Chapter 245: Wild Animal Breeding Tips
Chapter 245: Wild Animal Breeding Tips
Lin Weiguo was stunned: "Why did you guys hunt so much game today?"
Lin Panpan looked at him and said, "Brother, what do you think about raising these things on our farm?"
Lin Weiguo frowned and said, "These are all wild. It's not easy to keep them alive. Besides, I don't know how to raise them."
Lin Panpan said confidently: "It's not that difficult. I can raise one. I'll teach you!"
Lin Weiguo looked at her and said, "How can you raise these things?"
Lin Panpan squatted beside the sika deer, reached out and gently stroked the smooth fur on its back, then turned to Lin Weiguo and said:
"Brother, this sika deer needs to be fed with careful food.
Fresh green grass is their staple food, such as alfalfa and ryegrass. It is rich in nutrients and tastes good. Deer especially like to eat it, and it can provide them with the protein and vitamins needed for growth.
As for leaves, young willow and elm leaves are good. When the willows first sprout in the spring, you can pick them and feed them to the deer; they are very rare."
“Drinking water is also important and must be clean and unpolluted.
You need to change the water for them every day to ensure the water source is clean, otherwise the deer will easily get sick after drinking dirty water.
In addition, the deer house should be spacious, dry, and ventilated. It is best to build it with wood and cover the ground with soft hay, which can keep them warm and make them lie comfortably.
The deer sheds also need to be cleaned regularly, the feces removed, and lime sprinkled for disinfection to prevent disease."
After saying that, Lin Panpan stood up and walked to the cage containing the hazel grouse, pointing at the lively and active hazel grouse and introducing them:
"The hazel grouse eats a simple diet, with cereals and grains as the main food, such as millet and cornmeal. Just sprinkle a handful every day and they will eat it happily.
Occasionally, we give them some insect snacks, such as grasshoppers and mealworms, to supplement their protein and help them grow stronger.
"Don't put the cage in a drafty place, otherwise it will easily catch a cold, but it can't be too stuffy either, there needs to be some ventilation.
Clean the cage every few days, throw away leftover food scraps and feces, and keep the cage clean so that the hazel grouse will not easily get sick.
By the way, in winter, you can put some hay in the cage to keep it warm."
Lin Panpan came to the fence where the wild roe deer were kept, patted the fence and said:
"Roe deer are actually easy to raise. Their diet is similar to that of deer; they like to eat grass and leaves.
However, they also like to eat root vegetables such as carrots and potatoes, which can be cut into small pieces and fed to them."
“Roe deer are timid, so be as quiet as possible around the fence and don’t make too much noise to scare them.
The fence must be high enough, because they can jump around a lot, just like sika deer.
The roe deer's living environment must also be kept dry, hygienic, and cleaned regularly. With proper care, the roe deer will grow fat and strong."
Lin Weiguo's face was filled with surprise. He stared at Lin Panpan with disbelief in his eyes. He exclaimed, "Why do I feel like you've run a farm before? You actually know all about the breeding of these wild animals!"
He scratched his head and said:
"But what's the point of raising these wild things?
If you want to eat this, I'll call a few people and go into the mountains to catch it for you.
Freshly caught in the mountains, that’s what you call fresh, and the taste is definitely much better than farmed ones.”
Lin Panpan shook her head and explained patiently:
"Brother, you need to take a long-term view. Now you think it's easy to catch them in the mountains.
But in the future, these may become national protected animals. At that time, let alone eating them, even touching them will be illegal.
If we cultivate these things artificially now, we will seize the business opportunity.
When the market demand increases and our breeding scale expands, this will be money well spent!"
Lin Weiguo doesn’t understand these things, but he is obedient!
"Okay, then let's try raising them. Tomorrow I'll find two people to take care of them."
Lin Panpan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go down the mountain then! I still have to go back and take care of these herbs!"
Lin Panpan pushed open the gate of Medicine Grandma's house, and a strong smell of medicine instantly hit her nose.
In the yard, sunlight poured down freely, casting a warm yellow filter on everything in sight.
The medicine lady was hunched over, leaning forward, concentrating on tending to her medicinal herbs.
On the drying rack beside me, Codonopsis pilosula, Chinese angelica, honeysuckle are neatly arranged...
There were several bamboo mats on the ground, each of which was filled with various medicinal materials, including drying flower petals and sliced herbs.
"Grandma Yao, Grandma Yu, I'm here!" Lin Panpan's voice broke the tranquility of the courtyard.
When Grandma Yao and Old Lady Yu heard the voice, they both looked up and saw that it was Lin Panpan. Smiles instantly broke out on their faces.
Grandma Yao laughed and said, "Girl, I don't know what you are busy with all day long."
"I'm not busy at all. I just... I bought a machinery factory..."
Granny Yao was stunned. "What? A machinery factory? Can you make machinery?"
"I really can't do it, but I can draw some blueprints. I want to give it a try and see if I can make something famous." Lin Panpan said lightly.
Granny Yao looked at her and said:
"Look at you hammering here and there, is this going to work?
Especially medical skills, you need to take them seriously. I'm afraid you haven't studied much recently, have you? "
Granny Yao sighed and said, "Panpan, since you've chosen this path, you should take it seriously. The worst thing to do in medicine is to be indecisive."
Lin Panpan nodded quickly and said, "Grandma Yao, I know. I'm learning every day."
Grandma Yao smiled and said, "Then I have to test you."
"Just take the test..."
Granny Medicine nodded slightly, cleared her throat, and said slowly:
"Then I'll be frank and ask you a slightly more complicated question.
Zhimu, please tell me about its characteristics and benefits."
Lin Panpan said without hesitation, with a gleam in her eyes, in an orderly manner:
"The herb Anemarrhena is bitter and cold in nature, and enters the lung, stomach, and kidney meridians.
It can clear away heat and purge fire, nourish yin and moisten dryness. In terms of clearing heat, it can be effective for both high fever and thirst, as well as lung heat and cough.
In terms of nourishing yin, it also has a good regulating effect on yin deficiency, excessive fire, bone steaming, hot flashes, etc.
She paused for a moment, as if to organize her words, and then continued:
“I remember it was recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
It is said that Anemarrhena can stabilize pregnancy, relieve restlessness in the fetus, and ward off poison from Shegong River, which shows its high medicinal value and wide application.
After hearing this, Granny Yao's eyes were full of admiration, and she nodded continuously: "Not bad, not bad. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort every day."
Lin Panpan smiled and said:
"Grandma Medicine, now we know the medicinal properties of common herbs and the direction of the meridians in the human body.
I even know the formulas for the medicine by heart!"
Grandma Yao then asked several questions in succession, and Lin Panpan responded with ease. Every answer was accurate and clear.
As Grandma Yao listened, she nodded continuously, and the admiration in her eyes became more and more intense.
After Lin Panpan finished answering, Granny Yao was filled with emotion and slowly said:
"This young man is teachable! Back then, it took me five years to learn all this.
But you! You mastered all this knowledge in just one year."
12dz