Chapter 104: The Falconer

In the fruit grove of the second door of the Crystal Palace, Li Cheng has trained the rare albino breed of little raccoon to climb the tree and dig eggs for almost hundreds of hours, but in reality, it has been about an hour in the past, and continuous training has allowed the little raccoon to complete the orders given by Li Cheng more accurately, although the setbacks continue, but it is undeniable that the raccoon is indeed a master of climbing trees, extremely agile, and the technique of digging bird eggs is first-class. In this way, the goshawk eggs are placed using relatively high-end materials, which are light and practical, and the little raccoons can carry them without affecting the climbing.

Everything is ready, Li Cheng is impatient, since he saw the goshawk hunting during the day, Li Cheng has a great interest in the goshawk, so he trained the little raccoon named "Thief Saint", Li Cheng took it back to reality, took out the red rabbit horse, put the thief saint into the horse's back and bolted it, and went to the goshawk's lair at night, although he may encounter a hatched goshawk, but Li Cheng felt that there was still a chance to get a few goshawk eggs, the cunning raccoon is not so easy to deal with, not to mention that the goshawk has no advantage in the sky, A goshawk with only a few pounds or so can't fight a raccoon.

After all, raccoons have an advantage in size, and the weight of wild goshawks is not large, less than 2 catties, that is, ordinary birds, where can it be compared with the size of the American eagle of 20 catties.

With the marks and marks, Li Cheng arrived at the goshawk's nest very smoothly, raccoons are also nocturnal animals, so this bit of darkness is not a problem for it, compared to the goshawk's ability to move at night is not as fast as raccoons.

The thief saint with a small box on his back climbed up with a smoke, Li Cheng was not afraid that the raccoon would run away, in the process of taming during this time, there was a sense of dependence between them, and there was the role of Longwei, and the raccoon was completely domesticated by Li Cheng.

In the dark, Li Cheng heard the sound of a fight in the tree, the goshawk's feathers fell a lot, Li Cheng was a little unsure, whether the thief could succeed, about half an hour, looking at the thief's safe and sound, handed Li Cheng the box containing the eagle egg, Li Cheng checked it, there was only a goshawk egg, it seems that the goshawk on the nest resisted very fiercely, the thief had to take only one, according to the number of eggs laid by the goshawk, there are at least 4 or so in the nest.

But for Li Cheng, one is enough, but the worry is that the egg is not fertilized, and it will be troublesome if it belongs to the range of "bad" eggs.

It needs to be checked! Li Cheng affectionately touched the thief saint, took a big apple and gave it to it, and then rode the red rabbit horse back the same way, this egg should not be exposed to the outdoor temperature for too long, so as not to freeze to death.

In the grizzly bear ranch, there is an artificial incubator, and the previous grizzly bear ranch will also breed some poultry, artificial incubation, it can be better hatched, stacked in the warehouse, Li Cheng found when he counted the equipment.

It can be used to hatch goshawk eggs, in fact, the principle of hatching goshawk eggs is similar to that of hatching chicks, generally speaking, you have to control the temperature at different stages, and ensure that it is a fertilized egg, so that you can hatch a baby goshawk, and you will also specialize in artificial breeding technology abroad.

After hatching for more than 30 days or so, the young eagle will come out of the shell, and then it is the process of feeding, the goshawk has a lot of food, and the amount of meat of a cow from the young eagle grows up to an adult goshawk is to be prepared, and the artificial goshawk will be relatively large, according to the estimate, it can reach at least about 2 meters of wings, weighing 10-20 pounds, much larger than the wild goshawk, which is also a great correlation with the amount of follow-up food.

Goshawks have a stronger growing surname, and after reaching this level, it is easier to hunt some of the larger prey. After Li Cheng arrived at the grizzly bear ranch, he went directly to the warehouse to pick up the artificial incubator and brought it to the bedroom, where he could check the hatching of the goshawk eggs at any time. And he didn't know if he could hatch the eaglets by letting the hens in the Crystal Palace hatch?

Now his situation is not tolerating the slightest carelessness, and it seems that this goshawk egg has been hatching for a while, and when Li Cheng irradiated it with a flashlight, he found that the young eagle inside was gradually taking shape, and it seems that he doesn't have to wait for more than a month and so long, and it is estimated that it will be able to break the shell in a week.

This time is a good opportunity to communicate, Li Cheng decided to spend more time with the goshawk eggs, because in the late stage of the shell breaking the goshawk will make a sound in the shell and communicate with the adult goshawk, so if Li Cheng can accompany the little goshawk during this time, it will be conducive to the follow-up eagle training, of course, within this week, Li Cheng will also learn the ancient eagle training skills, in China eagle training can be divided into two factions, the north is the Manchu falcon trainer, the south is the Naxi hunter, he mainly inquired about the Naxi eagle culture, There is a textbook-like falconry book, which contains illustrations of "Eagle Spectrum" and "Hundred Eagle Pictures", Li Cheng picked up a copy on the Internet, came from the domestic express, immediately placed an order online, and waited for the arrival of the eagle training textbook.

