"Old Wu, we need to get this done as soon as possible. I'll go find someone to buy chickens, ducks, and geese. We also need to get the chicken farm started as soon as possible."
The captain was smoking the cigarette handed to him by Zhou Ziwen, but he was thinking in his heart how to deal with this matter.
Wu Dagang nodded and said, "Let's have a meeting later! Let's reach a consensus first."
Although they were basically the ones who made the decisions on the production team's affairs, they still had to discuss it with other cadres and members of the production team.
"Uncle Zhou, we don't need to buy chicks. We can just collect chicken and duck eggs from the village. Leave the hatching to me. I know how to do it."
Zhou Ziwen reminded from the side.
"Can you hatch chicks?" The captain has become immune to Zhou Ziwen's excellence.
Anyway, after such a long period of contact, he already knew that this kid was a genius, a genius among geniuses.
Know everything and do everything.
"Yes, Uncle Zhou, I can hatch chicks. I have also hatched goose eggs before, and the goslings were successfully hatched." Zhou Ziwen explained with a smile.
"That's good. If we hatch the eggs ourselves, we can save a lot of costs."
Hearing this, the captain and Wu Dagang were very happy.
"Well, I'll make a broadcast later to inform everyone to send the eggs that can be hatched to the pig farm." Wu Dagang said hurriedly.
This old man likes to make announcements on the radio. He is the one who announces anything happening in the village.
"Okay, I'll gather your team's cadres and inform everyone first." The captain nodded.
"Then let's prepare some things here and let Brother Li prepare some incubators first." Zhou Ziwen said.
The three of them discussed for a while and then quickly took action.
Wu Dagang and the team leader went to call a meeting of cadres, while Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei discussed the hatching of chicks and ducklings.
Since we are going to run a chicken farm, there must be a lot of chicks that need to be hatched.
Moreover, when a chicken farm is set up in the future, it will be necessary to hatch new chicks.
Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei discussed it and decided to convert the warehouse next door into an incubation room.
There are many warehouses in the pig farm.
Some are used to store grain, some are used to store biological feed, and some are used to store farm tools and some small mechanical equipment.
Of course, there are still more empty warehouses. After all, the pig farm is newly built, and the current Landrace pigs and the production team's black pigs only occupy a small area.
According to Zhou Ziwen's plan, this pig farm can raise 3,000 pigs.
After agreeing to convert the warehouse into an incubation room, Zhou Ziwen discussed with Li Lei how to make the renovation.
Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei stood in front of the empty warehouse of the pig farm, carefully looking at the space that was about to be converted into an incubator.
The warehouse was large enough to accommodate their planned incubators and the necessary equipment.
"Brother Li, the first thing we need to consider is the temperature and humidity control of the incubation room."
"Having chicks requires a stable temperature and humidity environment to ensure the success rate of hatching," said Zhou Ziwen.
"Then how do we do it?" Li Lei asked.
"This requires building some incubation beds. You can ask Uncle Liang Wu for them. I'll go talk to him about the requirements later. Then there are things like iron plates, water bags, kerosene lamps, etc..."
Zhou Ziwen recalled the breeding techniques in his mind.
His breeding skills have reached level four, which naturally includes the method of hatching chicks.
In view of the current actual situation, he decided to use water bed method for incubation.
This method is also very simple. Just put a water bag on the bed, then cover it with insulating materials such as straw and quilts, and then put the eggs on it.
The temperature is adjusted by the water temperature in the water bag, and a layer of iron plate is added under the bed, which is heated with a kerosene lamp to keep the temperature stable.
The temperature requirements for hatching eggs are very high.
It cannot be too low or too high, and real-time monitoring is required.
Zhou Ziwen continued, "So we also need to prepare thermometers and place them in different locations on the incubation bed so we can check whether the temperature is uniform at any time."
Li Lei nodded in agreement. "Then how do we control the humidity?"
"In terms of humidity, we can place a few basins of water in the corners of the warehouse to adjust the humidity through natural evaporation of water. At the same time, we must pay attention to ventilation to avoid excessive humidity that may lead to mold growth." Zhou Ziwen explained.
The two of them walked towards the village committee office while discussing.
Wu Dagang and the team leader have gone to gather the cadres of the production team.
Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei were also cadres of the production team and also wanted to attend the meeting.
By the time the two arrived at the village committee office, the incubation matter had almost been discussed.
"Ziwen, you're here, come and sit down."
"I have a seat here, sit here."
As soon as they entered the door, the cadres of the production team greeted Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei warmly.
Zhou Ziwen and Li Lei thanked him with a smile and then found a seat to sit down.
Seeing that everyone was present, Wu Dagang tapped the pipe in his hand and began to introduce the plan for the chicken farm and related matters of hatching chicks.
"You should all be clear about the purpose of calling everyone here today."
"We decided to build a chicken farm. To save costs, we didn't plan to buy chicks, but instead collected eggs from the village and hatched them ourselves. Comrade Zhou Ziwen had experience in hatching chickens, so we gave him the task."
"Do we really want to build a chicken farm? Can we handle it?" asked Wang Hongjun, a team leader.
"Yes, although there are many people in our village, we have already divided a group of people from the mushroom cultivation base and another group from the pig farm. If we build a chicken farm, it may delay the work in the fields."
Second team leader Liu Guoyong also spoke in agreement.
Wu Dagang also thought about this problem and came up with a solution.
He said: "I understand everyone's concerns, but building a chicken farm is also to increase collective income and improve everyone's life."
"We can rationally arrange manpower, for example, let some women and elderly people take charge of the daily work of the chicken farm, so as not to delay the work in the fields."
After all, raising chickens does not require much physical strength, so letting women and the elderly with less strength raise chickens can also help them earn more work points.
The team leader also continued, "We can also adjust personnel arrangements based on the season and the importance of farm work."
"For example, during the busy farming season, we focus on the fields and slow down the chicken farm work. During the slack season, we step up the construction and production of the chicken farm."
"Well, raising chickens doesn't require many people, and the biological feed can be handed over to the pig farm." Zhou Ziwen also suggested.
"Of course, the most important thing is to increase the population. Our living conditions in Dabazi Village have improved now. I think we can ask the unmarried young men in the village to help out. Don't just focus on your own family. You can go to other villages to look for partners!"
"Once you marry a wife, she will also be a labor force!"
Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room suddenly became lively.
Some people found it funny, while others were delighted and thought it was a good idea. (End of this chapter)
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