Chapter 216 Watching Donkeys and Horses
How those bear babies were dealt with by their parents later, Chen Ling didn’t know, but the frightened donkey at Wang Laishun’s house was seriously injured, and its front legs were broken. It's broken. Although Wang Laiyun and Wang Laishun are brothers, he borrowed his brother's livestock to work and injured the livestock, so he must not leave it alone.
Immediately asked Chen Ling to drive the brigade’s tractor over and use the tractor to pull the donkey back to his home.
One thing does not bother the two masters. Afterwards, it was Chen Ling who treated the donkey's injured leg. He used Wang Susu's earth recipe that is suitable for both humans and animals. The curative effect was naturally not too bad. It only took three or four days. The big male donkey's injury has improved greatly. He can eat and drink normally and his mood has stabilized.
Frightened animals are like this. There are many sequelae after being frightened.
For example, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, becoming irritable and irritable, not allowing others to approach, and often kicking people.
Everyone who has raised large animals knows that when animals are frightened, they act like crazy and will not stop until they hit something or are tired from running.
If there is other stimulation in the middle, the situation will be more serious. Some animals are frightened once and can no longer work.
This big male donkey is quite good. It may be because he is old and has been with people for a long time. Even if he is frightened, he calms down quickly.
So after two days of observation and no problems, Chen Ling went to give the medicine again, and then there was no need to take care of it anymore.
As for collecting money, this was in the same village, and Wang Laiyun was a related elder, so he didn't want to ask for money from the beginning.
Unexpectedly, on the second day after applying the medicine, Wang Laiyun sent some ducklings and gooselings to his house. He said he didn't want them, so he kept them.
It’s spring plowing time, and big animals have many uses, so getting injured is a big problem.
Whether it is Wang Laiyun or the parents of several Xiongwazi, they all understand this truth.
The borrowed animal is injured, and no one will say a word about whichever family is responsible for the trouble.
But there is nothing wrong with Chen Ling here. He worked hard and gave medicine to cure the animal, but in the end he didn't give any indication. How can this be done? You can't let people who are kind and helpful suffer a loss.
A few people thought about it and realized that this guy from the same village would really not look good if he gave him money.
After careful discussion, we found out that Chen Ling was going to raise chickens and ducks on the farm in a while, so he would send some ducks and geese.
Should it be said, these duck and goose seedlings did save Chen Ling some trouble.
Especially the goose seedlings, it reminded him that if he doesn’t raise rabbits this year, he can still raise geese.
Geese can be raised together with chickens and ducks. They can be used as the leader goose, and they can also look after the house and the yard. They mainly eat grass and eat very little food. They are also very worry-free to raise. They can also sell geese on a regular basis. Eggs and goose meat can be said to serve multiple purposes.
The next day happened to be the Eighth Township Fair in February, so Chen Ling decided to buy more goose seedlings. Now that the rabbit nest at home has been emptied, he could put the goose seedlings in the rabbit nest first. They will be kept there until the farm is built, and then brought there along with the chickens and ducks.
Having made plans, we drove the bullock cart early the next day and hit the road.
If you want to buy good poultry and livestock, you must go there early, otherwise if you go there late, others will pick out the rest.
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When he arrived in the countryside, it was not yet nine o'clock, and the stalls at the market had not yet been completely set up. Chen Ling went to the livestock station to sit with Stationmaster Li for a while. During the chat, he also asked about various vaccines. As well as injections and injection liquids commonly used in poultry and livestock.
Several commonly used medicines are available in the animal husbandry station. After learning that Chen Ling had treated the animals for several diseases and basically understood the notes he gave, stationmaster Li was very happy and not only gave them He received some medicine and a medicine box as a gift.
Chen Ling is still looking presentable on his body, which is very good.
The two were talking. Stationmaster Li knew that Chen Ling had come to the market to buy goose seedlings, so he didn't keep him much longer. After chatting for a while, he sent him out.
As soon as I walked to the door, I saw the old man circling the bullock cart with his hands behind his back, looking back and forth at the little white bull. Seems quite interested.
"What's wrong, Brother Ba?"
Baby looked up at Chen Ling and said with a smile: "Is this the white buffalo you bought last year? It was well raised. Now it dares to meet strangers. "It's not bad in stature. Is it honest when working?"
"It's quite honest when working. It's very well-behaved. In fact, I think this cow is just like a human. Please hold it more often." Come out and wander around, and you will gradually become more courageous." Chen Ling patted the little white cow's big head.
"Okay, it seems that you really want to see this white cow and put in the effort to raise it." Old Ba nodded approvingly.
Then he said: "Whenever you want to breed, I will find you a big bull with white skin and give birth to two white calves from it."
Chen Ling suddenly laughed: "It's too early for breeding. This is still a calf. Besides, it's hard to find white buffalo here."
Buffalo grow slower than oxen, and oxen can breed at one year old. , fully mature at two years old, while buffalo can only be bred at one and a half years old, and only reach full adulthood at three years old.
However, most cattle raising families will not let their cattle be bred to produce calves when they are just ready for breeding.
Because this will not only harm the cow's body, but also have a high probability of dystocia, and the risk is relatively high.
