Father and son raise chickens and run to Fu Road, Huating County, Gansu Province

Last year, the life of Zhou Like, a poor family in Yuguang Village, Donghua Town, Huating County, was changing little by little because of raising chickens.

When Zhou Like's son, Zhou Hongwei, went out to work, he found that the business of the Lin Xia chicken farm was good, and he also wanted to develop the Lin Xia chicken farm, but the idea could not be put into practice because of the lack of funds and technology. After the precise poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation began, the help task force helped Zhou Hongwei apply for 50,000 yuan in poverty alleviation loans and 50,000 yuan in business discount loans. Taking advantage of his single family occupying a mountain, he set up a farm under the forest and relied on raising chickens to shake off poverty and become well-off.

After the Spring Festival in 2016, father and son were busy, encircling a large area of hillside land in front and back of the house, building chicken coops, putting in fences and feeding feed. In April 2016, the chicken farm was finally completed. Zhou Hongwei bought 1500 young chickens from Yangling, Shaanxi Province, and the chicks ran all over the hillside. Over the course of a year, the gross income of the chicken farm was more than 100000 yuan, which suddenly enhanced Zhou Hongwei's confidence.

Zhou Like told the reporter that the nine members of the family have been living entirely by working and farming for many years, and their income is not high. The two sons have successively married and brought a lot of money to the family, and they still live in several old houses built 20 years ago. In 2015, Zhou Like had to demolish these adobe houses and build two simple houses to make do with them. Seeing that all the neighbors have built a well-off house in Sichuan Road, I feel very uncomfortable. "now that the policy of precise poverty alleviation is so good, I, a poor household, cannot be idle. I have to shake off poverty and become rich and become well-off with my own hands. I must not drag my feet."

Although Zhou Hongwei grew up in the countryside, he has just begun to engage in large-scale farming, and he is a complete layman. He bought books on aquaculture, collected relevant information on the Internet, and made time to visit and consult other aquaculture bases to concentrate on learning "business knowledge." "Urban people increasingly like pure green, pollution-free native products from rural areas. Raising native chickens under the forest is a very good project, and there is a broad 'money scene'." Zhou Hongwei said, "in the markets and supermarkets in the city, a native rooster can be sold for 70 or 80 yuan, and a native egg can be sold for more than one yuan, and it sells very well."

Under the influence of Zhou Hongwei, Zhou Like gradually became an expert in raising chickens. Now, when he talks about raising chickens, he says: "raising native chickens in the mountains can seine the tree trunks and reduce the construction cost of the enclosure." Chickens can eat insects and grass under trees, which not only reduces feeding costs, but also reduces the occurrence of diseases and insect pests in trees. at the same time, livestock manure can provide nutrients for trees and weeds, forming a virtuous circle. "

"in the past, when I used to work and run transportation, I always felt that I was not my own livelihood, and I couldn't take care of my family. Now raising chickens on your doorstep, earning more and less is your own, and if you don't delay taking care of the family, the key is peace of mind. " Zhou Hongwei said. "this year, we are going to build another nursery room, expand the scale of breeding and establish a fixed sales channel. This year, we will build a well-off house at the foot of the mountain so that the whole family can live in a new house and lead a good life. "