Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 223 The Plague Strikes
This night, the lights in the East Wing room had been on for a long time before they gradually dimmed. Liang Yuzhong and the Sun couple spent most of the night under the lamps thinking, and finally came up with a way to go to the old Liangtou to wake up tactfully. Protect Liang Yumei's face, and stop this bad momentum in time.

However, when she got up early the next day, Mother Dong hurried over to report that something was wrong with the poultry cubs in the side yard that had finally hatched after a lot of effort.

Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun didn't care to wash their faces, and handed the child to Taozhi to take care of. They rinsed their mouths and wiped their faces, then hurried to the side yard to check the situation.

Jinxi went to bed early last night, woke up very early, was lying on the bed reading a book, heard the movement next door and Mama Dong's words, Jinxi hurriedly put down the book, put on her clothes and overshoes, and hurried to the side yard .

When Jin Xi arrived at the side courtyard, Liang Yuzhong, Mrs. Sun, Cai Jinshan and his son, Dong Ma, and Mrs. Sun were all there.A large group of people gathered around the brand-new chicken shed, all anxious and worried.

Dong's mother was holding a little chicken in her hand, and she was pointing to Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun about the chicken's abnormality. Liang Yuzhong frowned and looked at the other chickens in the chicken coop in front of him. Although the chickens in the chicken coop are still playing and chasing, or chasing after the hen's buttocks for food, Liang Yuzhong's spirit

The situation is very worrying, and so is the Cai family father and son.

"Mother Dong, what's wrong with these little chickens?" Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Jin Xi guessed that this incident might be a bad omen, so she strode over and asked Mama Dong directly.

Before coming to Jinxi's house, Mama Dong had been raising these poultry on Zhuangzi, so she should have richer experience in this than everyone present.

"Miss, you came at the right time. I just told Madam and Madam about this. Take a look at this little chicken first." Mama Dong turned around and gestured to Jin Xi for the little chicken in her hand. look.

Jin Xi's eyes fell on the little chick in Mama Dong's hand, the yellow fluff that should have been very majestic looked dull.The little chick was in a bad mood, with his head drooping, his eyelids half-opened and half-closed, lying paralyzed in Dong Ma's palm, his little wings fluttering slightly, as if he wanted to stand up, but because of a nervous disorder in his body
, but couldn't stand up, and there was an intermittent strange 'cuckoo' sound in his throat.

While Jin Xi was carefully observing the little chicken, Mama Dong was afraid that Jin Xi would not understand, so she anxiously explained and added, based on Mama Dong's experience, the little chicken in front of her might be suffering from the most serious illness. In spring and autumn, chicken plague occurs most frequently.

This year, a total of 160 eggs were hatched. Excluding those broken eggs that could not produce chicks, there are now a total of 120 chicks in the chicken coop.This data was told by Mrs. Sun very excitedly during the meal after Jin Xi came home yesterday.
The chicken raising experience of the village women was already remarkable in ancient times. For this reason, when Mrs. Sun talked about it, she couldn't hide the joy and sense of accomplishment in the corners of her eyes and brows.

Unexpectedly, such a thing happened in just one night.

Although Jin Xi was a layman in veterinary medicine in the past two lifetimes, she grew up in the countryside in her previous life, and she has heard of such things to some extent.Chicken plague is a disease that often occurs in spring and autumn. It is lethal to both young chickens and adult chickens, and it is also very aggressive.

The speed of infection and spread is extremely fast.

In modern chicken plague, farmers are at a loss what to do, let alone in ancient times when even vaccines are unknown?Jin Xi frowned, if she didn't find a way to deal with this matter quickly, the remaining 110 nine chicks and a few old hens might be wiped out.

No wonder Mrs. Sun and the others all looked gloomy. Who made this chicken plague be too overbearing? If you are not careful, your hard work will be ruined!Jin Xi's heart is also tightly grasped!
She glanced at the other side and was helped by Mrs. Sun to comfort her, but it was of no avail. She was still so anxious that she didn't know what to do. She turned to Mama Dong and asked, "What other little chickens have appeared in the chicken coop now?" Similar situation?"

Mama Dong thought for a while, and said: "The other chickens are all right now, just this one, when I was feeding them yesterday, I found that it lived alone in a corner, and its spirit was not very good, so I kept it in mind. In addition, it was caught in the chicken coop inside and locked up in the group. Come here this morning to have a look, it looks like this
. "

"It's really not as good as man's calculation. I really hope that I can make some money in raising chickens this year. I didn't expect to catch up with chicken plague..." Sun was so anxious that he was about to cry. Chicken plague is a disease in Jinjishan Village. It's been two or three years since I haven't had an episode, why did it suddenly...

Jin Xi nodded, Mama Dong was really experienced and did a good job, once she found something wrong, she would immediately isolate and observe, otherwise, the chick in front of her would definitely not be the only one in front of her.

"Mother Dong, we used to raise chickens free-range and lay eggs at home. You are the most experienced veteran in this field. You must find a way to save these little chickens. This is your wife's painstaking effort... ..." Mrs. Sun said to Dong Ma.

