Traveling through time and space, wanting to lie down, but being forced to move forward

Chapter 563 Feed Formula

After making up his mind, Liu Jingsi would go to the captain's house every two days to observe the poultry he raised.

In order to gain their trust, every time she went there she would carefully ask what they fed the poultry, then block her sense of smell and carefully observe the poultry's excrement.

After going there several times, Liu Jingxue brought some feed that she had prepared using the things sent by the eldest and second sons of the Zhang family.

Wu Sufen is now the main person feeding these poultry chicks. When Liu Jingxue handed the feed to her, she said,

"Auntie, every time you feed them from now on, mix some of this feed into their food. The feed for chickens, ducks, and geese is the same, but the feed for rabbits, pigs, and sheep is different. I have marked them clearly on it.

After you add these feeds for a period of time, I will observe whether their coat color, feces and growth rate are different from before.

The ingredients and proportions of the feed must be adjusted according to the situation.”

After Wu Sufen took the feed, she asked, "Xiaoxue, you said that we should mix some of the food each time they eat, how much is appropriate?

You'd better tell me, so as to avoid mistakes."

Liu Jingxue estimated the quantity based on the number of each type of poultry and told Wu Sufen.

"Xiaoxue, don't worry, I will do as you say and I won't make any mistakes."

After giving Wu Sufen the feed, Liu Jingxue stopped going there as often, only once every five days. After all, if the time was too short, the difference would not be noticeable.

After going there twice, Liu Jingxue brought adjusted feed when she went there for the third time.

"Aunt, this is the feed I adjusted based on my observations over the past few times.

You can mix this feed into their food and shelter in the future. The previous feed was missing something and was not perfect."

When Wu Sufen heard that the feed was going to be changed, she was the first to raise objection.

As someone who feeds these poultry and deals with them every day, she cannot hide from her eyes the growth changes of the poultry after they eat the so-called feed.

"Xiaoxue, you changed the feed. Why don't you change it back?

After using these feeds for half a month, these little guys have changed so much that they have transformed in less than two or three days. Not only do they grow slower than those that eat feed, but their fur color and spirit are also much better than those that eat feed.

If the feed is changed and the effect is not so good, then it will be a loss."

Liu Jingxue laughed after hearing this. It seemed that the feed formula written in the breeding manual did not deceive her and was still effective.

Although she had seen the changes in these little things during the few times she came here, she had no experience in feeding them and didn't know whether it was normal or due to the feed.

Judging from Aunt Sufen’s performance now, the feed should be largely responsible for it.

Liu Jingxue quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, Auntie, the feed is adjusted based on the feces of these poultry that I have observed over the past few visits.

Not only is the effect no worse than before, but it has actually increased.

You can just rest assured to replace them with the new ones I brought.

You feed them with this, and after I observe them later, I may have to adjust the feed formula to find the best formula."

After hearing this, Wu Sufen took the feed with a half-believing and half-doubting attitude, "Do you still mix that much every time?"

"They have grown a bit, and their appetite should have increased too. Auntie, please increase their number later, about one-third more than before," Liu Jingxue arranged.

After the feed was changed, Liu Jingxue made a request to the team leader after visiting once, "Captain, can you help me get some bean cake, rice bran, bone meal, and fish meal?

I think there are still some ingredients missing in the feed, and I want to try adding them.”

It has been a month since these poultry have been fed according to Liu Jingxue's method. The team leader, who has to check on them several times a day, is very clear about their growth.

Especially after feeding the feed provided by Liu Jingxue, the growth rate and spirit of the poultry surprised the team leader.

He even went to Secretary Xu's house to check on the pigs he raised. They were clearly from the same batch, fed together, with the same amount and frequency of feeding every day. But now they don't look like the same batch at all.

If they said that the one they raised was one month older than the one Secretary Xu raised, no one would doubt it.

In addition to the obvious size difference, the poultry in Secretary Xu's house all looked lifeless and sickly.

Based on these factors, the captain would naturally not refuse Liu Jingxue's request.

But after hearing what she wanted, the captain frowned slightly.

"Xiaoxue, there is nothing wrong with bean cake and rice bran, but what about bone meal and fish meal?"

“Fish meal is fish that has had its oil removed, sun-dried or oven-dried, and then ground into powder.

Bone meal is made by crushing animal bones, boiling them for several hours, removing some of the fat and glue, draining all the water, and then drying and crushing them at high temperature.

After hearing this, the captain said, "The fish meal and bone meal are not difficult to make, but the process is a bit troublesome.

Xiaoxue, how much do you want?"

“It’s just the experimental stage now, and we only have these poultry, so the quantity needed is not much.

If it is later proven that adding this thing to feed is beneficial to the growth of poultry, then if you want to raise poultry in large quantities, you will need a lot of it.

But then you can get a big pot and cook more at a time."

The captain nodded and said, "I will arrange for these things today, but there are a lot of processes, so it may take a few days before I can send them to you."

"It's okay to wait a few days. We should feed them with the current feed for the next few days."

Four days later, the team leader personally delivered what Liu Jingxue requested, including a considerable amount of fish meal and bone meal.

"Captain, it must have taken a lot of effort to get so much fish meal and bone meal.

It's not that bad, it just takes a little time, but it's winter and there's nothing to do, so it's a good way to kill time."

After all the necessary ingredients were prepared, Liu Jingxue naturally prepared the complete version of the feed for this stage and sent it to the team leader.

After changing the new feed and observing for ten days, Liu Jingxue finally determined the feed formula.

"Aunt Sufen, Captain, the feed for chickens, ducks and geese can be the same before they start laying eggs. After they start laying eggs, they need to be differentiated and different feeds used according to different feeding purposes.

If you just want to gain weight and promote growth, you can keep using this.

If you want them to lay more eggs, you have to adjust the feed. As for how to adjust it, I will study it after these poultry start laying eggs."

“As for the feed that rabbits are using now, except for pregnant rabbits, they can continue to use the current feed at other times.

The same applies to pigs and sheep. Pregnant sows use different feed, but you can use the same feed at other times.

As for the feed after pregnancy, we have to wait until poultry becomes pregnant and study it carefully before we can come up with a feed formula.”

Liu Jingxue said this as she handed several feed recipes to the team leader.

"Captain, this is the feed formula for the growth and fattening of these poultry. I'm handing it over to you. From now on, you can prepare the feed yourself according to this recipe."

The captain looked through the recipes and found three recipes in total. Many of the ingredients were the same, but each recipe had several different ingredients, and the proportions of the ingredients were also different.

Among these ingredients, only fish meal and bone meal are a little rare. However, among the three feed formulas, the demand for fish meal and bone meal is not high.

"Okay, I get it. You don't have to send me feed anymore. I can prepare it myself.

"Xiaoxue, please make a backup of the formula for yourself. I'm worried that if I lose it by accident, I'll have to ask you for it again."

"Don't worry, Captain. I have backups."