Jinjiang genuine 139
Within a few minutes, two keepers arrived.
They all looked very young, probably in their 20s, and were wearing the zoo's gray uniforms.
When the two saw Director Meng, they immediately stepped forward to greet him. When they saw Ye Han, they were stunned for a moment before introducing themselves.
They received a notice and learned that the director of Huajianji was coming, but they didn't expect him to be so young.
He looked to be in his early 20s, a few years younger than them.
But he is already the director and runs the botanical garden so well.
It's admirable.
Ye Han heard the peacock's cry.
Sure enough, when they saw the breeders coming, the peacocks became much more excited, and many of them gathered around them, knowing that they wanted to be fed.
There were two keepers, one of whom went to clean the cages and the other handled the feed in the hut.
Ye Han followed the latter to the cabin.
The peacock is the largest bird in the order Galliformes. The feed it eats is partially similar to that of chickens. It is an omnivore and eats everything, but not much.
An adult peacock eats 2-3 times a day, and the total amount is only about 125g, a little more than two taels. It eats less than a domestic chicken, which is very inconsistent with its body size.
Therefore, the breeding cost is very low, artificial breeding is mature, and almost every zoo has introduced peacocks.
However, it is not an easy task to keep its feathers bright and gorgeous and its body strong and free from disease.
Requires careful feeding.
The breeder pours the finished feed into a basin, adds some fish meal, trace elements and other granules and mixes it well, and it is done.
Ye Han watched the other party carry the basin out and sprinkle the feed around like feeding chickens.
The peacocks flew down from their roosting branches, swarmed around, and came to the open space to peck at the food. The scene was quite spectacular.
Ye Han thought to himself: As expected of a Galliformes, the feeding method is exactly the same.
Xu Guangyin took this opportunity to observe their condition closely, and another keeper also came to help.
They focus on selecting individuals with smooth, colorful and unbroken tail feathers, strong bodies, strong appetites and strong legs.
There are more than a hundred peacocks, and the keepers are walking around scattering feed, so it will take some time to finish.
Ye Han continued to move forward and took out the gift he had prepared from his backpack, focusing on attracting those fairy-like white peacocks.
During the feeding period, most peacocks could not wait to come to the breeder and look for food, one next to the other, with their sapphire necks and blue-green tail feathers shining in the sun; however, some peacocks were not very sociable, especially a few white peacocks.
Perhaps because they are a mutant, their color is quite different from that of ordinary blue peacocks. Most of them are alone and do not move around with others.
Ye Han found a clean open space, scattered the nutritious feed in the can, which was a mixture of chopped grass and high-quality wheat and corn, on the ground, and took a few steps back.
Several white peacocks nearby smelled the fresh scent of the grass, quickly raised their heads, turned their necks to look around, and then finally couldn't resist the temptation and walked over tentatively.
Seeing Ye Han standing still, it bravely came forward to peck at the food, lowered its head and swallowed the green grass that attracted it the most, feasting on it.
Ye Han was a little excited.
Because she saw the largest and most beautiful white peacock in the center.
The white peacock in front of you is bigger than the others, with a body length of more than 2 meters. The feathers on its lower abdomen are thick and as white as clouds.
The pure white feathers are clean and tidy, and the tail feathers are gathered together like layers of overlapping white gauze, plump and dense; the forked feathers on the outside have a fluffy texture, fresh and elegant, and extend to nearly 1.5 meters in length.
So beautiful!
Ye Han couldn't help but marvel.
It seemed to be the leader of the small group, occupying the best position for foraging.
The other white peacocks did not dare to compete with it and scattered around.
Ye Han was delighted when he saw its beautiful feathers and size, and had decided to take it away.
She approached slowly, and the white peacock, which was pecking at tender leaves, raised its head alertly after hearing the noise, reacting quickly.
It opened its mouth and barked a few times, and the tail feathers behind it trembled and spread out like a fan.
The peacock's cry sounds a bit scary at first. It is loud and sharp, which is completely inconsistent with its beautiful appearance and even a bit unpleasant.
When several peacocks call together, it is definitely a torture to the eardrums.
Especially during the estrus period, one would want to plug their ears.
Ye Han was also startled.
Fortunately, she was prepared. She half-knelt down, held a small branch in her hand for the insect to climb up, and shook it gently to lure the insect.
The proud white peacock stared at the fat insect in Ye Han's hand.
The grass here is relatively poor. The peacocks occasionally peck at some degraded grass seeds or gravel to help grind and digest them. There is not even fresh grass, let alone the high-quality and delicious insects in front of them.
At first glance, it is a pure natural, high-protein, fresh and juicy food, which has a fatal attraction to it.
