Chapter 528 Prenatal and Postpartum Care of Sows
After taking out the iron sand from the wounds of the two leopards, Zhang An had nothing to worry about.
I slept until dawn. When I got up, I found that it was raining heavily outside. The warm sunshine in the past had probably hidden behind the clouds.
Although people's mood on a rainy day is not as good as on a clear sunny day, this time it is different.
Since the beginning of the new year, it has always been sunny or cloudy. Until now, the new year has passed for so long, and there have not been many good spring rains.
Even if it rained a few times along the way, it was always drizzle and the ground was not even wet.
Looking at such weather, everyone in the village has been very worried, because it has not rained for a long time and the land is already very dry.
Although it is not yet the busy planting season, if this continues, we may not be able to plant crops in this spring season.
Not to mention crops, even if you grow your own vegetables in the vegetable field, it is very difficult for the seeds to germinate in such a drought.
What’s more important is that there are still winter and spring crops and kiwi fruit trees growing in the land.
If the drought continues like this, in order to harvest, everyone will have to fetch water from the river to irrigate the fields.
So in the whole village, from top to bottom, everyone has been looking forward to a hearty spring rain.
Now God finally heard everyone’s cries and sent the Dragon King out to bring rain to everyone.
Although the rain came very hard, it was much heavier than the biggest rain in spring in previous years.
But instead of complaining, everyone was very happy.
Because there is no trace of moisture in the land that has been in drought for several months, a hoe will raise waves of dust when digging.
Even the rapeseed that has just faded is covered with dense midges, all of which are sucking water from the rapeseed in the ground.
In a good year, although some midges may appear on crops or vegetables, the number will not be so huge.
But this is not important anymore. Now that the heavy rain is coming, it can completely moisten the land that has been dry for a long time. It can also wash away the dense insects on the crops to the ground, which can be used in time. Reduce the damage caused by these insects to crops.
And the midges that have been washed away from the crops will no longer just stare at the crops in the field because of sufficient moisture.
After Zhang An teased the son Su Ying was holding, he put on a plastic raincoat and walked through the rain curtain into the enclosure.
When they arrived at the Leopard Room, although the rain outside was very noisy, the two new brothers were still lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, without being affected at all.
It seems that these two guys really don't know the place. They regarded this place as their home base on the second day after arriving.
The water poured into the stone trough last night is gone. It must have been drank by the two of them at night.
Since it was not feeding time yet, Zhang An just filled the stone trough with a full tank of water.
Because it was raining heavily outside, Zhang An couldn't let the animals out today, so Zhang An grabbed the pitchforks and distributed rations to the animals.
Sheep and deer are big animals. Because they are larger in number, they naturally eat more.
Especially the deer group. The village has not yet brought back the dozen deer captured by Zhang Ping and others, so the Zhang An family has been raising them now.
Of course, Zhang Jianwen didn’t want to take advantage of Zhang An’s family, so he just threw the deer over and ignored it.
Every few days he would pick up a load of corn grains, which would serve as the rations for the deer in the village at Zhang An's house.
Many people in the village have great expectations for this deer raising, so when many people go to work in the mountains and fields, while cutting grass for their livestock, they will also give some to the deer, and all of them will It is provided free of charge.
And there are many people delivering grass to Zhang An's house every day, more than one or two.
As a result, the place where Zhang An’s family specially stacked fodder has not been vacant for some time.
After most of the animals had been fed with fodder, Zhang An came to the pig pen.
In winter, Wang Fang insists on cooking pig food for the pigs at home.
But now that winter has passed and spring has arrived, the grass can be cut outside, so we can save the trouble of cooking pig food and feed it directly like other livestock.
Zhang An, as usual, habitually brought grass to a few pigs.
But the scene in the pig pen was uncharacteristically different from usual. Only the boar was eating with gusto and kept gnawing on the grass.
But the remaining three sows seemed to have no energy, lying on the ground looking like they were dozing off.
