1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 49 (Please read on!) Second Generation Hybrid Egg Hens
However, after understanding the character of Technician Hou, Su Wenchen's eyes revealed a hint of enlightenment.

It turned out to be the case.

He wondered why the Shiquan Chicken Farm was so generous and paid their own salaries to hire technicians, but it turned out that they wanted to send the people away.

But that’s the era.

Even the site manager cannot fire employees at will.

If I dare to confront the manager in the future, I will probably be fired the next day for being late for one second.

Su Wenchen, who knew some of the inside story, was very clear about Director Song's choice.

I came here with a political mission from the city!
We definitely can't do it slowly, otherwise what our superiors will think of us will happen.

It is said that the price of eggs in the city has risen to 90 cents per pound, and the price is almost doubling. If you still take your time and spend a few years to process it, your leaders can't wait that long.

Therefore, Director Song’s approach of replacing all chickens with local breeds and directly transferring chicks on a large scale from surrounding cities is the best option at present.

But this is not a particularly good thing for his chicken farm.

The growth cycle from chicks to egg-laying takes about four months.

In other words, four months later, the state-owned chicken farm in Shiquan County will gradually resume the supply of eggs.

By then, when those state-owned factories are no longer purchasing eggs from below, the price of eggs in the market will gradually return to its previous price.

It seems that we should take advantage of this period of high egg prices and try to find more long-term partners.

Led by Section Chief Miao, Su Wenchen came to a chicken coop at the edge of the chicken farm.

Unlike the bustling demolition of other chicken coops along the way, there were not many people around this chicken coop.

Just after Section Chief Miao and Su Wenchen walked into the chicken coop.

The middle-aged man who was feeding the chickens in the chicken coop immediately put down what he was holding and ran over in a hurry after seeing the two people.

He first glanced at Su Wenchen warily.

"Miao Yuan, why are you here if you're not in the office flattering others?"

"Who is he? Why did you bring him here?"

Section Chief Miao walked forward and said.

"Old Hou, the farm manager has already planned to hand over all of these chickens to Xiao Su's brigade chicken farm."

"And you."

Section Chief Miao hasn't finished speaking yet.

The other party became excited.

"I don't agree. What right does Song Pingwen have to deal with these chickens at will? This is the result of our collective hard work. We spent precious foreign exchange to bring them in."

"Anyway, I don't agree to sell chickens. If you want to sell chickens, you have to step over my body!"

Section Chief Miao walked forward and sighed, "Old Hou, wake up. The city has no patience to wait any longer. Don't you understand?"

Hou Guozhong stood there and murmured, "We have already waited for a year, why can't we wait a little longer?"

Then he looked at Section Chief Miao with tears in his eyes and asked, "You all supported me at the beginning, why did you all change your mind so suddenly?"

"Why!"

"During the chicken plague, we had saved more than 30 healthy chickens, and we agreed to slowly let the flock recover."

"Now the chicken flock has recovered to more than 100, and there are nearly 400 chicks. In just a few years, we will be able to return to our previous size!"

"Lao Miao, you know this is the result of our hard work!"

"But the city can't wait any longer!" Chief Miao shouted directly.

"Do you know how much the price of eggs in the city has increased? Do you know how many workers in state-owned factories are protesting?"

"Go and tell the workers in the state-owned factories to wait another two years. Do you think they will agree?"

"Why did the higher-ups send Director Song down here at this time?"

"It means the city has reached its limit. It took us more than a year to restore the chicken population to 500 in total. How many years do you think it will take to return to the previous level?"

"One year? Two years? Or three years."

"No one will wait for us!"

Hou Guozhong opened his mouth.

There was no sound. Obviously, as a technician in a chicken farm, he knew very well that it was impossible to recover in a short time.

Because not all eggs can hatch chicks, they must be fertilized eggs. Finally, he murmured, "But this was the pride of our Shiquan Chicken Farm!"

Section Chief Miao walked over and patted the other person on the shoulder.

