"My thoughts, I think you understand Hanks, I'm just worried about whether the facilities of the ranch are enough, and after the expansion, the existing cowboys and sheepdogs are enough, and do you have any suggestions about how many types of animals are added?" Shi Lei asked Hanks sincerely.

Shi Lei still thinks that professional questions should still be asked to professionals, although he is also half a professional, but after all, he has not engaged in large-scale breeding, and his understanding of ranches is definitely not as good as that of Hanks, the old man of the ranch.

"It's perfectly fine to increase the number of sheep and cattle, you don't have to worry about that.

Although the previous two owners regarded the stone ranch as a place for leisure and vacation, the previous owners all built and managed this place as a professional ranch, and when the herd was the largest, there were tens of thousands of large livestock.

At that time, I was already the steward of the ranch, so although the scale of the farming was not very large, I maintained all the facilities all the time.

Including the stones, after you took over, all the facilities have been renovated, so in terms of facilities, even if the large livestock directly reaches about 10,000, it is enough.

Of course, if the scale is that large, the cowboys on the ranch are not enough. Although the herding work has become much easier with the help of the herding dogs you have tamed, a lot of the work of caring for livestock still needs to be done by cowboys, not only herding, so the number of people will still need to be increased by then.

Pigs can also be counted as large livestock. But chickens, ducks and geese, and I and these cowboys lack experience in taking care of them, of course, if you can ensure that each batch can be as obedient and easy to take care of as this batch, it is no problem to expand the scale several times.

However, for the sake of being responsible for the pasture. I think you should find one or two more workers who specialize in taking care of the poultry, although the dogs who have now changed to drive poultry are also doing a good job, but we are really not very professional in the hatching and care of the poultry.

In addition, if you raise poultry on a large scale, there are no suitable facilities in the pasture, and the barn can be used for a while, but in case of an epidemic or something. It's going to be dangerous.

It is better to make a modest modification to a more suitable environment for poultry farming. For example, add some multi-layer cages or something. "Hanks has always been meticulous about what he does.

"Oh, how many cattle and sheep do you think can be raised under the existing conditions of the ranch, including cowboys, etc.? How many pigs can you raise? As for the problem of poultry you mentioned. I'm thinking about hiring one or two more professional workers. Shi Lei pondered for a moment and said to Hanks.

Shi Lei's cousin, who already has children, runs a chicken factory, but Shi Lei knows that it is not easy to raise poultry.

When the year is good and the growth is good, it is still quite profitable, but when the year is bad, it is sad. If there is an outbreak or something, there is no place to cry.

After understanding the situation of his cousin's family, Shi Lei really understood what he had often heard before, "The family has thousands of assets." What does it mean to be a hairy beast, it's really bloodless.

"There are so many amazing dogs on the ranch right now, if not more cowboys. Considering your idea of focusing on beef cattle, you can support the herd of 4,000 beef cattle and 2,000 sheep, and the number of pigs can also be increased to 1,000, which is enough to leave enough space for all kinds of poultry.

The remaining barns and other facilities should be able to support a total of about 10,000 poultry, provided you find an expert to take care of the poultry. And you'll have to make adjustments to barns and other facilities.

In addition, I built yì. We can build one or two large poultry houses in the artificial lake on the top of the hill to raise ducks and geese.

There is enough space there, and it can relieve the pressure of using existing facilities. And I think it's more suitable for the growth of these water-loving poultry at the water's edge. Hanks pondered it carefully and gave his opinion seriously.

"Well, since you are so sure, it is up to you to contact the brokers who sell cattle and sheep and pigs, or make up the number you said according to the breed before the pasture. You can start now.

Well, I think your last one is not bad. While recruiting workers with experience in poultry farming, two large poultry houses were built around the artificial lake, one for ducks and one for geese.

Do you have anything else to build a poultry house? Are our ranch cowboys up to the job? ”

Shi Lei thought about it and felt that what Hanks said was still very feasible, so he agreed very happily.

As for the water-friendly ducks and geese stocked to the water's edge, Shi Lei must also support it. Think about the duck eggs produced by ducks in the water in China, and the duck eggs produced by landlubbers that do not go into the water, the quality gap is obvious, especially after marinating into salted duck eggs.

Thinking about the red and oily salted duck egg yolk, Shi Lei couldn't stop the trend of drooling. So, this article must be agreed.

"You can find a construction company to customize the poultry house, and now these construction companies are directly making raw materials such as wood into finished products according to your requirements, and after shipping back, according to the label and the schematic diagram given by the company, you can put the house together like building blocks, which is the so-called modular production house.

