Speaking of peacocks, many people have seen them in zoos, it is one of the most beautiful birds in nature and a symbol of kindness, beauty and luxury, and is regarded as an auspicious bird by people. Nowadays, peacocks can also be farmed on a large scale. In Hulu Town, Shawan District, there is a post-95 guy who artificially breeds peacocks and embarks on the road to prosperity.
Recently, the reporter came to the backyard of Hu Shangkun, a villager in Si'eshan Village, Hulu Town, Shawan District, Leshan City, which is his peacock breeding enclosure. In the clean and tidy enclosure, beautiful peacocks are pacing leisurely, showing their beautiful posture and feathers from time to time.
Hu Shangkun said that peacocks are full of treasures, especially the market demand for ornamental peacocks is very large, and he currently breeds more than 50 birds, mainly blue peacocks and white peacocks. Many years ago, he had the idea of breeding peacocks, but due to the cumbersome procedures for applying for special breeding licenses in the past, this matter has been shelved. Last year, when he learned that some varieties of peacocks no longer needed to apply for special breeding licenses, he decisively resigned from his job in Hangzhou and returned to his hometown to develop the peacock breeding industry.
Villager Hu Shangkun: Our peacocks have been hatching since this year to achieve independent breeding, mainly through the sale of ornamental peacocks, peacock feathers, peacock eggs and other ways to achieve profitability, and now my ornamental peacocks have received dozens of orders.
The reporter learned that after nearly a year of cultivation, Hu Shangkun's peacocks have begun to breed independently, and in the next just over one year, his breeding scale can be expanded to thousands, bringing more considerable economic benefits.
Villager Hu Shangkun: At present, we are expanding the peacock breeding garden and preparing incubation equipment to expand the scale of breeding, so that this project will become a characteristic industry in the village and contribute to the development of the hometown.
Hu Shangkun introduced that next, he will develop professionally, standardized and large-scale in peacock breeding, and at the same time teach the breeding technology he has mastered to local villagers, so as to drive more parents and villagers to join the breeding team and achieve income increase and prosperity.
Three hundred and sixty lines, the line of champions, engaged in breeding, dare to innovate and explore, find their own industry, market prospects is very important, to praise Hu Shangkun's innovative attempts.
*: Daily News.