We wait until the cattle are fully mature before preparing for breeding.
And our little white calf is only one year old. No matter in terms of size or other aspects, it has not fully grown up yet. It is not wrong to call it a calf.
But it just grows faster than normal buffalo, is larger and well-proportioned, and looks very beautiful.
On the surface it looks like it has grown, but in fact it is very small.
So it is really too early to talk about breeding at this time.
“There is nothing easy to find, let alone a white buffalo, a white horse, a white donkey, or a white mule can be found for you.”
Old Bahun waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that it was no big deal.
"What is it? And a white donkey and a white mule?" Chen Ling was stunned when he heard this.
“I’ve seen a lot of white horses. Are there really white donkeys and white mules?”
“Yes, there are them in this collection. They’re all great. Do you want to see them yourself? Let's go and see it. As soon as we brought it over, a crowd of people gathered around it."
The old man smiled and pointed back to the direction of the Luoma Market: "I'll go back and have a bite to eat first. I'll meet you later. Go and have a look. I haven’t seen much of this before. ”
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Chen Ling rushed to the mule and horse market with doubts. Sure enough, he saw many people gathered around the large livestock trading place in the innermost part. He resisted the urge to go over and watch the excitement, and first set up a stall selling poultry on the outside. I picked up more than ten geese seedlings, paid for them, put them in the bamboo basket on the ox cart, and then walked over.
Having walked halfway, I saw a big white buffalo. It was tall and strong. Compared with the buffalo south of the Yangtze River, it looked slimmer and taller, and its belly was not that big. This is exactly what happened. Is characteristic of the native buffalo.
But no one paid attention to this rare big white buffalo at this time, and people swarmed inside to watch the fun.
Obviously there is something even stranger inside.
Chen Ling drove the bullock cart over and saw three white mules and horses among the crowd. They were all white from head to tail. They were tied to three big trees. One of them was the tallest. Chen Ling recognized it at a glance. A white horse.
Because compared to mules and donkeys, the horse has the smoothest and most beautiful body shape, and it is barking manically and restlessly, and is courting the mare not far away from the crowd. The cry.
The other two mules and horses are smaller than the other. No need to guess, these are the white donkeys and white mules that Lao Ba said.
At this time, the surrounding crowd was noisy. They gathered together and pointed at the three white mules and horses. Many people had never seen such a strange color of mules and horses, and they said excitedly. stop.
“White mules and white donkeys are so rare. It’s really difficult to put these two together with a white horse. How many can be produced in a hundred years?”
"Come on, there won't be a few in a hundred or a thousand years. Anyway, I haven't seen them before."
"Which one did you say is a mule? You are wrong. This is a donkey. The smallest one is a donkey. Well, that’s for sure. The donkey is the smallest next to the mule. It’s a donkey, not a mule. “Haha, all three of this guy’s things are white, so you can’t recognize him.”
“Hey, don’t laugh at people, go and ask around, who can tell the difference at once...”
“My master, my master’s family, Come and tell me, which one is the mule and which one is the donkey?”
"Come on, come on, the biggest one is a horse, and the smallest one is a donkey. The ones bigger than donkeys and smaller than horses are mules. They are all white and hard to recognize. Just remember this..."
"No way. , look at that horse, it looks like it’s frightened, it’s kicking its legs, and it’s still screaming. Is it trying to kick the horse?”
“It’s okay, don’t. I'm afraid, this is a big stallion in my family. He smells the odor of a mare and wants to mate with him."
"When I came here, I met other big stallions and they started fighting. It's not on my neck. Did Jean take a bite..."
When everyone took a look, the big white horse really had a wound on its neck.
At the spring mule and horse market, livestock breeding is also a major attraction, especially when the males fight, and many people gather every time.
The scene was comparable to a bullfight.
Because early spring is the time when all things revive, it is originally the peak season for livestock to be in estrus, among which donkeys and horses are the most common. People often say that when it is cold, donkeys are hot and horses are hot. It is in this spring, when it is about to warm up, that donkeys are the most popular. It comes into heat first, then the weather warms up completely and the horse also comes into heat.
Donkeys and horses are in estrus from early spring and can last until summer. The thoughts of breeding gradually subside after the weather gets hotter.
This big white horse is a typical estrus and wants to breed. The reins are tied to the tree and it is still restless. It pulls the reins and keeps running around the big tree. From time to time, it raises its front hooves and kicks its four hooves. It doesn't stop, it's like trying to kick the child.
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"What's up, I didn't fool you, did I?"
Chen Ling looked at it for a while and found it strange that his father and stationmaster Li also came over. After walking to his side, Lao Ba asked with a smile.
"It is indeed a white mule or a white donkey. These things are rare. I just heard someone said that there are only a few of them in a thousand years." Chen Ling sighed. He had never seen a white one before. As for mules and donkeys, today is an eye-opener.
"Rare is rare, a thousand years is nonsense. There used to be white donkeys in the livestock shed in Baiyungou in the south, and there were two of them at once. I have seen white mules before, and I thought it was strange at that time. ." Old Ba knocked on the cigarette pot and added another pot of cigarettes.
