Free-range chicken farming helps farmers get rich

In the woods of Shiqiao Village, Zaolin Township, Lishi District, free-range native chickens breathe the fresh air and feed on insects and green grass. In a row of chicken coops not far from the woods, cackling sounds can be heard from time to time... The owner of this flock of native chickens is Wang Wuyun, a villager of this village.

I met Wang Wuyun at his farm. At that time, he had just returned from delivering eggs to a customer. This 28-year-old "chicken farming king" in front of me, though not tall and plainly dressed, gives the impression of being very shrewd and capable.

Speaking of his original intention for raising chickens, Wang Wuyun was also full of bitterness. It turned out that he had always worked away from home, and not only could he not earn money, but he also could not often return home. In April last year, through investigation and in light of national policies, he felt that the chicken farming industry was a path more suitable for his development. At that time, he considered that people today live more affluently and are more particular about what they eat, especially preferring green, environmentally friendly, and pollution-free food, so he decided to develop a chicken farming project.

After determining his farming goal, this thoughtful man began racking his brains over farming methods. Wang Wuyun decided to raise native chickens in the woodland of his own village. He said that with free-range native chickens, in addition to regularly feeding them corn, soybeans, millet bran, and other grain crops, the chickens can usually catch insects and peck at tender grass in the woods, which is close to a farmhouse rearing environment. Hard work pays off. Because it was ecological farming, the eggs laid by his native chickens had high nutritional value and quickly became a delicacy on residents' dining tables and a "hot commodity" at major restaurants in the city, and were also sold to other surrounding cities.

Relying on a good ecological environment and reasonable rearing methods, Wang Wuyun's chicken farm gradually showed its benefits. In the past year, his net income was more than 10,000 yuan. Wang Wuyun's flock of native chickens "pecked open" a door to prosperity for him, and the ecological farm also became his "green bank." Under his leadership, some villagers who had always taken a wait-and-see attitude also took active action, embarking on a path of common prosperity deep in the mountains.