1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 145 Three Generations of Crossbred Pigs

Zhang Qianjin was very disappointed that Su Wenchen's expression of surprise did not turn out as he had expected.

I don't have the mood to keep you in suspense any longer.

He pointed directly at a pair of big white pigs inside and spoke slowly to Su Wenchen.

"Brother, I won't hide it from you. This pig has a lot of advantages. Otherwise, our country wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to introduce it, and we even conducted experiments in three places at once."

"But he also has many shortcomings, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get out of the breeding pig test field after four years."

"I don't know what stage the other two cities are at, but in Hangzhou, the No. 1 Landrace pig, which was bred by crossbreeding this type of pig with the Taihu pig, has been bred over the past four years. The breeding conditions are still very high."

"There is absolutely no problem in the environment of the breeding pig experimental farm, but you know the breeding standards of the pig farms and ordinary farmers below us. It can be said that they cannot meet the breeding conditions at all. If we force them to be raised, they will all die in a few days."

Su Wenchen nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

He knew that the reason why this type of pig only became popular after the 1980s was probably because it had been slowly bred, hybridized and improved over the past decade.

Only then were we gradually able to develop a stable pig breed that was suitable for growing in the local soil and water.

However, Su Wenchen thought about it and decided that now that he had his own golden finger to help him, it shouldn’t take more than ten years to slowly improve it!
Thinking of this, Su Wenchen looked at Zhang Qianjin.

"Brother, I wonder if I can try to feed these two pigs?"

The reason why Su Wenchen wanted to do this was to see whether the evolutionary paths of white pigs and black pigs were the same.

He once used a chicken as a comparison.

Although both are bred towards laying hens, there is a slight difference between the evolutionary path of native chickens and that of hybrid chickens.

The breeding direction of local chickens is to increase the number of eggs produced, because the chickens raised by Su Wenchen at that time often laid two or three eggs.

However, the batch of hybrid chickens that Su Wenchen bought later, which are the breed of chickens currently raised by the brigade, may have different genes. This breed of chicken is more focused on egg production.

Normally, it only lays two eggs at most, but the size of the eggs is much larger than those of local free-range chickens.

In Su Wenchen's opinion, these eggs were almost the same as those he remembered buying in supermarkets, with each egg weighing 60 to 70 grams.

It is a whole circle bigger than those 40g-50g country eggs.

However, Su Wenchen calculated the overall output and found that hybrid chickens lay more eggs.

Because local chickens cannot lay as good as hybrid chickens unless they can lay three eggs stably. However, if they can lay three eggs stably, Su Wenchen estimates that the overall egg-laying cycle of the chickens will be shortened accordingly.

But Su Wenchen didn't know what was going on in his mind, he just felt that the eggs from the small free-range chickens tasted more delicious.

It would be better if they were fried, but if they were boiled in plain water, he felt that the small country eggs that he could eat in one bite had a darker yolk and tasted more fragrant.

But his family members, whether it was Su's father and mother or Jiang Li, were all different from him.

People think these novel big eggs are delicious.

They even laughed at him, saying that he, a wild boar, could not eat fine bran, and that there was nothing delicious about the broken eggs he raised at home.

Here, Zhang Qianjin faced Su Wenchen's request to feed the pigs.

For a moment, I was unable to react.

After a moment, he looked at Su Wenchen with confusion in his eyes.

"Brother, you want to feed the pigs yourself? What kind of hobby is this?"

Su Wenchen explained with a smile.

"I just want to see how the pig's appetite is! Whether it is easy to feed is also an important point."

Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Zhang Qianjin nodded slightly.

"Okay, it's about time. I'll show you how this pig eats. I tell you, this pig is pretty easy to keep."

"I learned from Hangzhou that these pigs eat everything, from all kinds of pig grass to all kinds of grains, vegetables, meat, and fish. In short, they will eat anything they are given. They are not picky at all. If they don't get sick easily, they are really good pigs."