Stationmaster Li next to him couldn't help but come over and take a look. He was also very excited when he came back: "This guy is really rare to see. A white horse, a white donkey, and a white mule all come together. The white donkey dare not say, this white mule It’s really rare to see one in decades.”
“But this white donkey is an albino, but this white mule is probably not.”
“Well, this mule is a white horse. A white donkey is a mate with stone eyes. If it's a red-eyed mate, it's a white mule born from a white horse and a black donkey. It's rare, but I've been a mule and horse broker for many years. "Lao Ba. Nodding with a cigarette in his mouth.
Stationmaster Li smiled helplessly: "How can ordinary people compare with you, dad? Who in the countryside doesn't know how capable you are."
"Haha, how can you be so capable? If you are You can do it if you want to be a mule and horse broker for a few more years.”
The old man smiled, then turned to look at Chen Ling: "You are so rich, do you like it? Aren't you very fond of this white animal? Get the three of them back together, and put them together with your white cow. That battle is so exciting to go out."
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"Come on, I don't want any of them, so I'll buy all three." Chen Ling shook his head. It's rare, but it depends on your eyes. He still thinks his little white cow is good.
At this moment, a female donkey was led by someone. The white horse in the crowd seemed to smell the smell and became more and more manic. The white male donkey also barked "Er, er, er, er, err" Not only that, the front hooves kept digging at the ground.
"Where is the old man? Come here and mate the donkey." This was a short old man with a round face, and he shouted as he led the donkey over.
When the old man heard this, he was furious: "How can you talk to your wife? I have eaten too much donkey whip, why are you so angry?"
Although they were scolding, they were obviously acquaintances and greeted each other. After saying a few words, the short and thin old man dragged the old man to look for the male donkey for him.
"Is there something wrong with Fugui? If nothing happens, just follow me around." Webmaster Li invited.
Of course Chen Ling had nothing else to do, so he just happened to follow him to see how the old man picked donkeys for others, and to learn some skills.
So he took the cow and followed him.
The mule and horse market in the countryside is quite large and is specially prepared for large-scale livestock transactions. Oxen-carts can move freely here.
"Ba, come here and take a look at the mule first."
After walking a few steps, Ba was stopped. A man carrying a basket pulled the head of the black mule and shouted : "I want to exchange a mule, trade a black mule for a red mule. The owner said he wants me to pay three hundred, do you think I can exchange it?"
The old man walked over and just opened the red mule. After taking a look at his mouth, he nodded and said: "Exchange, the red mule with teeth that have just grown to the mouth, use your old black mule to make up for three hundred, and you won't lose."
"Okay, then I'll trade it. .”
The man immediately nodded excitedly and turned around to trade with his master.
Mules and horses, mules are actually more like horses.
Like horses, a mule’s teeth are fully formed at the age of six, which is also called a full mouth.
A mule with teeth as thick as its mouth is the time to be full of energy. Moreover, the skin of a mule is stronger than that of a horse or a donkey, so it is less likely to get sick. It is a good deal to buy it back.
Lao Ba is a celebrity in Luoma City after all. He greeted people everywhere along the way, stopped people to look at the animals, and even chased them and handed them cigarettes and money. He picked good animals at last year’s fair. , I came here this year to make up for the financial expenses.
Chen Ling followed behind, his eyes opened, and he actually learned a few moves.
There is something about "long waist and thin legs, and they will be ineffective when they grow old", about "long-necked mules and long-tailed horses, buy them all when you see them", and there is also a saying about the pattern on the animal's body that "the left can pull, the right can pull" "Don't be afraid of fighting."...
This is just like picking a dog. There are many formulas, and they are easy to understand. Compare them several times according to the formulas, and look at the mouth, the fur pattern, and the body. Shape head and tail, can be mastered quickly.
There are quite a lot of livestock at the market in early spring.
Lao Ba successfully found a satisfactory male donkey for this short and thin old man.
They were both in estrus, so needless to say, they led the two donkeys to the open space
Many adults and children gathered around to watch the fun, as if they were cheering for them.
After waiting, the host prepared a bucket of water for the tired donkey to quench its thirst.
As for the female donkey, the short and thin old man whipped her with a whip.
Everyone looked at it with a smile, as if they were not surprised.
Only Chen Ling was full of doubts and asked Lao Ba and Station Master Li why.
“Well, this is called scaring the donkey. I am afraid that it will want to pee as soon as it relaxes after mating. This flick of the whip scares it, hey, it will not pee, otherwise it will be easy to pee. If you are not worthy, you will have to find a male donkey to match you in the next episode."
Old Ba explained slowly while holding the cigarette rod in his mouth.
"So that's it." Chen Ling nodded suddenly, wondering if he should also buy two donkeys and horses to raise, and then breed them into groups and bring them to the market for sale.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he quickly realized that he actually had a lot of things to do this year. The farm would be completed in the first half of the year, and his wife would have a baby in the second half of the year. It would be good to raise livestock and poultry on a small scale first.
"But when the farm is built, we can buy a few more sheep first, and we can wait until the mules and horses are grown up."
(End of Chapter)