The white peacock suddenly flapped its wings and flew over, its long tail feathers falling below, and then it landed in front of Ye Han, opened its mouth, grabbed the living insect, and swallowed it into its stomach in two or three gulps.
Ye Han fed it another one, then tentatively reached out and stroked the feathers on its back.
Success!
Ye Han couldn't help but smile. The white peacock's feathers were thick and smooth, well-maintained and felt very good to the touch.
The white peacock let her touch it obediently, without any trace of its previous arrogance and vigilance. It even gently shook its tail feathers, which scattered on the ground.
Ye Han took the opportunity to check it out and found it was in perfect condition, not broken or damaged.
Male peacocks in estrus are very aggressive. They will fight with each other for mates and even peck at the feathers of other male peacocks.
When they fight, they fly around and inevitably bump into narrow places such as fences, which will also cause damage to their feathers.
During the courtship period of March to May, if you see that a male peacock's tail feather is broken or there is some baldness on the top, it is basically this reason.
Fortunately, they molt every year, otherwise it would greatly affect the appearance.
When Ye Han was feeding, several female peacocks gathered around, all of them were the harem of this male peacock.
Yes, peacocks are polygamous (except for the Congo peacock).
Males with gorgeous feathers and strong fighting ability can have several girlfriends, while those who fail in courtship are forced to be single and wait until next year to fight again.
This is also nature's choice.
Individuals with excellent genes have more opportunities to reproduce.
Director Meng and another keeper were surprised to see the beautiful white peacock surrounding Ye Han.
Maybe Ye Han didn't understand, but they knew best: this white peacock named "Snow White" was not friendly at all, and had a very fierce temper and a very alert personality. Sometimes even the breeder couldn't get close to it.
The combat effectiveness is even stronger.
Although humans think that white peacocks are very fairy-like, in the eyes of female peacocks, the blue peacocks with colorful feathers are of course more attractive to them.
The white peacock's feathers are too single in color, so male white peacocks are often excluded during courtship, and sometimes human intervention is necessary to achieve self-sufficiency within the white peacock group.
But Snow White is different.
Relying on its strong body and super fighting power, it defeated several blue peacocks with gorgeous feathers and successfully won the hearts of four female peacocks.
He is the most difficult one to deal with among these peacocks.
It was the first time they saw Snow White being so friendly.
Director Meng couldn't help but marvel: What method did Director Ye use to win the other party's favor?
He is obviously not a breeder, but he is better than a breeder.
They want to learn from each other what the secret is.
Ye Han fed most of the insects to several white peacocks. A lot of chopped grass and high-quality grains were also scattered on the ground. A dozen peacocks were pecking at the food around them, with their long tail feathers curled up, looking extremely beautiful under the sunlight.
Such deliciousness naturally attracted other foragers.
A group of blue peacocks flew over from not far away and began to compete for food with other peacocks, and the competition became fierce.
Snow White immediately went into defense mode, raised her head and chirped loudly a few times, then flapped her pure white wings and flew low, chasing after a few blue peacocks and pecking at them to drive them away.
One of the blue peacocks was also quite large and fought against it without giving in.
The two peacocks flew up and landed from time to time, with their claws hooked against each other, and their long tail feathers hanging from the air or turning their bodies flexibly. Even their fight was a beautiful sight to watch.
However, during the fight, a few feathers fell from time to time, demonstrating the fierceness of the fight between the two sides.
Ye Han looked at the scene in astonishment.
After all, she had never anticipated this situation before coming here, and she felt a little anxious.
Fortunately, peacocks eat relatively little, about 40-50g per meal. She brought a lot of food, enough to satisfy the appetite of 20 peacocks.
Seeing that the other peacocks also started fighting, Ye Han was worried that they would get hurt, so he scattered all the remaining feed on the ground.
Then - more peacocks were attracted.
Ye Han:......!
Didn’t you just eat enough?
Xu Guangyin and a breeder named Sun Yan were marking the selected peacocks. In the blink of an eye, accompanied by the sound of flapping wings, the peacocks in front all flew away.
Xu Guangyin: ???
Sun Yan: ???
They stood up and looked in that direction, and saw a circle of blue, white, or hybrid peacocks gathered around Ye Han. Some of them were fighting fiercely, with feathers flying everywhere.
There were also two peacocks, one white and one blue, spreading their tails. While spreading their tails, they looked for the right opportunity to peck at each other. Their cries were so loud that they were deafening, and it was obvious that they were trying to intimidate their opponents.
The two looked at each other in confusion: ...What exactly happened?
Two keepers hurried over and used some means to separate them.
A conflict caused by feeding was finally resolved.
Ye Han carefully examined Bai Xue's feathers and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, there is no damage, just a few feathers fell off the wings.
