a lot of profit margin in the purchase of drugs, and I don't know how much commission I can get if I do it a little bit. Never let him go, to guard against him more than against thieves.

As for the medicine cabinet, Zhang Yun said that he could make it himself. He helped people make medicine cabinets in his hometown, and he was familiar with this car. He searched the medicine cabinet and asked Freeman to see if it worked, but Freeman was confused and said he didn't know.

"Boss, isn't the medicine cabinet that kind of shelf, what is it and how to use it?"

"You don't want to put those herbs, each box in here can hold two or three kinds of medicines, and then label the name from the outside, how appropriate."

Zhang Yun was triumphant, he searched for the old-fashioned medicine cabinet used in traditional Chinese medicine stores in the past. Each cabinet has dozens of small drawers, which are separated by wooden boards. Each small drawer can hold two or three kinds of herbs.

This kind of medicine cabinet has been around for a long time, has been in use for thousands of years, and has been tested by thousands of years of history. Don't be stunned by these Australian turtles.

When he explained, Freeman was dizzy, and he arched his hands and said in an admiring tone, "Boss, I'm the one that I use to place the medicine, the big bottle." You're sure it's appropriate. ”

Hahaha, Zhang Yun scratched his head, embarrassed. He also thought that Freeman was using herbal medicine, who thought that he was using Western medicine.

In that case, he asked little Jack to take Freeman to buy medicine, and he took the three of Craigie to clean up two rooms, one for the pharmacy and the other for the side dishes.

If you just feed a parrot, it's very simple, just take care of it so that it doesn't get sick, and the food you feed will keep them alive as long as it provides the most basic needs.

But reproduction is different, and reproduction is a very harmful thing. Just like a woman who is pregnant, her family will take good care of her and buy all kinds of supplements to take for fear of problems.

The same is true of parrots, if not more. Large parrots breed better, they only breed once or twice a year and have plenty of time to rest.

Unlike small parrots, they breed endlessly, and once they reach the age of breeding, they will lay eggs to breed when they have another place.

And many times, before the baby parrot grows up to nest, it will continue to breed. Litter after litter.

In the long run, it will cause great harm to the body, and ordinary nutrition is better, especially those trace elements, which are seriously lacking and must be artificially supplemented.

These things can be added to fruits and vegetables, so that there is a place for side dishes. Chop all kinds of vegetables and fruits, mix various trace elements, and then give them to parrots. to replace missing nutrients.