The inspiring story of a young couple who returned to their hometown to start a chicken farming business

In Group 5 of Qingshan Village, Anping Town, Lianyuan City, a post-80s young couple, Wu Bao'an and Liu Chanyue, were determined to find a path to prosperity in the countryside and set up a professional chicken farm. The farm grew from small to large, from a single breed to multiple breeds, and thus became widely known.

In 2002, Wu Bao'an graduated from high school and successively worked in Lianyuan City and ran a factory in Foshan, Guangdong. In 2006, Wu Bao'an returned to his hometown, planning to set up a chicken farm in the countryside.

In the first half of 2010, after thoroughly understanding the chicken market and site information, Wu Bao'an rented an old factory site of the Zhumei Tea Factory and began to set up a chicken farm. Wu Bao'an purchased chicks from Henan, Guangdong and other places. Practice proved that chicks from Henan, Guangdong and other places were of good quality and very well adapted to the southern weather. Wu Bao'an taught himself from a large number of farming books, searched online for chicken farming experience, and learned from and exchanged ideas with fellow chicken farmers. During the feeding process, Wu Bao'an solved problems such as indoor climate changes, temperature, air flow and pollution, and the survival rate of the chicks reached over 95%. From raising 5,000 at the start, he expanded to raising 20,000, earning a relatively good return.

After working continuously for 4 years at the rented Zhumei Black Tea Factory, due to the cramped site, aging buildings and poor environment, Wu Bao'an thought it over for a long time and decided to acquire land to build a professional farm. After an on-site inspection, he acquired 2 mu of wasteland on the back hill not far from his home. Starting in April 2015, he raised more than 1.4 million yuan, and by the end of the year he had built a four-story, more than 3,500 sq m professional chicken farm. After the new specialized breeding housing was put into use, he purchased more than 80,000 chicks of four or five breeds from Guangdong, Henan, Guangxi and other places. After 2 months of feeding, they grew into young frame chickens, attracting more than 300 individual operators from more than 20 places around Xiangxiang, Anhua, Shuangfeng, Lengshuijiang, as well as Fukou, Longtang, Gutang, Baima and others, who rushed to buy them. Up to now, the "Baoyue Farm" set up by Wu Bao'an and Liu Chanyue has sold more than 50,000 chickens, with income reaching more than 1 million yuan, and the annual breeding sales volume is expected to reach more than 200,000.