The other blue peacocks looked somewhat miserable.
Although the important tail feathers were not broken, the amount of hair lost was much more than that of the opponent. Several of the tail feathers on the edge also showed signs of splitting, as if they were pecked by the opponent.
Ye Han looked at Director Meng with an apologetic look in her eyes. She really didn't expect this to happen.
Fortunately, no irreparable damage was caused.
When a few sharp-eyed peacocks returned, they saw the jar she had placed aside, tilted their heads, put their heads in and ate the last few worms.
Even the leaves that were placed there were taken away, leaving nothing behind.
Ye Han: “…”
Director Meng: “…”
Director Meng really wanted to cover his face. If someone didn’t know better, they would think that their zoo was abusing animals.
He coughed awkwardly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Director Ye."
Ye Han immediately smiled and said, "No, the peacocks raised in the zoo are very energetic."
Better than she thought.
Some of them are obviously very high-quality peacocks, such as the white peacock named "Snow White".
The white peacock is a mutation of the wild blue peacock, with a mutation probability of about one in a thousand.
At present, through artificial breeding, it can be controlled to a certain extent, but the number is still scarce.
What's more, such a high-quality white peacock is rare to see.
Thinking about what happened just now, Director Meng asked curiously, "What kind of feed is in the can you took?"
If any other feed could produce such good results, they would immediately change suppliers.
Ye Han smiled and explained: "I asked my employees to mix it themselves. I chopped up the freshly picked grass and tender leaves from Huajianji, mixed them with the best grains, and caught some insects and put them in."
Director Meng looked at her in surprise.
The fact that Huajianji spends so much effort preparing feed for the peacocks is enough to prove how much importance it places on animals.
He seemed to understand why the swans in Huajianji were of such high quality.
The peacocks in our own zoo will definitely be well taken care of when they go to Huajianji.
In the end, Ye Hanru selected 14 blue peacocks and 6 white peacocks as agreed before.
Among them, there are 11 male peacocks and 9 female peacocks.
There is no way, unless there is human intervention, there will always be male peacocks who can’t find a girlfriend.
Even if she introduces more females, the result is that high-quality male peacocks like Snow White will have more females, and those who are not eligible for mates will still not get a turn.
Ye Han thought of elephant seals.
The leader of the group can have dozens or even more than a hundred females, while the rest of the males are all bachelors and can't get involved with any of them.
Of course, as the leader, he faces challenges from other male elephant seals every day. He is covered with scars and will die from injuries within a few years.
But before it died, it already had a large number of offspring, which was much better than being single.
It's all about reproduction.
However, in order to prevent the male peacock from being depressed because he couldn't find a girlfriend, Ye Han had already made an agreement with Director Meng:
When the peacocks are in mating season next year, I will bring a few male peacocks to the zoo for mating.
With so many females here, courtship will definitely be successful.
After the park closed in the evening, the 20 peacocks were successfully delivered to the Peacock Garden of Huajianji after a series of cleaning, packaging and transportation.
The breeder Sun Yan also followed along.
Because peacocks are timid and have just moved to a new environment, Ye Han was worried that they would be stressed, so he did not allow other employees to come over for the time being.
She, Xu Guangyin and Sun Yan worked together to untie the long tubes that wrapped the peacock's tail feathers and put them into the peacock garden.
The peacocks were very alert at first, flapping their wings and flying onto the branches, but they were soon attracted by the scattered grass seeds and fresh green grass on the ground and came down to look for food.
Occasionally, they can eat plump and juicy insects, which taste good and can provide them with a lot of protein.
Ye Han also prepared some after-meal fruit for them: Sichuan pears, one of peacocks’ favorite foods.
Cut into small dices and place on a plate for them to eat easily.
After a while, the peacocks obediently surrounded Ye Han and allowed her to stroke them.
Sun Yan: ...
Two meals were bought.
He had been working there for more than two years and had never been treated so intimately, and he couldn't help but feel a little bitter.
But when he looked around at the surrounding layout, he had to admit that the Peacock Garden built by Huajianji was very thoughtful.
The space in the park is very large, not to mention 20 peacocks, even 100 peacocks can move around freely.
There is no dense barbed wire fence on the outside, but a semi-open environment.
The entire peacock garden is surrounded by a 1.2-meter-high wooden fence, and a circle of neatly trimmed green plants is planted along the inside of the fence to separate tourists from the peacocks.
This arrangement is of course the best.
The iron net will not affect the tourists' vision, nor will it affect the activities of peacocks.
But he was very confused: Isn’t the director worried that the peacock will fly away?