So, you just need to tell the construction company about your requirements, let them do it and transport it to the ranch later, and the rest of the assembly work will be done by the cowboys of the ranch.

Their hands-on ability is quite strong, this kind of work is trivial to them, and it won't take a few days to get it done. It's just a matter of renting some small machinery.

As for the matter of the big livestock, since you have agreed, I can start contacting now. But what about poultry workers? "Hanks always takes his work so seriously.

"Okay. Workers who take care of poultry, who do you choose a good referral code? Shi Lei has always trusted Hanks.

"There doesn't seem to be a suitable candidate among the people I know, so ask someone else. If not, go to Los Angeles and ask, there will be some Mexicans who are proficient in this kind of work. ”

Most of the ranches that Hanks came into contact with were raised with large livestock, and he was really not familiar with poultry.

The discussion has been decided, Hanks immediately said goodbye to Shi Lei and went to contact various economies, but it has already entered the weekend, and it is estimated that it will not be able to find a suitable source of goods for a while.

Shi Lei also encountered a problem there, at this time to call the construction company, no one answered at all, and it is not like in China, sometimes people are on duty on weekends to answer a phone call or something. As soon as you have a holiday here, you basically have your own vacation, and no one will serve you.

As for recruiting suitable poultry workers, Shi Lei has no clue.

Shi Lei, who couldn't figure out how to get it, simply returned to the main room, went to the Internet and posted a few recruitment notices, writing down his requirements and the conditions of the salary provided, to see if he could find suitable workers.

In fact, out of the habits of Chinese people, Shi Lei's first thought was to call the cousin who raised chickens at home to help.

However, considering that the cousin had just become a father, it was not suitable for him to go abroad to help with the work, and many things in his family were inseparable from his strong laborer, so Shi Lei gave up.

However, this also gave Shi Lei another idea, he could contact some intermediary companies and find two international migrant workers from China, maybe he could find a master of raising poultry.

As soon as he thought of it, Shi Lei immediately sent emails to several intermediaries that seemed more reliable. These intermediary companies did not disappoint Shi Lei too much, and most of them quickly replied to the email, saying that they would try their best to find suitable workers according to Shi Lei's requirements, and let Shi Lei look at them when the time came.

Sure enough, the Chinese people are still industrious, and most of these intermediary companies are obviously run by the Chinese, so there is no trouble of finding people on weekends.

Putting these things behind him for the time being, Shi Lei decided to wait until Monday to contact the construction company. Now in time, without Laura's company, Shi Lei should toss it by himself.

Shi Lei ran to the Zen room to continue his martial arts training, reviewing and consolidating what he had recently learned from his master and deepening his understanding.

After almost practicing, Shi Lei grabbed the newly purchased Smith & Wesson M&P45 pistol and M327TRR8 tactical revolver, brought enough bullets of the corresponding model, and ran to the mountaintop shooting range to continue to master the use of the new gun.

After Shi Lei, who was addicted to guns, solved the dinner, he sat quietly in the study, took out professional books on veterinary medicine, and read them seriously.

Shi Lei used to be in China, he studied veterinary medicine, and after coming to the ranch, he actually didn't use veterinary knowledge, so Shi Lei thought about simply taking the time to take the veterinary qualification certificate here, and it was not in vain that he studied by himself.

In the future, the ranch must be indispensable to use this, since you know professional knowledge, there is no need to find another veterinarian, save some money and small things, you have a veterinary qualification certificate, many things are better explained No, not in vain your own efforts, there is also a strong excuse.

Shi Lei has had this idea for a while, and now that Laura is not around, Shi Lei just made up his mind to start reviewing, there was Laura in the past, and it was always easy to get distracted. And today, I have already talked to Laura on the phone, so I can completely calm down.

Shi Lei's head has also undergone systematic transformation, and today's memory is not unforgettable, and it is not much worse, and it is used to pick up these familiar knowledge again, and it becomes twice the result with half the effort, and the efficiency is higher than that of school.

This night was also very fulfilling for Shi Lei, which made him relive the feeling of serious study that he had not seen for a long time, and the success of this study made Shi Lei feel very satisfied, and Shi Lei, who was immersed in this state, studied until late at night unconsciously.

When Shi Lei reacted, the entire ranch was already silent, and the surroundings were very quiet, except for the occasional sound of Xi Suo Suo when he didn't know what wild animals came out to move.

Pushing open the door of the balcony, Shi Lei quietly looked at the bright starry sky, and with an indescribable tranquil mentality, Shi Lei fell asleep peacefully. (To be continued) R466