Zhang Xueyun: dream of getting rich and flying with pigeons

Zhang Xueyun is looking after his pigeons.

"Pigeon breeding should be meticulous and careful, and treat it like a family." On March 24, there was still a cold wind blowing in Qingbao Village, Wenzhi Street, Enyang District, while villager Zhang Xueyun came to his meat pigeon breeding shed early and kept stroking the pigeons in the cage while feeding.

Qingbao Village is located in a deep ditch 8 kilometers away from Enyang, and a winding path is the link leading to the mountains. Generations of ploughing and farming, relying on heaven for a living, guarding a few mu of thin fields to live.

Zhang Xueyun, 63, was once a "famous" poor household in Qingbao village, with a family of four, with a per capita cultivated land of 2 mu, mainly growing miscellaneous grains and beans. My wife suffers from glaucoma, which is almost invisible, and I am perennially plagued by stomach problems. My two sons earn a meagre income from odd jobs, and the life of the family is extremely difficult.

In 2015, in order to get help accurately in place, the "two committees" of Qingbao Village paired Yuan Chao, the first secretary of the village party branch under the District Civil Affairs Bureau, with Zhang Xueyun in accordance with the concept of "party building + accurate poverty alleviation". Yuan Chao suggested that the whole family should develop meat pigeon breeding according to the specific situation of Zhang Xueyun's family.

Yuan Chao's suggestion came to the heart of Zhang Xueyun. As early as a few years ago, Zhang Xueyun had the idea of raising pigeons. "at that time, none of our family could afford to do heavy work, and our annual income was only enough to cover the expenses of the whole family." Although he is seriously ill, the strong Zhang Xuerong is no longer willing to rely on farming and government subsidies for a living, he is determined to rely on his own hands to increase income and become rich.

With the devoted support of helping cadres, Zhang Xueyun did what he said. After inquiring about the information and breeding methods, Zhang Xueyun went to the field trip again. From the selection of varieties to the management experience, he wrote them all down in his notebook and in his heart. "at that time, I felt that the industry of pigeon farming still had certain development prospects and could become bigger and stronger. And I feel that pigeons are easier to raise, and I have this kind of experience. "

"there was no capital at that time, so only 70 were introduced." There is no money to build a shed, so my wife and I will shoulder our shoulders to dig up our own construction. Later, the cadres stationed in the village helped him to obtain a loan of 10,000 yuan through industrial working capital and win a subsidy of 3000 yuan from the civil affairs department, thus solving the urgent need of a shortage of venture capital. within a year, Zhang Xueyun's stock of meat pigeons reached more than 400.

"although raising pigeons is not a particularly tiring thing, you should be diligent and quick. You can't be careless at all. You can't ignore any of the things that you should pay attention to." In the process of breeding, Zhang Xueyun realized that raising pigeons must rely on science and technology, and scientific breeding must be carried out. In order to master scientific aquaculture technology, Zhang Xueyun actively participated in all kinds of aquaculture technology training courses held by the District Animal Husbandry Bureau. After a year of painstaking study, Zhang Xueyun fumbled out a set of pigeon raising classics of his own.

Today, Zhang Xueyun's meat pigeon farming is gradually on the right track. "now we can make money only by selling pigeon eggs. I can't sell pigeons at the moment." Talking about his next plan, Zhang Xueyun said confidently that he would build another meat pigeon breeding shed this year and expand the scale to 4000. At current market prices, his family's income from selling pigeons alone will exceed 50, 000 yuan in 2017.

Yuan Chao said that in addition to raising meat pigeons, Zhang Xueyun also raised 100 chickens and 30 geese. I also worked in the rose cooperative in the village and has become a famous expert in getting rich in the village.

Seeing the self-reliant Zhang Xueyun, many poor families in the village were encouraged and decided to seek development on their own. "driven by Zhang Xueyun, 42 poor households have also developed the aquaculture industry." Yuan Chao said that Zhang Xueyun always unreservedly passed on the experience of raising pigeons to other villagers, and now everyone comes to him as long as they have problems with breeding.

"now that I am out of poverty, my illness has improved a lot. Life will be better and better in the future. " From poor households to experts in getting rich, Zhang Xueyun has made continuous self-improvement. He not only strides toward the goal of becoming rich with his own efforts, but will also lead the poor families of the whole village to realize the dream of being well-off together.