The Farming Prospects of the Black Swan
The black swan is native to Australia and is an important member of the swan family, as well as a world-famous ornamental bird. It is docile in temperament and easy to raise. In China, it can breed two clutches each year in spring and autumn, and with artificial stimulation of egg-laying it can produce 4 to 5 clutches, with egg numbers reaching 30. Raising one commercial black swan takes only half a year, and feed and other costs amount to only just over 50 yuan; the economic returns are so high that no other farmed species can compare. The black swan's rearing method is simple and its disease resistance is strong, making it a labor-saving, highly profitable farming venture.
The black swan is a rare and precious bird with great market prospects
The black swan is a traditional rare and precious bird known to young and old alike in China; the folk saying “the toad wants to eat swan meat” shows how people long for swan meat. It is only because the wild white swan is a protected animal and artificial rearing and breeding were a blank that people have been left able to admire swans only in zoos. The market for eating and viewing commercial swans is still virgin territory with enormous business opportunities. With economic development and rising living standards, seizing the initiative and catering to the market will surely bring substantial profits.
The black swan has very high ornamental value
The swan is a symbol of beauty and nobility; especially in China, the swan has always been regarded as a traditional symbol of good fortune and nobility. The black swan has a red beak and black plumage, a dazzlingly beautiful appearance, curled nuptial feathers on its wings like sails, and a pair of sleek red eyes that are utterly charming; its body shape is extremely beautiful and elegant, and compared with the white swan it appears even more graceful, with extremely high ornamental value. In addition, it is highly domesticated, gentle in temperament, and friendly to people, able to come into zero-distance contact with humans like a domestic goose and become humanity's close friend. On green lawns it leisurely forages and wanders, and can even actively beg people for food, making it a shared high-grade pet for people. On the artificial lake under radiating sunset glow, pairs of “loving sweethearts” whisper to each other, one “warm family” after another enjoys perfect harmony, and groups of “good companions” chat joyfully, sometimes holding their heads high and pacing back and forth, sometimes frolicking and chasing, just like fairies dancing, filling the scenery with movement and breathtaking beauty, so dazzling that one feels as if entering a fairyland, delighting viewers and residents alike and making them linger without wanting to leave.
If a few pairs of black swans are placed on rippling artificial lakes, tourist viewing areas, leisure green spaces, rural ecological gardens, garden villas, garden-style factory areas, holiday resorts, sanatoriums, amusement venues, and family courtyards, the landscape effect will be even more beautiful, adding further splendor to the scenic area.
The black swan has very high food value
To have the good fortune to eat swan meat is something Chinese people have always dreamed of, and a small number of illegally poached swans sell for more than 2,000 yuan each at hotels. With economic development and rising living standards, seizing the initiative and catering to the market will surely bring substantial profits. Hotels and restaurants everywhere, especially in developed regions and large cities, are troubled by having these famous, special, and excellent varieties yet finding themselves like “a clever housewife who cannot cook a meal without rice”; once the farming volume reaches batch scale and the birds can come to market, they will surely become a hot-selling high-grade rare-bird commodity. At the same time, as a high-grade gift, the black swan's market is also viewed quite favorably. Therefore, carrying out artificial farming and breeding of the black swan to meet market demand, it is believed that in a few years people's wish to taste swan meat will become reality, and its market prospects will be extremely broad.