Chapter 137 Rabbit for Old Hen
Previously, Fan's mother wanted to exchange for the little rabbit that was just full moon and could eat grass, and Shui Qing agreed.
An old hen was replaced by many little rabbits. Mother Fan was so proud that she returned home with the little rabbits in her arms.
Then I discovered they were all male rabbits!
I was so angry that I went to the old village chief to seek justice, but he was scolded by the old village chief and told me again not to send rabbits to my parents' family!
Anyone who violates the village rules will go back to his parents' home.
This is everyone's business in the village, everyone agrees, everyone supervises each other, and Fan's mother doesn't dare to say anything.
Sun Jinhua was in a miserable situation. Her husband's family was not in a good place, and her parents' family failed to do what they promised, and even got a chicken into the house, which made her whole body smelly for nothing.
It was useless to raise all the male rabbits. Mother Fan had no choice but to send them back and wait for the rabbits to be released before replacing them.
The villagers in Shanshui Village had watched Fan's mother change the rabbit before, thinking that since she was their own mother, there was nothing wrong with taking advantage of the little rabbit that had been swapped out of the nest.
So I didn't have any strange thoughts at all.
When Fan's mother went back with several male rabbits, she was scolded by the old village chief. The villagers were laughing at the hard work!
At the same time, I was glad that I didn't have any bad thoughts.
Just like that, everyone waited and waited until March.
In March, the number of rabbits in Shuiqing's house was already quite impressive.
And it’s still growing at an alarming rate!
It has to be said that rabbits reproduce so fast. They can give birth to another litter within two months of giving birth, and a litter can range from several to more than a dozen.
The meat rabbits Shui Qing bought from the mall were mostly male and female. It was nearly four months since the first batch of rabbits were born.
The first batch of little rabbits have grown to six pounds in weight and four pounds in light weight. In another two months, these rabbits will continue to breed.
Villagers from Shanshui Village brought their own old hens and exchanged them one after another.
Aunt Li grabbed Shui Qing and said a little embarrassedly: "Shui Qing, I don't have many old hens, only five. How many pounds can you weigh?
Can you exchange it for me with one that weighs four pounds? "
If the weight is small, you can exchange for a few more.
An old hen only weighs two or three pounds, so she picked out the bigger ones at home, five at most fifteen pounds. The four-pound rabbits were more numerous, and they would give birth to babies faster.
But she also knew that the other villagers she knew also knew that if everyone was like this, it would be difficult for Shui Qing to do it.
Shui Qing asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Dayan is pregnant again, and you want to leave a few more hens to lay eggs to replenish her body, right?"
Feng Dayan is Aunt Li's eldest daughter-in-law. This is not her first child, but no matter which of the three daughters-in-law gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby, Aunt Li will try her best to feed them well and replenish their health.
"There is nothing good at home. They have to suffer when they get married. They are already in poor health and have no appetite when they are pregnant. If they don't eat good food, they are afraid of having a baby.
So I thought about raising a few more rabbits, and the old hens at home were also hatching eggs. After this period, things would be better in the future. "Aunt Li sighed.
Shui Qing likes a mother-in-law like Aunt Li very much.
She didn't say that her daughter-in-law's pregnancy was expensive, nor did she say that her daughter-in-law was greedy. Instead, she said that she didn't have enough money to feed them.
I also thought about piecing together things to make life easier under limited material conditions.
"Okay, by the way, if there are more roosters, you can also exchange them. Just like hens, you don't necessarily need all hens." Shui Qing agreed readily and added at the same time.
There are many people coming to exchange, and it is impossible for me to keep one of them all without eating it.
Since there is something to eat, roosters and hens are the same.
The villagers' hens can still be kept to lay eggs.
Aunt Li was overjoyed when she heard this and couldn't help but confirm and asked: "Roosters are also okay? But, roosters are not as expensive as hens."
What she didn't finish saying was, wouldn't that be even more of a disadvantage?
Shui Qing found a suitable reason: "Look, I have so many hens, and the number of roosters before was small. Only when I add a few more roosters can the eggs laid by me be able to hatch out chicks."
Commonly known as fertilized eggs.
When Aunt Li heard that this was the reason, she breathed a sigh of relief and assured Shang Shuiqing, "Don't worry, my cock is getting stronger! There is no problem at all."
I'll go back and pick up the rooster now, and we'll count the rabbits later. "
Her family hatched a lot of roosters last year, six in total!
Moreover, roosters are heavier than hens. If you catch four, you might be able to exchange them for two or three rabbits.
After Aunt Li finished speaking, she ran home in a hurry.
Shui Qing said it again to the others.
There were many roosters at home, so I immediately went back to catch roosters.
Suddenly, there were many rabbits and even more old hens in Shuiqing's house!
And unlike feed chickens, these are all authentic local chickens that are hatched from eggs and raised to eat earthworms, worms, and vegetables!
The steamed eggs are all yellow.
What is pure cannot be more pure!
Purchase price in the mall: two yuan each.
Sold by the piece!
As a result, Shui Qing picked up eggs every morning, always saying: two yuan, two yuan, two yuan...
During the lunch break, Fan Jin looked at Shui Qing who was counting the number of eggs today, and said with a smile: "The children have been talking recently about why you shouted two yuan when picking up eggs."
He is the only one who knows why.
"Didn't they notice that the eggs they eat now are much yellower?" Shui Qing asked back.
In the past, there were not many chickens and they did not lay many eggs. Most of their food was cheap and affordable foreign eggs bought from the mall.
Since the rabbits were replaced a few days ago, the number of old hens has increased every day, and the number of eggs has also increased every day.
After deducting what I eat every day, I can still sell a lot to the mall.
This is all money, money that can be exchanged for rice, flour and meat rabbit
"How could the children notice these? They only know that it's good to have eggs to eat." Fan Jin replied gently.
Shui Qing thought about it, and it was only a few months since they had enough food and warm clothes.
Besides, she could eat foreign eggs, and for the children, it was the best food.
Fan Jin thought about it, but couldn't help asking: "Did you change those rabbits?"
They were the same rabbits, but he always felt that the rabbits he changed out were different?
Shui Qing didn't deny it, "Yeah, I picked six or seven month old rabbits from the mall to exchange with the villagers, so that they might be able to have pups when they go back!"
Rabbits can only have pups when they are about six months old, and although their first batch is about the same weight, they are of different ages, so they will have to wait at least two more months before they are exchanged.
These rabbits have been kept in the pen for a few days, and they may be pregnant...
Fan Jin calculated the time: "After a rabbit becomes pregnant, it can give birth to pups in about a month. If it is fast, it will give birth to a litter this time next month, and the ones born in October will continue to give birth to pups;
Then the old and new ones will give birth to pups one after another."
Compared to old hens, rabbits are much more expensive in terms of breeding, feeding costs and selling prices.
The only disadvantage is that they cannot lay eggs, but hens cannot lay eggs from the beginning.
When the hens start to lay eggs, the rabbits can be sold to make money.