A tough woman devoted to researching farming feeds herbs to produce "Chinese herbal medicine eggs"

Lin Xiangting shows the "Chinese herbal medicine eggs"

Lin Xiangting puts vegetables into the farm

Lin Xiangting pulls weeds at the medicinal herb planting base

Everyone has eaten plenty of eggs laid by chickens fed ordinary feed, so if Chinese medicinal herbs such as Japanese knotweed, angelica dahurica and cat's eye are mixed into the chickens' feed, what difference would the eggs they lay have? A few days ago, a reporter from the Evening News saw these chickens fed with Chinese medicinal herbs at the Shangqiu Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative, and interviewed the strong woman behind these results - Lin Xiangting. The Shangqiu Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative mainly engages in planting and breeding. After processing, Chinese medicinal herbs such as dandelion, cat's eye, angelica dahurica and eucommia are mixed with feed to feed the chickens. At present, there are more than 15,000 chickens in the farm, including more than 3,000 laying hens. Different from ordinary chickens, although these chickens look very thin, they fly relatively high and their calls are loud. During the interview, when Lin Xiangting put vegetables into the farm, the chickens rushed over as soon as they saw them, and in a short while the vegetables were eaten up completely. "Not only do we feed them processed Chinese medicinal herbs, we also feed them vegetables every day and boil Chinese herbal medicine water for them to drink. Just like people eating fruit, this gives the chickens extra nutritional supplements, so although one chicken weighs only a little over two jin at most, it is very healthy and does not get sick." As she spoke, Lin Xiangting took out eggs to show the reporter, "Don't look at how small these eggs are, they are very nutritious." Different from the ordinary varieties sold on the market and the dazzling array of "concept" eggs, after the "Chinese herbal medicine eggs" are cracked open, the egg white is still wrapped by a layer of membrane and appears thicker, and the yolk is darker in color and more viscous than ordinary eggs; after being cooked, these eggs also taste more fragrant. The Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative has special feed machines, mixing machines and pots used to boil Chinese medicinal herbs. At the cooperative's newly cultivated Chinese medicinal herb 2835 planting base, sheet after sheet of elm-pod-shaped leaves fall, and after being sorted they are ground into feed and boiled into medicinal water, then mixed into the feed. There is also a large amount of Japanese knotweed that has been preserved for 6 years, which is likewise boiled into medicinal water to feed the chickens. It is understood that the Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative currently grows 7 kinds of Chinese medicinal herbs and also purchases more than 40 kinds from Bozhou, adding them to the chicken feed according to proportions, so that the experimental chicks eat this kind of feed from a young age and finally lay one "Chinese herbal medicine egg" after another. In other words, these chickens' usual food is soybean meal, wheat bran, corn bran, Chinese medicinal herbs and vegetables, without any additives, which greatly enhances the chickens' physique and immunity. Lin Xiangting said that the eggs here sell for more than 1 yuan each, and mainly through online promotion they have attracted a large number of buyers from Zhengzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen and other places, and these buyers have also become regular customers here. Lin Xiangting is 41 years old this year and is from Qingdao, Shandong. She once specialized in studying traditional Chinese medicine and worked in traditional Chinese medicine. Later, she married far away to her current husband's home in Shangqiu. 6 years ago, she and her husband registered and established the Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative, contracted more than 50 mu of land through land transfer, and used her professional advantages to engage in specialty planting and breeding. Lin Xiangting, her husband Old Wang and their family are all honest and practical farmers. Whenever there is a festival or New Year, they take out some chickens and eggs to give to neighbors and friends. Lin Xiangting's neighbor Ms. Zhang said: "The chicken they raise is chewy and has a firm texture. Although there is no fat, it tastes very fragrant; the eggs here have a very good taste and the yolk color is pure. Some of my friends often come to buy in group orders."

Wanglin Agricultural Cooperative business card

Wanglin medicinal herb base, farm free-range chickens, with the most traditional farm breeding characteristics, conforming to the national pollution-free breeding standards, raised free-range in medicinal herb woodland, mainly fed with secretly prepared mixed Chinese medicinal herb feed and insect and grass crops in the woodland, drinking boiled Chinese herbal medicine soup, with a free-range period of more than one year. These chickens have no antibiotics, no hormones, no pesticide residues and no feed additives; they enhance immunity and help prevent sub-health, and are more suitable for children, pregnant women, the weak and other groups. They are the best gift for family consumption and for visiting relatives and friends. Wanglin medicinal herb chickens and eggs are especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with osteoporosis, and can promote blood circulation and strengthen the physique. When patients with the "three highs" eat them, their blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipids will not rise, and they can better promote children's bone development.