The native chicken ran under the forest to "peck" and open the door to get rich.

A few days ago, the reporter came to Niuji Town, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou City, Kuanyi Village, native chicken ecological breeding park, saw only a piece of fruit forest, raising tens of thousands of bright feathers, different colors of native chicken.

"it's a pity that the fruit groves are idle during the rest period. I bought 3000 native chicken seedlings this spring and raised them in captivity. After picking the fruit, they were released for release." Villager Zhang Baoliang told the reporter while adding food to the chickens that this batch of native chickens will soon be put on the market and there will be a good harvest.

In recent years, Quanyi Village has become rich by planting fruit trees, from the front and back of the courtyard to a large area of field planting. For this alone, the annual per capita income is about 14000 yuan.

"increase the green, color, and fruit" let the villagers taste the sweetness, and turn their attention to the aquaculture under the forest, taking the road of compound economic industry of fruit forest planting and underforest breeding.

"this year, with the encouragement of Zhang Baoliang, I also raised more than 3000 native chickens under the forest." Zhang Yan told the reporter cheerfully that a few years ago, when he went out to run a cart and saw that the planting and aquaculture industries in other places were booming, he could not help but give up going out to work and embark on the road of ecological farming under the forest.

When it comes to ecological farming, Zhang Baoliang added: "apart from regularly feeding crops such as corn, wheat bran, and bean grains, native chickens kept under the forest usually catch worms and peck at grass in the forest, and the finished products are organic and healthy food. Led by Zhang Baoliang, three families in the village have begun to raise native chickens under the forest this year, and now they have entered the market one after another.

"if you raise chickens under the fruit forest, you don't have to hire someone to mow the grass. Chicken manure is high-quality fertilizer, and these two save a lot of money every year." Talking about the benefits of raising chickens in the orchard, another farmer said that if there are chickens in the fruit forest, there is no need for pesticides. I believe that apricots, peaches, pears and other fruits that will grow next year will be of better quality.

Zhao Chaoyang, the person in charge of agriculture in Niuji Town, said that through government guidance, policy support, financial assistance, and technical guidance, and relying on small loans in rural areas, specialized cooperatives for raising chickens will be set up to allow farmers to "group" into the market. we will vigorously develop new projects to get rich in the forest farming industry with great potential, so that villagers can lead a rich life.