Although artificially bred peacocks cannot fly as high as wild peacocks, a height of three or four meters is definitely no problem. Why is the fence only one meter high?
Of course Ye Han was not worried.
A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in.
If the environment here is good enough, why would the peacock go somewhere else?
The peacock garden has comfortable and spacious space, delicious food, clean water and green habitats. It has everything including incubation areas, rest areas, luxurious cages, wooden racks, sandy areas for sand baths, and even a courtship area for them to show off their feathers.
At the same time, the cleaning system will always keep the park clean and hygienic, which can be said to be an ideal living environment.
It doesn’t matter if it accidentally flies out of the peacock garden, the same applies if it lands in the free-range animal area outside.
The monitoring system will set up certain areas and protective measures to prevent them from flying too far.
Sun Yan watched the peacocks eat and drink, then go to the stream to drink water, and then stand by the rocks to loosen their feathers. They looked relaxed and comfortable, and they seemed to have adapted to the environment very well.
All right.
Even as a professional breeder, he couldn't find any faults.
Huajianji will definitely be able to take good care of these peacocks.
After the peacock was in place, staff from the W City Zoo came and selected 8 swans in exchange.
The swans cried miserably when they left. Ye Han couldn't bear it, so he went to comfort them for several days and help them adapt to the environment.
Ye Han also dropped a few drops of plant nutrient solution into the lake to promote the development of aquatic plants and algae, and help improve the swans' diet.
They also brought several large buckets of fresh small fish and shrimps and poured them into Swan Lake to ensure that they had sufficient food supply in the near future.
The swans in Huajianji can be seen to be different from the original ones in the zoo at a glance.
It was not obvious when it was in Huajianji, but now, in comparison, its body is larger than the others, its feathers are fuller, its wings are broad and powerful, and its flying ability is incomparable.
After their arrival, other swans dared not to provoke them.
After introducing the swans from Huajianji, the W City Zoo announced the news with great fanfare, which unsurprisingly attracted many tourists to check in.
People living near the city zoo are especially delighted to see these beautiful and graceful swans right at their doorstep.
Director Meng laughed so hard that his eyes were invisible.
It is worthy of being a celebrity animal, it is very popular.
They will definitely take good care of these swans.
When Ye Han came over for the last time, the swans that had ignored the keeper immediately swam over, stretched their necks and put their hands on her shoulders, as if they also knew that they were about to leave and were reluctant to leave.
Some tourists took photos of this touching scene, which caused a lot of heat on the Internet.
"Wow, I'm so touched."
"Stick to it, mommy, don't leave QAQ"
"Although the city zoo is right outside my home, it's still a bit sad to see this scene."
"To be honest, I was traumatized by geese chasing me when I was a kid, so I was very scared of these animals. I didn't expect swans to be so sentimental."
"As mentioned earlier, domestic geese belong to the genus Anseris, and swans belong to the genus Cygnus. There is reproductive isolation between the two; domestic geese and wild geese are actually more closely related."
"I see. Thanks for the tip."
"But there is one thing that is true: swans are very strong and can fight eagles. Especially during the breeding season, don't mess with them (a flap of their wings can cause a concussion)."
"! So fierce."
"I had the impression that the white swans in Hua Jian Ji were all very proud, but I didn't expect them to be so spoiled."
"Yeah, no one cares. I bring bread to feed it and no one even looks at it. It's so sad.jpg"
"Upstairs, the food they have is much better than bread, so of course they are not rare."
"The director is very popular. Not only does she cultivate plants well, but the animals also like her."
"Who doesn't love a capable and beautiful sister? I heard that the bird house is about to open. Can I apply to be an animal?"
Ye Han used 15 points to redeem a micro monitor and placed it in the zoo so that she could check the status of the swans at any time.
Xu Guangyin communicates with the new keepers every day to calm the swans down, and believes that they will be able to fully adapt after some time.
The water area in the zoo is wider than that in Huajianji, and these swans are of the highest quality, with no competitors, so they can occupy a very large territory.
In this respect, you will definitely live a good life.
Ye Han felt relieved after watching the surveillance video.
In the following time, after completing the relevant documents in advance, Ye Han introduced five pairs of golden pheasants.
The Golden Pheasant is a national second-class protected animal, and illegal buying and selling will result in a criminal sentence.
So, under the introduction of Director Meng, she selected five pairs of birds with bright and lively feathers from a fully qualified breeder and purchased them at a price of 6,000 yuan each.
When they put it in the corresponding area, the employees were all shocked because the male bird looked so good.
It is worthy of being the prototype of the phoenix.
Blue peacock - the national bird of India. Candidates for the national bird of my country: red-crowned crane (first level), golden pheasant (second level), crested ibis (first level), green peacock (first level)
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