Zhenyuan County, Gansu Province: "Yuezi Chicken" under the Forest Opens the Road to Prosperity

I have heard of some people raising native chicken and Luhua chicken, but it is really strange to mention "Yuezi chicken". Recently, in a piece of woodland in Beicha Village, Yinjia Town, Zhenyuan County, I saw a shiny black feather "Yuezi chicken" playing and foraging in the forest. Because of its unique black feathers, the whole woodland seems to have been dyed black.

From the point of view of its appearance, Yuezi Chicken is smaller than an ordinary native chicken, has black feathers all over its body, and lays very small eggs, so there is nothing special about it, but why would anyone raise it? Ma Jianfeng, a villager of Beicha Village in Yinjia Town and Town, gave the reason. "despite its small size and covered with treasures, it has black feathers, black skin, black fleshy flesh, black bones, black internal organs and green shell eggs, each of which has excellent medicinal value," he said. "take its green shell eggs, for example, you can buy one for 1.5 yuan."

For Ma Jianfeng, "Yuezi Chicken" is his magic weapon to get rich. In 2015, he found farming in Xiaocha Township, Pengyang County, Ningxia. Out of curiosity, he also rented a local farm and raised "Yuezi Chicken". Due to the good market situation and the purchase order of the company, he earned more than 100000 a year. However, apart from the rent, there was not much income, and he was really a little discouraged at that time. When I went home for the Spring Festival in 2016, it was said that the county implemented a land transfer policy and gave incentives and policy support to those who returned home to start businesses. Looking at a large piece of woodland in front of his house, he immediately had confidence. With the help of the local government, he transferred 500 mu of barren mountain woodland, applied for a start-up loan of 80,000 yuan, and built his own "Yuezi chicken" farm on his doorstep. "if the government hadn't given the green light, my farm would have been so smooth," he said. "

Ma Jianfeng said that woodland farming is conducive to the growth of chickens. "Yuezi Chicken" eats Cordyceps sinensis in the forest and grass all day long and enjoys adequate sun exposure and exercise. The resistance of this kind of chicken is much higher than that of indoor farmed chickens. Because of its delicious meat and rich nutrition, meat and eggs are pollution-free green food, which is very popular in the market. In 2016, the 4000 Yuezi chickens on his farm earned nearly 100000 yuan from eggs alone. "the effective laying period of Yuezi chicken is 12 months, and a chicken can lay more than 100000 eggs a year, and the income of eggs alone is very good," he said. " Today, he has not only set up a professional farming cooperative in Xifeng, Zhenyuan County, but also signed a long-term acquisition contract with Hesili Company in Shandong Province. The company not only buys eggs at a guaranteed price, but even old chickens are recycled at a certain price, completely solving his marketing problem.

With excellent quality, considerable "money" scenery and perfect contract protection, under the leadership of Ma Jianfeng, there are already more than 20 farmers involved in farming. Speaking of plans for the next step, Ma Jianfeng said that now that the national policy is so good, he should not only expand the scale of breeding, but also open an online store, register his own "Yuezi Chicken" brand, operate online and offline at the same time, and lead more people on the road to prosperity.