Then he turned around and shouted to the other side of the room.

"Old Yu, bring a bucket of pig food over here. I'll take a look at how the pigs are eating today."

Not long after Zhang Qianjin finished speaking.

A man came out of the house carrying a plastic bucket. Su Wenchen was stunned by the bright red bucket.

I can only sigh in my heart that the status is different. They use wooden barrels and basins at home or in the team, but we use plastic buckets here.

When Zhang Qianjin saw Su Wenchen's eyes, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately spoke to Su Wenchen.

"Brother, let me tell you that this plastic bucket is very light and can hold a lot of things. It is the latest product from the Second Plastic Factory. I have a connection with the director of the logistics department of their factory, so I was able to get it here for trial use. Do you want me to help you connect with them?"

Hearing what Zhang Qianjin said, Su Wenchen shook his head.

"No, we have limited funds at this stage and can't spend money on things like this."

And Su Wenchen also knew Zhang Qianjin's plan.

From the very beginning, the other party either brought me to the pig farm to see the pigs, or tried to introduce me to someone just because he saw me looking at the plastic bucket.

It's obvious that they all want me to owe them a favor.

After all, these two white pigs in front of us are very rare in the country.

But Su Wenchen was sure that the other party would only let them select a few pigs to come here for breeding.

If you give them a bite, they will never be willing to give it to you.

Putting yourself in Su Wenchen's shoes, it is impossible for him to give away the only two breeding pigs in the farm to others.

Even if you lend seeds to others, you must come up with good stuff.

It is obvious that this is what Zhang Qianjin intended.

But his original plan was that Su Wenchen would be shocked when he learned the specific time when the pig would be released, and then would eagerly hope to get the vaccination.

Only then could he take the opportunity to gain the right to speak.

However, he had never expected Su Wenchen to be so calm, and he seemed to know some of the advantages and disadvantages of this pig. This made his plan fall through. As for connecting Su Wenchen with the Second Plastic Factory, it was even easier for him. The reason why he wanted to take the initiative was that he didn't want Su Wenchen to make his own requests.

However, Su Wenchen did not intend to follow the other party's pace.

And he didn't intend to make any excessive demands, because it was obvious that in this age where connections were needed, making friends was obviously more useful than taking advantage of someone.

For example, this white pig. If Su Wenchen hadn’t seen it today, he wouldn’t even know that this breed of pig had been introduced into the country.

Information is transmitted too slowly now.

Moreover, in many cases, useful information is only transmitted within each system.

If he wants to start his own farm in the future, he must get to know more people in the same system.

You never know when you might get some useful information.

When Su Wenchen saw the breeder coming over with a bucket, he immediately went to meet him.

"Comrade, just give it to me, and you can go back and rest."

The other party ignored Su Wenchen and instead glanced at Zhang Qianjin.

Zhang Qianjin nodded.

"Brother Su wants to experience it himself, Old Yu, just give it to him!"

After Su Wenchen took it, he took a look. The pig food was made of cornmeal, some vegetable leaves, and some pig grass that Su Wenchen didn't recognize.

Because the environment in each place is different, the pig grass that can be fed to pigs is also different. The edible pig grass is basically passed down by local people through exploration from generation to generation.

After Su Wenchen slowly poured the pig feed into the trough.

The second brother smelled it immediately.

He immediately ran over and started eating with a "huff! huff!"

As the two big white pigs ate, two panels that only Su Wenchen could see slowly emerged in his field of vision.

【Third generation hybrid breeding pig LV0】

Current status: Sub-health (lack of calcium in the body, resulting in a slight hoof crack on the left front hoof)
Breeding direction 1: Breeding pigs LV20, the disease resistance of breeding pigs is increased by 20%, the lactation ability of breeding pigs is increased by 20%, the reproductive capacity of piglets is increased by 20%, and the food intake during lactation period is increased by %.

