Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The top side of Zhao Yeqing's homemade incubator for artificially incubating wild duck eggs is made of PC board scraps cut from a previous planting basement, and the other sides are made of wood.

The PC board is translucent, so you can vaguely see the situation inside from above. There is no need to open the box to check to avoid lowering the temperature inside.

The light used has the lowest wattage among all the planting lights, and the space is small after all.

Zhao Yeqing originally thought about putting the incubator in the house, but the dogs in the house were sometimes too curious and prone to accidents.

In the end, I chose to place it in the original main house under lights and slowly hatch it.

From the first day of incubation, Zhao Yeqing has to check the situation every day to confirm that the duck eggs in the box have not been hatched and that the duck eggs in the henhouse are still alive.

Zhao Yeqing mixed some bone meal into the chicken feed recently and placed some gravel next to the chicken coop.

Chickens pecking at gravel can help themselves digest food, and the bone meal mixed in the feed can help chickens supplement calcium.

Otherwise, if these chickens are deficient in calcium or have indigestion, they will eat their own eggs. It is okay to eat their own eggs, but if she eats these duck eggs, she will be very distressed.

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Recently, the cows have reached the peak period of lactation. Zhao Yeqing started to boil butter while he had nothing to do. As a result, the whole house and yard were filled with the rich and intoxicating aroma of butter milk all day long.

This made several dogs reluctant to go out to graze and always wanted to hide in the kitchen.

Mu Xi dragged the dogs out of the kitchen and fed them several pieces of dried meat before successfully letting them go out to graze.

He also went out and had to collect the rabbit trap.

The way they hunted and set traps to control the number of rabbits was obviously not enough, but there were no carnivore groups on the meadow to help.

Speaking of which, if any group of large carnivores returned to this meadow, the two of them would not dare to herd sheep anymore.

But looking at the meadow being gradually eaten away, the two of them deeply felt the importance of every link in the food chain.

If you want to herd sheep, you can't let those animals come here to hunt. In fact, there is no saying that humans have competed for the homes of animals. Humans themselves are also a kind of creature in the world. They are no different from ordinary animals. All animals have territories, and humans also occupy them. part of nature's power.

But now that there are no animals here, the ability of the two of them is not enough to control so many rabbits, which has caused a slight imbalance in the ecology.

Mu Xi took the rabbits back and kept the ones that were not dead in cages. The dead ones were expertly dissected, skinned and frozen in the refrigerator.

I originally wanted to empty the refrigerator so I could kill the sheep, but unexpectedly it was filled with rabbits again.

The three leopards haven't come back recently, so maybe they can help share some of the burden.

Zhao Yeqing watched as Mu Xi filled up the space in the refrigerator that he had finally emptied as soon as he came back, and sighed, "If it doesn't work, keep the rabbit fur and throw away the meat."

Mu Xi also had a headache. "I have an idea. I won't feed the dogs at home. Let them go to the meadow to find food by themselves when they are hungry."

This is not impossible. The dogs at home also have a large appetite. There are four of them in total, and they can also be used as a small group of carnivores.

Poor dogs, now they don't even get paid for grazing, so they have to go out and hunt by themselves.

After boiling three large jars of butter, Zhao Yeqing no longer wanted to stay in the kitchen and smell the butter smell. She would be soaked in the butter if it continued to boil.

She often goes out with the dogs, and most of the time she takes care of the cattle and sheep, letting the dogs concentrate on hunting on the meadows.

Unexpectedly, the results were quite good. The dogs understood Zhao Yeqing's instructions. After the sheep arrived and started grazing, the dogs rushed to the meadow to chase the rabbits.

In the past, they would catch them where they were and eat them directly, but this time it was Zhao Yeqing who asked them to do so. They didn't eat the rabbits they caught. Every time they caught one, they would put it in front of Zhao Yeqing's mouth and then raise their heads and eyes. He looked at Zhao Yeqing brightly, sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail for praise.

Zhao Yeqing's heart was almost turned into cute. With generous compliments and full dog massage services, the dogs let out a "woof" and ran to the meadow to continue hunting.

Except for Zhao Yeqing's instructions to let them eat, each dog can only eat in the morning and evening. It is best to not change the feeding time after the dog is trained.

The two dogs shared one rabbit they caught when they went out to hunt in the morning, and they did the same thing after returning home in the evening.

A rabbit weighs about five or six pounds. If the bones are removed and only the meat is eaten, the weight can be considered to meet the weight and exercise requirements of the dogs at home.

The harvest in one day is much better than two people going hunting. There are a lot of rabbit carcasses lying on the ground and it is impossible to move them back.

Zhao Yeqing took out his walkie-talkie and called Mu Xi to bring a small cart to pull the rabbit.

Every time at this time, she misses the electric tricycle at home.

There are also three-wheelers and motorcycles in the tourist area, but they are refueling. She is reluctant to use them. There are also small electric donkeys that charge electricity. However, there is a cement road in the tourist area and riding an e-donkey is fine. The meadows here are uneven, and riding a two-wheeled e-donkey is bumpy. So bad, I never got one back.

Mu Xi dragged the small cart over and was very surprised to see the rabbits all over the place. The results greatly exceeded the two's expectations.

Mu Xi peeled off the skin of the rabbit, and Zhao Yeqing took the skinned rabbit to the chopping board, removed the bones and left the rabbit meat.

She thinks the best way to consume meat is to chop it into puree and make it into meatballs or patties.

Whether you are making soup or eating it with staple foods such as steamed buns and pancakes, it is convenient and fast.

After Mu Xi peeled off the rabbit skin, Zhao Yeqing had not yet finished removing the rabbit meat. Mu Xi chopped the removed meat into minced meat, mixed it with salt, black pepper, white pepper, wine, and added a little The starch and water are stirred continuously by hand.

Wait until the water is absorbed into the meat filling, then add a little oil and stir evenly to seal in the water. When the time comes, take it out and fry it until it is cooked, and you will have a juicy meatloaf.

Shape all the meat fillings and place them directly in the freezer. Keep a few meatballs and patties in the freezer to eat tomorrow.

In this way, breakfast becomes simple. Take out the white steamed buns from the refrigerator and steam them. While steaming, fry a large meatloaf.

The soft steamed buns were cut open and filled with sizzling and oily meat patties, and then served with a piece of lettuce that was still wet with morning dew just now.

The left hand is a steamed bun patty, and the right hand is freshly squeezed mellow hot milk. Zhao Yeqing is satisfied with the meal. Looking at the weather outside, it is not bad. The highest temperature has been 20 degrees recently. He pats the crumbs of the steamed buns on his hand and picks up the pen to write on the perpetual calendar. Tick.

December 3039, 4

The crops and food at home are growing well. The only thing that makes Mu Xi worried is the citrus orchard at the foot of the mountain.