Back home to start a farm

There is a new post on the front page of the forum, the title of which is the news about the sale of free-range chickens at low prices due to the demolition of chicken farms. There are both demolition and low prices. It has been less than 10 minutes since the post was posted, and there are already many replies. .

Qu Chi is planning to raise chickens these days, but it takes too long to start raising chickens. It is better to start with half-grown chickens, so he clicked on this post.

It turned out that the farm was in the next town, which was closer to the urban area, and the developer wanted to build a community there because of the potential for appreciation.The owner of the chicken farm thought of the houses he could get after the demolition, and didn't even worry about what to do with the chickens, so he sold them at a low price of ten yuan apiece.

A few days ago, Qu Chi was selling vegetables in the vegetable market, so he knew all kinds of prices in the town.If it is really free-range chickens, the market price can be sold at 15 yuan per catty. The chickens in this house weigh almost a catty, and the price sold by this shop is indeed a bit low.

Qu Chi clicked into the post and looked at the post. There were photos of the farm, the demolition notice, and the villagers nearby who went to buy chickens. They couldn't see anything wrong.Qu Chi simply contacted the number on the forum, ordered [-] chickens in advance, and asked about the location.

Compared with Qu Chi's straightforward response, the other replies in the post were more hesitant, constantly asking whether it was true or not, and those who were far away were not willing to make a special trip there.

"Why do you want to raise chickens all of a sudden?" Uncle Ertang was in the pigsty feeding the pigs, and was very surprised when he received the call.

"Just keep it for fun. The old chicken coop in my house has been abandoned for many years. I want to find some people to help repair it. It's not because I don't spend much time in the village, so I don't know who to look for, so I came to look for it. Second cousin, you." Qu Chi stood in front of a dilapidated earth-brick house, weeds grew in the cracks between the bricks, and the straw on the roof flew into nowhere.

In the past, when the Qu family did not open an oil extraction workshop, they also tried to raise chickens. In addition to selling them, they can also use them at home. During the Chinese New Year, carrying the dried and marinated chickens is a New Year’s gift, which can save a lot Money for gifts.

Qu Chi helped take care of it when he was a child, and he still remembers the days when he fed the chickens and cleaned the chicken coop.The chicken coop that was built back then has long been dilapidated, and I don't know if it will be useful after the rest.

"That's how many years old the house is. If you want to raise chickens, you might as well build a new shed. It will be faster." The second cousin suggested, and asked again, "How many chickens are you going to raise?"

"Only three hundred." Qu Chi laughed.

No matter what he thought, his nephew called to ask, and the second cousin told Qu Chi a few people and gave them their contact information.

Qu Chi went over to inquire specifically, and finally planned to build a simple bamboo shed, which can be obtained locally, and with a few of them working together, it can be done in two days.After negotiating the wages, they chose a suitable location at the foot of the mountain to start work the next day.

During the period, Qu Chi went to Lying Town and bought a few rolls of barbed wire. After returning home, he surrounded the bamboo forest and the two fields planted with pastures. At that time, they would be able to move freely inside.

On the second day after the completion of the bamboo shed, Qu Chi borrowed a pickup truck from his second cousin to pull the pigs, and rushed to the chicken farm.During the two days of building the bamboo shed, Qu Chi asked a few people. One of them was his high school classmate, who was in the same town as the chicken farm.

Qu Chi had chatted with this classmate a few times in these years, and they had a good relationship when they were in school, so I happened to hear his family members talk about it.Boss Zhang's chicken farm does raise local native chickens, which are usually raised in the grass and occasionally fed with cornmeal and wheat bran. It is not clear whether they are fed in private.

When Qu Chi arrived at the chicken farm, there were still more than 500 chickens. The family raised [-] chickens, and they were all sold within two days.These chickens looked calm, but the ones left behind were relatively thin.

After confirming that there was no problem with the chickens, Qu Chi negotiated the price with the boss again, and successfully negotiated a price of 320 yuan a piece. According to the ratio of [-]:[-] for hens and roosters, he bought [-] chickens, and finally wiped out the change and spent [-] yuan. Yuan.

Qu Chi drove the pickup truck home happily.

After these chickens were brought back, they were raised in the nearby bamboo grove during the day and fed on weeds, insects and ants every day. They did not need to buy special feed to feed them. The cost was not high, and the taste was also good.

These chickens are already weighing more than a catty, and it is estimated that they will be able to lay eggs soon after being raised for at most two months, and selling eggs will also be a profit at that time.As long as you take good care of the chickens and don't get chicken plague or something, you shouldn't lose money.

The pickup truck just drove near his house, and the chickens in the car, big and small, came alive.Qu Chi parked the car beside the bamboo forest, aimed at the opening left by the barbed wire, and opened the rear door. The chickens didn't need to chase after them, they all rushed to the grass inside, looking for food with their heads down.

This is how the life of raising chickens begins.

Every morning when Qu Chi gets up, he drives the chickens to the free-range area, cleans up the chicken manure in the chicken coop, and piles them to the downwind vent for compost.There is no need to worry when the chickens are in the free-range area during the day. Qu Chi’s hearing has improved a lot after the body changes. No one lives near his house, so he can hear people whenever they come. He can freely arrange his time at home during the day.