Moreover, there is a falconry festival in the UK, and the West also has rich experience in falcon training, especially in captivity, with more than 100,000 falcons bred in the UK every year! Therefore, Li Cheng felt that while learning the traditional Naxi falconry culture, if he had the opportunity, he could go to Europe for a trip, in addition to exchanging falconry skills, he could also see the cultural attractions of Europe, not to mention that Mars's fiancée was not the daughter of the British earl?

If there are acquaintances to lead the way, it will be easier for Li Cheng to travel around Europe.

"Well, when Claire comes back from Africa, I'll travel with her to Europe for a while, and I'll go to the British Falconry Festival every July." Li Cheng searched for information on the Internet, and found that Britain has this special festival, the first falconry festival held in 09 years, gathered Central Asia, the West, the East Naxi, Manchu and other aspects of the falconry masters, it is indeed worth visiting, there are still a few months, he can completely tame this little goshawk that has not yet come out of the shell.

During this week, Li Cheng basically stayed at home, except for the usual inspection of a grizzly bear ranch, rarely went out, and has been hatching baby goshawks, and the book "Naxi Falcon Culture" he bought online has also arrived, which details the whole process of raising eagles, training eagles, and releasing eagles, as well as many eagle falcon habits, characteristics, types, morphological characteristics, etc., so that Li Cheng began to have a general understanding of the large branch of the falcon.

In terms of eagle training, "boiling eagles" is a more important process, in this process it will take about a few weeks, and it is also very important to adjust the fat in the eagle's body, so as to achieve the best state, control the amount of eagle food, and never feed, to the extent of 8 points of fullness, to control an eagle, the skilled veteran will observe the eagle's eyes, movements, and just right to stimulate the eagle's predation.

There are many aspects introduced in this book, which makes Li Cheng eager to try, and Li Cheng does not need to go through the process of boiling the eagle, which is for the adult eagle that has just been captured, if you raise it from an early age, cultivating feelings in the process is the most important, and in the process of incubation, Li Cheng's breath has made the eaglet familiar with it, which is more conducive to the next training, which is a good thing for Li Cheng.

The process of waiting is painful, a week of inseparable, always control the temperature and humidity in the artificial incubation machine, to achieve the most conducive conditions for hatching, and finally the little goshawk in the goshawk egg hatched out, a little goshawk like a chick broke out of the shell, and the little goshawk waiting to be fed waved its wings, which was very cute.

Li Cheng cut some ground beef, carefully fed the little goshawk, held the little goshawk affectionately, and said, "Little Cang, be good, eat more, grow up quickly." ”

Feeding some ground beef, the baby eagle does not eat very much at the moment, but it is easy to get hungry, so it has to be fed many times. Li Cheng shifted the location and came to the Crystal Palace, after all, time would become very slow inside, and Li Chengcheng could use more time to communicate with Xiaocang.

Basically, after about 20 days of breastfeeding, the baby goshawk will be able to hunt, and the young eagle that can fly freely will have the ability to survive, so this is the beginning of falcon training.

Li Cheng stayed in the Crystal Palace for 2-3 months, and in reality, it was only about a day later, raising a little goshawk to adulthood, Li Cheng's relationship with it gradually deepened, and he also specially made a glove for Xiao Cang to stay, similar to the gloves of the catcher in baseball, quite a bit of a professional falconer's technique, at this moment Xiao Cang stayed in Li Cheng's hand, in the fruit grove in the Crystal Palace, Li Cheng's arm was raised, and Xiao Cang stayed in his hand, which sensed Li Cheng's order, soaring above the chaotic sky in the Crystal Palace, Swooped down and attacked a native chicken.

The momentum is staggering, a few catties or so of a local chicken is firmly clamped on the ground by Xiao Cang, Xiao Cang's weight is almost 10 pounds, and the length of the wings can reach 2 meters, this is the credit that Li Cheng has been raising in the Crystal Palace, fully developing the potential of the goshawk, coupled with the spiritual energy nourishment in the Crystal Palace, Xiao Cang's growth is gratifying. After eating, there is also the amount of meat of a cow, if it weren't for Li Cheng stealing the beef cattle in his ranch again, maybe it wouldn't be enough for Xiaocang to eat.

Li Cheng is already a qualified falconer, and the communication with Xiao Cang is stronger than the old style, after all, this is a goshawk raised since childhood, not a wild goshawk captured, eliminating the process of "boiling eagles", Li Cheng feels that there is a wonderful crystal palace, and he has accompanied Xiao Cang's growth in the crystal palace, but in reality it has not been a few days, so it has not attracted the attention of the employees, but Li Cheng is not feeling well during this time and needs to recuperate, after all, Li Cheng's family has just returned to China, and the feeling of missing is certain, and the partner in love also left Canada for work.

For many reasons, Old Peake, Noah and others did not bother Li Cheng.

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