Even if some of them had their eyes open, they looked at the grass in the trough and were indifferent, not scrambling to eat as usual.
"Not all of them will win the bid, right?"
Looking at the sows in the pen with loss of appetite and lethargy, Zhang An suddenly felt that not all of his pigs would be brought with him It's a cub.
With this thought in mind, Zhang An walked into the pig pen and began to examine several sows.
After a lot of effort, Zhang An has determined that all the sows at home have brought their babies.
Because the boar at home was so energetic, Zhang An kept it alone.
But when the pigs were slaughtered years ago, everyone in the village wanted the rolling piglets.
So after the new year, Zhang An put the boar back into the big pen and raised it with the remaining sows.
However, although Zhang An knew that the only boar in the family was very energetic, he always wanted to find a place to vent his energy.
But he didn't expect that this guy was not going to live an outrageous life. In less than a month, all the sows in the family got pregnant successfully.
“Well, it’s a good thing that we all have piglets, so that the piglets can be born earlier and everyone can raise them earlier.”
This is indeed not a bad thing, Zhang An thought to himself.
So he turned around and drove the breeding pigs that had made several sows pregnant with piglets back to the previous cubicle.
Although this guy contributed a lot to this matter, Zhang An didn't want him to continue to stay with a few sows.
Because of its ability, I am afraid that within a few days, those sows will lose their newly conceived babies.
It is also beneficial to raise them separately. In the future, these sows who are pregnant with piglets and ready to become pig mothers can have separate small stoves to compensate for their nutrition.
"Mom, our three sows are all pregnant with piglets. Please pay more attention when feeding them in the future."
After leaving the pen, Zhang An found his mother. said.
Because Zhang An is not always feeding the livestock at home, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo are also often taking care of it.
So we still need to inform the parents about this matter to avoid causing other problems during feeding.
For example, you can no longer just feed them fodder. Normally, it doesn’t matter, but now these piglets are pregnant with piglets. Some of the fodder has the effect of slipping, which is definitely not allowed. Feed. Zhang An himself would not go out to cut those weeds, because he would pick them out from space.
But Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo don't know, they are afraid that one day they will have nothing to do and run out to cut a basket back, or feed the pigs with the grass sent by others to feed the deer.
“I brought it on so quickly. I thought it would take a while.”
When Wang Fang heard that several of his pigs were pregnant with piglets, he was so excited Very excited.
After all, although the family had raised pigs in the past, they were only raised for killing meat and selling them for money. As for breeding piglets, this was the first time for their family.
After talking to Wang Fang, Zhang An took out his mobile phone and called the Forestry Bureau.
This time the person Zhang An is looking for is not Zhu Yuliang, but Wen Zhonghe.
After all, someone just approached me a few days ago and asked me to buy a pig for a friend, and I personally agreed.
It’s just that this person is not as good as God, and the plan does not change quickly. Who would have known that these pigs are pregnant with piglets.
When you were not pregnant, you could sell it or kill it for meat, but now that you have piglets in your belly, you definitely can’t do that.
So Zhang Ande had to call Wen Zhong to inform him of the incident and apologize at the same time.
Someone answered the call shortly after the call was made. Zhang An said to call for Wen Zhonghe. The person who answered the phone said "wait a moment" and ran out to call for someone.
"Hey, Zhang An, why are you calling me so early?"
Wen Zhonghe was very surprised why Zhang An called him. After all, it was still early in the morning. .
Because it was still early and it was not time to start cooking yet, Wen Zhonghe was still lying on the recliner and listening to a song.
After all, he only needs to cook a few dishes in the canteen. There is no need to bother him with other tasks such as selecting vegetables, washing vegetables, chopping vegetables, etc. There are people who can do it.
"Uncle Wen, you kept telling me about buying pigs two days ago. I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them. I have to trouble Uncle Wen to apologize to that senior."< br>
Zhang An was a little embarrassed as he spoke on the phone. He had never done anything like promising someone and then regretting it within a few days.
