Quail Farming Sets Huang Chunlong on the Path to Prosperity

The 28-year-old young man before us is named Huang Chunlong, originally from Wuxi, Jiangsu. Two years ago, following his father-in-law's suggestion, he came to Toudun Village, Jinji Town, Tianchang City, and became a quail farmer.

At the beginning, the inexperienced Huang Chunlong was caught off guard: when the temperature dropped too low, the young quails would all huddle together like a pyramid to keep warm, and in the end they all suffocated. So Huang Chunlong learned the quails' raising habits while feeling his way forward.

After two years of accumulation, the number of quails Huang Chunlong raises has gradually grown, from a few thousand at the start to more than 60,000 today. Although the scale of farming has been expanded again and again, the products have always been in short supply. Some large markets in Yangzhou even want to monopolize Huang Chunlong's quail eggs.

After passing through the 45-day chick period, quails lay one to two eggs per day, and the bird droppings are also excellent fertilizer. At 5-6 months, adult quails can be brought to market. Through large-scale farming, the tiny quail has become Huang Chunlong's "prosperity bird," earning him about 1,500 to 1,600 yuan a day. That does not even include the income from the bird droppings; the sale of bird droppings is calculated separately.

While raising quails, Huang Chunlong also tried developing more than 500 mu of nursery stock planting. He hopes to combine the advantages and characteristics of both to paint a bigger picture of ecological agriculture.