1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 187 The target of the chicken farm!
As soon as Su Wenchen said this.

The people sitting below immediately opened their notebooks and pretended to take notes.

"Let me first give a summary of last year. We should have completed this work before the New Year."

"But we were busy merging with Shiquan at the time, so the matter was delayed."

"Now that the two venues have been merged, we can take this opportunity to complete last year's summary and this year's development goals."

While talking.

Su Wenchen opened the document he brought over.

"As everyone knows, our farm was only established in the middle of last year. At that time, it was still a wasteland. I still remember that Section Chief Feng and Section Chief Miao lived in shacks made of thatched grass at the beginning."

"In half a year, with the efforts of everyone and the support of more than a dozen teams around us, we took small steps and built not only the factory and living area, but also three high-standard insulated chicken houses."

"And we completed the merger with Shiquan Chicken Farm at the end of the year."

"We now have two farms at Lanshui Farm. On the Lanshui Farm side, we have three insulated chicken houses and three ordinary chicken houses. We currently raise more than 12,000 laying hens and have 308 employees."

"At Shiquan Farm, there are currently six free-range chicken houses, raising more than 4,700 laying hens in total, and 653 employees."

"Comrades, in the past six months, we have expanded very quickly, but the pressure is also great."

"We currently have nearly 1,000 employees, but including the Shiquan farm, we only have a total of more than 15,000 laying hens."

"On average, one person takes care of 15 chickens."

"What kind of outrageous proportion is this? Is this like taking care of your ancestors?"

“This kind of thing can never last long.”

"Even if we sold more than 50,000 yuan worth of eggs produced in a month at the end of last year, it would be impossible to support so many people all the time."

"Not to mention that the Chinese New Year is over, the price of eggs should fall back a bit."

"So the scale of egg-laying chicken farming must be expanded."

"I have set a general goal for the chicken farm. This year, we will have 100,000 laying hens. Do you have confidence, Section Chief Liang Hong?"

Liang Hong, who was below, felt a lot of pressure when she heard Su Wenchen's words. She was not mentally prepared at all to raise 100,000 laying hens.

And we have to maintain the current 10,000 chickens and 50,000 kilograms of production per month.

She suddenly felt a little breathless.

Because she used to work at the Animal Husbandry Station.

Several brigades in their county had run chicken farms, but the most successful one only raised more than a thousand chickens.

Liang Hong remembers that the egg production at that time basically fluctuated around 3,000 kilograms every month.

The 10,000 chickens at the Blue Water Farm can produce 50,000 kilograms of eggs in the first month. When the egg-laying period reaches its peak, it is very likely that the egg-laying capacity can reach 60,000 kilograms per month.

Before reporting here, she had inquired and learned that the eggs produced at the Blue Water Chicken Farm are extremely large, weighing about 60 to 70 grams each, which is much larger than the ordinary 40-gram eggs. Some are even worth two eggs.

I heard that Pingcun Brigade no longer sells eggs by the number.

Because it’s such a disadvantage.

Of course, she also heard that Pingcun Brigade had initially raised other breeds of chickens that could lay two or three eggs a day.

However, she had never seen a chicken laying three eggs, so she thought that this must be information processed by the people in the team below.

After all, she knew that some of the information she heard from below might change a little with each person's mouth.

She wouldn't be surprised if the rumor spread that she laid ten eggs a day.

After all, the grain yield per mu can still be tens of thousands of kilograms.

It's nothing if a chicken lays ten eggs a day.

With a flock of only 100,000 chickens, they produce 500,000 kilograms of eggs a month.

If this could really be accomplished, she felt trembling all over just thinking about it. By then, the city would probably no longer lack egg supply.

By then, as the head of the production department, she will be responsible for many contributions.

Of course she also knows that it is very difficult, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that her role can be highlighted!
So he immediately stood up and said.

"Captain, I have the confidence to lead my comrades to complete the tasks you have assigned me."

Su Wenchen looked at the other person's serious expression and waved his hand.

"Don't be so serious. This is not a hard and fast rule. It's just a development goal. Just work hard in that direction."

"As for chicken coops, we don't need to build all of these expensive insulated chicken coops."

"After all, the weather is getting warmer, so an ordinary brick chicken coop will do!"

"In addition, the expansion of the chicken coop is mainly focused on the Shiquan farm, because most of the employees there are currently idle."

"So, Director Han Yang, I'll leave the matter of expanding the chicken farm to you!"

Han Yang below was stunned when he heard Su Wenchen's words.

Should I take charge of the core work?

Even though Su Wenchen said it, he still found it hard to believe.

Because it is obvious that the core work of the farm now is the chicken farm.

Now the task of expanding the scale of the chicken farm is left to me?
It can be said that it will greatly enhance the power in his hands.

He even wondered if this was a smokescreen from Su Wenchen to test whether he had other thoughts.
If he agrees to this, the manager will probably find an opportunity to send him out to farm in a greenhouse!

After a moment's silence, Han Yang spoke tentatively.

"Director, are you the one who will be in charge of such an important task?"

Su Wenchen glanced at Han Yang, and seeing how cautious he was, he said unhappily.

"I have other things to do. What's the matter? Are you lacking confidence? Or are you afraid of being tired? Section Chief Liang Hong, who is doing the main work, hasn't complained about being tired yet. Why are you, the leader, complaining about being tired first?"

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, Han Yang knew that even if it was a trap, he had to jump into it.