"It's not a big deal if it can't be sold. I'll tell him later, but why can't this good thing be sold? What happened?"
Wen Zhonghe didn't. I thought there was something wrong, I just thought something happened on Zhang An's side and the pigs couldn't be sold.
"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that all the pigs in my house are pregnant with piglets and they must be kept. I just found out today."
Zhang An thought that if this had happened two days earlier, he wouldn't have done it. It happens that you agree and then regret it.
“So that’s it, you definitely can’t sell it, it’s nothing, but you have to take good care of it. When the pigs are slaughtered during the Chinese New Year this year, I have to buy some pork from your house.”
A sow with cubs cannot be killed for meat. This is something that every cook knows.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang An rummaged through the box where he specially packed books.
Whether it was the books he bought himself or the books he got from forestry or other places, they were all packed in it.
Only the ancient books given by Zhang Yixing were treasured by Zhang An. After all, those books are no longer the embodiment of books, but the inheritance ties of some cultures, so they must be well protected.
After rummaging for a while, Zhang An found what he needed.
"Prenatal and Postpartum Care of Sows"
Although the sheep, deer and dogs at home have given birth many times, Zhang An is considered a veteran.
But this was Zhang An's first contact with pigs, and pigs are different from other animals. There are as few as seven or eight in a litter, and as many as a dozen. Other livestock animals only have one or two in a litter, even dogs. Only four or five.
So related aspects should be looked at in advance, so as not to cause problems later.
This book was not bought by Zhang An himself, but when he went to the veterinary station once, the people there saw that all he wanted were related books, so they also stuffed this book with him Brought it back to him.
The book is not very thick, and the content inside is not very complicated.
Zhang An watched it for a while. When Wang Fang called for dinner, he almost read it once and remembered it all in his mind.
The things mentioned in it are very straightforward, and Zhang An does not need to bother to understand it. After all, this thing is just a guide book.
At this point, Zhang An has entered the pig industry for the first time.
In the afternoon, the heavy rain in the sky became lighter.
The roads in the village were very clean before, but now they are even cleaner after being washed by the rain.
"Zhang An, is your mother at home?"
While Zhang An was standing at the door looking outside, Lin Youde came to the door in the rain wearing a plastic sheet.
“Brother Youde is here. My mother is at home. It’s raining right now, so I can’t go out and do anything.”
Hearing that Lin Youde was looking for his mother, Zhang An asked Take him into the house.
"Youde is here, sit down quickly."
At this time, Su Ying was preparing lessons, and Xiao Siqi naturally fell into Wang Fang's hands.
Seeing Lin Youde coming, Wang Fang pointed to the stool next to him and said to Lin Youde.
“Auntie, I’m here to ask if you have any leftover peanuts. Last year we ate them deliciously and they looked big, so I’m going to buy some from you and plant them back.”
After chatting for a while, Lin Youde talked about the reason for his visit.
It is already early spring in March, and diligent people have already started planting during this time.
Especially after this heavy rain, the land will be soaked by the rain. During this period, it is very suitable for planting, because the germination rate will be very high.
Since last year, Lin Youde's family has started a stall for killing pigs and selling meat. He usually runs the stall in the town, and his wife opens the stall in the village.
After going back and forth like this, I made more money than before, but I didn’t have as much time as before.
So the family didn’t have much time to take care of the land they originally planned to use to grow corn, so the couple decided to use it to grow peanuts after discussion.
After all, peanuts are easier to take care of than Baogu, and the selling price is much higher than that of Baogu.
When the couple was at Zhang An's house before, after tasting the peanuts grown by Zhang An's family, they decided not to plant the peanuts left over from last year, but planned to buy some from Zhang An's house and plant them back.
Because Zhang An’s peanuts not only taste delicious, the peanuts peeled out are very large, and most of them are three peanuts, and some even have four.
(End of this chapter)