Village official makes big money raising chickens just two years after taking office
Original title: "College-graduate village official" turns into "chicken commander"
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng, village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, feeds free-range chickens.
Less than two years after taking office, Wu Xuefeng, a post-90s village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, has led the villagers in raising 13,000 chickens, becoming a locally well-known "chicken commander," and more than 30 households that hold shares in the chicken farm have followed this "chicken commander" onto the road to prosperity.
After graduating from a university in Tianjin in 2013, Wu Xuefeng returned to his hometown of Zhuanya Village with his skills and full drive to become a "village official." The top priority facing the village committee was to discuss how to lead the villagers to prosperity.
Wu Xuefeng's analysis found that there was no large-scale chicken farm near Tuban Town, so market potential was great and competitive pressure was low. In addition, the area had relatively many grain crops, which lowered feed costs, and it also had uniquely favorable natural conditions, making developing a chicken farm the best choice.
With the support of the village committee, Wu Xuefeng went door to door mobilizing villagers to take part in building the chicken farm. In the end, more than 30 households agreed to buy shares, and the chicken farm, covering nearly 20 mu, was thus established.
Feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, counting the free-range chickens... Wu Xuefeng left early and returned late every day, and with his own hard work he brought about the chicken farm's continuous growth. At present, the chicken farm in Zhuanya Village produces more than 5,000 eggs a day, and its monthly net profit can reach 20,000 yuan. With money in hand, the villagers' participation in breeding has risen markedly, and during peak production periods the villagers all come forward to help.
There are four kinds of chickens in the Zhuanya Village chicken farm, and Wu Xuefeng, this "chicken commander," can judge the type of chicken and its level of health just by listening to the sound. He believes that college students who choose to return to the countryside should bring back the skills they have learned, their ways of thinking and a positive, upward spirit. As long as they have full confidence in themselves and the villagers, success is surely not far away.
Xinhua News Agency release (photo by Cao Yang)
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng (left), village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, inspects eggs laid by free-range chickens with a poultry keeper.
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng (center), village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, feeds free-range chickens together with villagers in a mountain gully.
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng (left), village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, mixes chicken feed together with chicken farm workers.
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng (seventh from left), village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, poses for a group photo with some villagers who hold shares in the chicken farm.
On June 2, Wu Xuefeng (second from right), village director of Zhuanya Village, Tuban Town, Linxian County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province, eats lunch with chicken farm workers.