Otherwise, if your reputation of being afraid of hard work and fatigue spreads, how can you make progress in the future?
So he stood up and said directly, "I have confidence. Since the farm manager has entrusted me with such an important task, I will definitely cooperate with Section Chief Liang Hong to complete the breeding of 100,000 chickens this year."

Su Wenchen nodded and motioned for the other party to sit down.

"It's good to have confidence, but don't move too fast. I heard that the person in charge of the Shiquan County Grain Depot has been replaced. You have to maintain a good relationship in the future."

"But I don't want what happened at Shiquan Chicken Farm to happen again."

Su Wenchen asked Han Yang to take charge of this matter, mainly with the intention of asking the other party to maintain the relationship with the Shiquan County Grain Depot.

After all, expanding the scale requires a large amount of food.

Liang Hong's appearance is obviously not as effective as Han Yang's. After all, Han Yang is now the deputy director of Lanshui Livestock Farm and the director of Shiquan Branch.

He is the second most important person after Su Wenchen.

Shiquan County Grain Depot must give some face, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the city.

After all, no matter how much grain they transfer from the granary every year, they have to produce a certain amount of eggs to supply the city according to a certain ratio.

If the food is adjusted and eggs cannot be produced, we can only do the same as Shiquan did before and use a fire dragon to burn the warehouse to destroy all traces.

But if the granary did not provide food, then the responsibility is not their chicken farm's.

Therefore, general grain depots would not deliberately block their food supply.

Han Yang also knew what Su Wenchen meant and immediately made the promise.

"Don't worry, Farm Manager. I will personally take care of the feed issue. Egg production will definitely not be affected by the feed issue."

"If there is any problem with the feed, just ask me!"

It was obvious that Han Yang felt that the more he worked, the brighter his future would be. He must be crazy to make a fuss about the feed issue.

Su Wenchen was quite satisfied with Han Yang's attitude.

"Okay then. I'll leave the work at the chicken farm to you. If there are any problems, I'll come to you."

"Now let me tell you about the development work on the ranch."

"The chicken farm has basically reached its upper limit of 100,000 chickens, and it can no longer be consumed in many cities. In addition, the loss rate of eggs is too high if they are transported over long distances."

"So we have to expand the scale of the chicken farm step by step, and at the same time find the next development direction of the livestock farm in advance."

Hearing Su Wenchen's words, everyone present nodded frequently.

Obviously, he agreed with Su Wenchen's statement.

"The two directions I have chosen at the moment are pig farming and fur rabbit farming."

When Su Wenchen said this, many people present were stunned.

Everyone knows about pig farms, and pork is in extreme shortage now. In addition, the loss rate during transportation of live pigs is much lower than that of eggs.

Therefore, pig farming is a development direction that everyone expected.

But it's a leather rabbit.

No one has ever heard of it.

Even Hou Guozhong was confused and asked Su Wenchen directly.

"Manager, we all know about raising pigs, but what is this fur rabbit? Is it a kind of rabbit?"

"I think the market for rabbit meat is not as big as that for pork. It would be better to focus all our efforts on the pig farm."

When others heard what Hou Guozhong said, they also thought it made sense.

However, although it made sense, no one else said anything.

Su Wenchen knew what Hou Guozhong meant and spoke directly.

"The fur rabbit I'm talking about is a species of rabbit that is used for fur called the Rex Rabbit. It's also called the Rex Rabbit because its fur is similar to that of the more valuable otter."

"This type of rabbit is medium-sized. If raised artificially, it will generally reach a weight of about four kilograms in three months, and five or six kilograms in five months. This is usually the time when it is ready to be slaughtered and skinned."

"At present, this kind of Rex rabbit skin is a high-quality fur, which is a high-quality raw material for making high-end fur clothing, hats, scarves, etc. The recycling price given by the Shanghai Leather Products Factory is eight yuan per piece of high-quality fur produced by a Rex rabbit weighing five or six kilograms, which is two to three times the price of wild rabbit fur."

"If you include the price of rabbit meat, the output value of a Rex rabbit in half a year is basically around ten yuan."

"And most importantly, this kind of rabbit can be fed with roughage made from wild grass, wild vegetables, crop straw and leaves."

"At most, the mother rabbits are fed with some concentrated feed such as corn, soybean meal, and bran during pregnancy."

"It will not take up a lot of our food and affect the development of our main business, chicken farms."

After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the others calculated carefully.

If one rabbit can earn ten dollars in half a year, wouldn’t if there are ten thousand of them, you can earn one hundred thousand dollars?
Raising 100,000 rabbits wouldn't cost two million a year, right?

Why does it feel like it’s more profitable than raising chickens?

I told Han Yang directly that everyone felt raising chickens had no future and he wanted to raise rabbits instead.

So he said it directly.

"Director, if that's the case, then we can just raise rabbits. We can just raise 100,000 rabbits, which will cost us 2 million per year. They don't need to consume grain, which is perfect."

Su Wenchen rolled his eyes.

"You really have the guts to think that! One hundred thousand rabbits would probably eat all the grass in our county clean."

"And how many people would you have to spend to harvest the hay down there!"

In Su Wenchen's opinion, although rabbits do not consume food, their labor costs are still relatively high.

Those members can let their children cut a basket of rabbit grass at the same time as they cut grass for the pigs.

Small-scale farming is OK.

But for a population of 100,000, they must be fed with food, otherwise there will not be enough for the rabbits to eat.

It can lick the grass clean.

(End of this chapter)