[Feed formula for breeding pigs: honeysuckle 2%, isatis root 1%, licorice 3%, andrographis paniculata 2%, others omitted.]

Breeding direction two: fattening pig LV1. After successful breeding, the disease resistance of breeding pigs will increase by 20%, the growth rate will increase by 20%, and the food intake will increase by 20%.

[Fattening pig feed formula: yam 5%, codonopsis pilosula 2%, astragalus 0.03%, wolfberry 0.015%, others omitted.]

Introduction: This pig breed is bred through multiple simple hybridization, cyclic hybridization and progressive hybridization of several pig breeds from different regions. This pig breed has the characteristics of high lean meat rate, fast growth and development, good feed utilization rate and extremely weak disease resistance.

After looking at the panels of the two breeding pigs, Su Wenchen frowned slightly.

This cultivated feed is full of various medicinal herbs.

Then mix it with some grains such as corn, wheat, barley, rice bran, as well as stone powder, bone meal, etc.!
It seems that I can only use it once as evolution feed. I am afraid I can't afford to feed it as daily feed.

He also didn't expect that one of the breeding pigs was already sub-healthy.

It is a minor hoof crack caused by calcium deficiency, which is not a serious disease for pigs.

As long as you disinfect it in time, apply ointment and bandage it, it will be fine. Unless the condition is very serious, it is basically impossible to endanger the pigs with the disease.

However, Su Wenchen also discovered that the pig's genes were indeed not very stable and it also had a BUFF that made it extremely weak in disease resistance.

It seems that if I don’t get involved, this pig will still have a long way to go before large-scale promotion.

In addition, this type of white pig has a high lean meat rate, and lean meat is actually far less popular than fat meat in this era.

Of course, this is only for ordinary people. The same price is not as cost-effective as fatty meat. In fact, no matter whether it is lean meat or fatty meat, as long as it is meat, it is extremely popular now.

At this time, Su Wenchen was thinking, if he went back and bred a black pig with strong adaptability and a high fat content, he could bring it here for mating.

Is it possible to breed pigs that have strong adaptability, high fat content, fast growth and development, good feed utilization rate, and strong disease resistance?
Well, just throw aside all the disadvantages of the two types of pigs and only keep the advantages.

After all, Su Wenchen took a look and found that this type of white pig has a weak innate disease resistance. Even if it is cultivated to level one, its disease resistance will increase.

But this thing is a percentage increase. If your disease resistance is ten points, an increase of twenty percent is only twelve points, which is very limited.

Even after the upgrade, it may not be stronger than the black pig that has not been upgraded.

So Su Wenchen felt that he still had to go back and first cultivate a black pig with strong foundations in all aspects, and then send it over to welcome the favor of the big white pig!

What’s more, the growth period of black pigs is much longer. After the chicken farm has been developed for a year next year, there will be enough capacity to develop a second industry.

The timing was perfect.

After thinking it over, Su Wenchen turned and looked at Zhang Qianjin.

He pointed directly at the left front hoof of the white pig eating on the right.

"Brother, this pig on the right, did you notice that its left front hoof is a little cautious?"

"From what I've observed, it's possible that there is a slight hoof crack. You'd better have someone take a look. Although this disease is not fatal, it will affect the pig's mood and eating."

"If the situation gets worse and feeding is severely affected, the pigs will become weak due to insufficient feeding and will be more susceptible to other diseases."

Su Wenchen still hoped to raise these two breeding pigs well at the Qianjin Farm. After all, next year he hoped to bring a few strong black concubines to these two pigs so that they could favor them.

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Zhang Qianjin immediately looked nervously at the place Su Wenchen pointed to.

After careful observation.

Zhang Qianjin discovered that the left hoof of the pig on the right did indeed alternate frequently to avoid using the left front hoof to support its weight for a long time.

So he shouted loudly without turning his head.

"Old Yu, Old Yu, please bring the veterinary kit over here. One of the pigs does seem to have a cracked hoof."

(End of this chapter)