When the chickens are driven back to the chicken coop in the evening, the feces left in the grass during the day do not need to be so troublesome to clean up. You only need to sprinkle some plant ash and wood chips in it to cover the smell of chicken manure.In this way, chicken manure can also be fermented quickly and become fertilizer for bamboo forests and alfalfa.

When I first started raising chickens, I was always in a hurry. Qu Chi got up late this day and was anxious to go out to release the chickens. He forgot to close the cage door when feeding Xueqiu.

The freed Snowball tentatively left the cage, smelling the smell and started to explore the yard.

After Qu Chi finished handling the chickens, he went back, went into the living room and saw the open cage, and patted himself on the head: "Why did you close the cage door?"

"Snowball, where are you, Xueqiu?" Qu Chi searched in the yard, but luckily he closed the gate of the yard, otherwise Xueqiu would have run outside.

Xueqiu was raised by Qu Chi during this period, and she was very smart. She learned to go to the toilet after being taught once. It didn't take long for her to respond to the name Xueqiu, and she became very close to Qu Chi, the master.

Qu Chi yelled twice more, and then he heard Sharala's voice coming from the flower bed in the yard.Two seconds later, two long white ears popped out from behind a pomegranate tree in the flower bed.

Before Qu Chi could go over to check the situation, Xueqiu came out from behind the pomegranate tree, jumped lightly from the edge of the flower bed to the ground, and ran towards Qu Chi.

Qu Chi bent down and hugged Xueqiu in his arms, checked the crumbs around his mouth, and found that Xueqiu just ate the vegetables grown in the flower bed, so he patted Xueqiu on the head twice: "Next time you can't Run around in the flower beds, and don't eat indiscriminately."

Snowball shook his head, unable to understand what his master was saying, but the vegetables he ate just now were much better than hay.

"But it's also my fault. I didn't close the door of the cage." Qu Chi said softly and walked into the living room with the snowball in his arms.

Xueqiu didn't want to go back into the cage. When Qu Chi put him in front of the cage, he suddenly jumped up and wagged his little tail, just to prevent the master from catching him in the cage.

"If you don't want to go into the cage, then don't go in. How about we play in the living room?" Qu Chi soaked the towel with warm water, wrung it dry, and gently wiped off the little dirt that Xueqiu had stained on the flower bed.

"Okay, let's play in the living room." Qu Chi turned on the TV, hugged the snowball and sat on the sofa to play.

He casually clicked on the recently aired TV series. Originally, he just watched Pei Xueqiu while playing, but Qu Chi was really attracted by the plot.

When he was watching the wonderful moment, a small cannonball suddenly jumped on his leg.

Qu Chi was startled, and hugged Snowball dumbfounded.

The pets I raise can only be pampered by myself.

Raising Snowball every day, tending several acres of land and three hundred chickens, Qu Chi's life is extremely fulfilling.

It’s just that the customers in the original vegetable market couldn’t find anyone else, so they went to the vegetable market again and again and left disappointed, thinking that the things the little boss sells are all wild, and I guess there is nothing to sell now to comfort myself.

But just like that, the little boss still appeared in the mouths of some customers in the vegetable market from time to time.

In fact, Qu Chi is also worried. He can't finish eating the vegetables grown in the vegetable field, and there are many wild vegetables emerging from the field. These are things that can be sold for money.

The biggest problem, however, is that he simply doesn't have the time.

There are chickens at home, so Qu Chi can walk around if he has nothing to do.But if you leave for a few hours, you still need someone to watch over you.

Speaking of which, they all belong to the same village, but sometimes we still have to be a little defensive.Just two years ago, the family of the owner of the grocery store in the village went out to give gifts and did not come back. The grocery store would be picked and stolen, and they perfectly avoided the cameras.

All Qu Chi was stopped by the chicken.

He secretly calculated the cost of asking someone to look at the chicken coop, and then gave up when he thought it was not worthwhile, so he wanted to find a more cost-effective method.

On this day, Qu Chi's worries were solved by a sudden friend request.

After Qu Chi finished his work, he called his mobile phone and found that he had received a new friend request. When he clicked on it, he saw the word Qin Shi written in the note. He recalled a handsome boy in school uniform, and he agreed with a dazed expression.

Speaking of which, I haven't seen him for many years, and I don't know what it's like now.

The people over there seemed to be using their mobile phones all the time, sending a message as soon as they passed.

[I heard that you are now living in Xishan Village? 】

[Yes, the scenery in the village is beautiful, so I'm going to farm in the village.Asking this suddenly, is it possible that you plan to come back? 】

[With this plan, my grandfather's house may need to be renovated, can you take me in for a few days when I go back? 】

Qu Chi's typing hands paused, walked to the door and looked at a house in the distance. It was so dilapidated that the door was crumbling. Is this a house that can be refurbished in a few days?

I'm afraid it's going to be overturned.

But his house is not bad for that room, even if parents come back to live, there are extra guest rooms in the house.

[If you want to come back, come back, I will reserve a room for you. 】

[Thank you Xiaochi. 】

Qu Chi waited for a long time before turning off the phone in boredom before the other party sent another message.

Ever since Qin Shi's grandfather passed away, he hadn't been to Xishan Village again, and this time he suddenly said that he would come back. In fact, Qu Chi was quite curious.

Qu Chi casually guessed several possibilities, and suddenly thought that if Qin Shi came back to stay, he would be able to go out and sell vegetables without worry.

He doesn't charge rent and pays meals, as long as he can help him look after the house.