"Old Hou, no matter how great your pride is, it cannot be compared with the stomachs of the people."

"The farm manager has decided to purchase a large number of local chicks from surrounding cities. In five months at most, our farm will be able to supply the first batch of eggs, which is what the city needs most right now."

"It is also what the people need most now. As for the eggs, no one cares whether they are laid from ordinary local chickens or from Shiquan chickens like ours."

"Also, the farm manager has decided to have you go to Xiao Su's chicken farm for technical exchanges!"

Then Section Chief Miao took a deep breath and said slowly, "The time is uncertain!"

"But the field will still pay your salary. You should know that a team can only have one voice. You and these chickens leaving now will be the biggest help to the field."

"The farm has not had any income for a year and has been living off its savings. The morale of the employees is also unstable. Even if you don't consider yourself, you have to consider everyone else!"

When Hou Guozhong heard this, his body instantly hunched over.

After a long silence, he slowly said, "I know, I will go over there! And you will regret it!"

"Old Hou, even if you regret it, it will be a matter for the future. Now our chicken farm must survive first."

Su Wenchen looked at the other person's lost back and knew that he must be feeling bad.

He knew that many people in this era really treated the factory as their home. In fact, in many people's minds, the factory had a higher status than their home.

Now the thing that the chicken farm was once most proud of has been abandoned. I guess no one would feel good about it.

But he won't be soft-hearted or anything like that.

These hundreds of chickens may be a bit useless for a large state-owned farm, but they are just right for a large-scale industry like theirs.

Because they don’t have state-owned farms, which are channels that can directly purchase feed in large quantities.

Not to mention buying feed, their brigade didn't even have a tractor to transport grain.

So development has to come step by step.

Su Wenchen walked to the place where Hou Guozhong had just fed the chickens and picked up the feed bag that he had placed on the ground.

He reached into the bag, grabbed a handful of feed, and crushed it in his palm.

It was found to be a mixture of corn, bran and soybean meal crushed together.

Su Wenchen's mind moved. It seemed that there was already feed specially made for laying hens in this era, but the formula might not be as sophisticated as that of Golden Finger.

Section Chief Miao saw Su Wenchen observing the feed and walked over and said.

"The main raw materials are corn and soybean meal. Hens need these to get enough nutrition and lay more eggs. What do you plan to feed them when you go back to the chicken farm?"

Su Wenchen smiled.

"The main ingredients are corn and bran. We fish some from the river and pick some from the ground, and feed the chickens with whatever we have."

Section Chief Miao shook his head and said, "Your method of raising chickens is a common method at home. The egg production rate is definitely not as good as ours."

Su Wenchen just smiled and didn't reply.

Reach out and continue feeding the feed in the bag to the hens in the cage.

Although Section Chief Miao did not understand Su Wenchen's behavior, he just thought he was trying to take advantage of the feed.

So I didn't care too much.

After all, this little bit of feed is nothing in their field.

After feeding.

Su Wenchen can also see the attributes of these chickens.

【Second generation hybrid laying hens LV0】

Current status: healthy
Breeding direction 1: Breeding chicken LV30, after breeding, the egg production rate will be reduced by 30%, the probability of fertilized eggs will be increased by 30%, the health of chicks hatched from fertilized eggs will be increased by 20%, and the daily food intake will be increased by %.

Breeding direction two: Second-generation hybrid laying hens LV1, after breeding, the egg production rate is improved, the egg-laying cycle is increased, and the daily food intake is increased.

Introduction: This chicken is a hybrid of two different laying hen breeds, combining the advantages of both parents, with high daily egg production and a long egg-laying cycle.

After learning about the properties of the chicken, Su Wenchen breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the chickens are healthy, it's fine. However, this second-generation hybrid laying hen actually gave him a surprise.

It can actually be trained towards breeding chickens. Although the egg production rate will decrease, the probability of fertilized eggs and the health of hatching chicks will increase!
In this way, when he returns, he can specially select a few and train them into breeding chickens.

(End of this chapter)