Why aren't these also Dong Ma's painstaking efforts?Madam Dong said sadly and embarrassingly to Mrs. Sun: "Old Madam, no matter how experienced I am, I can't resist the violence of this plague. This disease is really tyrannical. Once it comes, these chickens can only look up at the sky." Received……"

Mrs. Sun's face changed in shock, and Mrs. Sun covered her mouth and cried sadly.

"No matter how tyrannical this disease is, we can't sit still, we have to find some way to deal with it, and it counts as much as the loss can be recovered!" Jin Xi tried hard to suppress the anxiety in her heart, and said in a clear voice, and then asked for advice and wiped away her tears Dong's mother: "Dong's mother, you are an experienced veteran, this matter depends on you

, Should we do something to prevent it? "

Jin Xi's words inspired everyone around, Mrs. Sun wiped away her tears, Mrs. Sun also nodded secretly, looking expectantly and nervously at Mama Dong, Liang Yuzhong also turned her face away, Mama Dong seemed to be all these things for a while. The focus of the eyes, shouldering the heavy responsibility of saving the entire chicken flock.

"Dong Ma, try to think back and see if there is any way to defend yourself a little bit?" Jin Xi continued to encourage Dong Ma.

Mama Dong frowned and bit her lips, trying to recall the process of raising chickens and ducks in the past years. Suddenly, a gleam of light burst out from her face, and she said loudly: "I remember, there was chicken plague that year, and I took care of it." Almost all the chickens in the Zhuangzi were dying, but the chickens and ducks under the care of Mrs. Xu in the Zhuangzi next door were still alive.
Half of the time, that Mrs. Xu was hiding, but I couldn't bear it. I went to her chicken shed to look at it, I know! "

"Mother Dong, it's great to have you. What's the best way to save it? Tell me!" Jin Xi asked repeatedly in surprise, and Liang Yuzhong and Cai Jinshan surrounded him in surprise.

Mama Dong thought about it again, sorted out her words, and said: "I saw Mrs. Xu's chicken shed, it seems to be made like this..."

……

Under Dong Ma's mobilization, except for Jin Rou and the others, almost everyone in Jin Xi's family rolled up their sleeves and threw themselves into the battle against chicken plague that was about to come.

The troops were divided into several groups: First, Cai Qingyang was quickly asked to dispose of the little chicken that was diagnosed with chicken plague. The method of disposal was not to throw it randomly or throw it into the river, but to choose a place sheltered from the wind to bury it. into the soil.

Then Dong's mother, Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun, and Jin Xi all went down to the chicken coop, carefully selected each chick, and separated the normal and healthy ones from those with slight abnormalities.

After a round of picking, two little chickens that were a little fuzzy were caught. Although Mrs. Sun was full of reluctance and wanted to keep it for another two days for observation, Jin Xi waved her hand and asked Cai Qingyang to take it and bury it. .

In some cases, the cruelty is to protect more chicks.

Next, the big guy started to clean up the chicken coop thoroughly, change the bedding, and shovel the manure.

The chicken shed of Jin Xi's family was considered when it was first built.

The location of the chicken coop is ideal, with the leeward facing the sun, the terrain is high and dry, and the drainage is convenient.The chicken shed covers an area of ​​one acre and is surrounded by wooden fences. There is an open area in the front for the chickens to walk and play. The chicken shed is in the back. Instead of being piled together, it is divided into ten small chicken coops, side by side. together

, like ten miniature dormitories connected together, each chicken house has a chicken coop.

The water that Jin Xi's family uses to feed the chicks is not the water from the pond, let alone the flowing water from the village west river, but clean well water drawn from the well.Dong's mother would clean up the troughs, sinks, and feces every two days.

Now, in order to resist chicken plague, the family has worked hard to renovate and arrange the chicken coop and chicken coop on this basis.

Liang Yuzhong found tools for carpentry work, led the long-term workers at home, and reinforced a thin layer of wood along the outside of the chicken coop to stop snakes, rats and weasels.Sprinkle some lime powder to prevent insects and ants on the ground under the wooden fence.

The roof of the chicken shed was originally open to the air. Jinxi thought of the bird flu that is prevalent in modern times. Some relevant experts found that it was related to birds, so she strongly suggested to Liang Yuzhong and the others to pull it away from the courtyard wall behind the chicken shed. A fine net used to catch small fish and shrimp covers the entire chicken coop underneath.

In this way, the sunlight and ventilation are not hindered, and the flying birds in the sky can be well isolated from falling to grab food from the chickens, and it can also prevent the droppings of flying birds from falling into the chicken coop to cause external infection.

Regardless of having lunch, Jin Xi asked Cai Qingyang to drive the ox cart and sent her to the town.When she came back, she was carrying a stack of herbal medicine bags in her hand, all of which were Chinese herbal medicines bought from the shopkeeper of the pharmacy Wang.

"Shopkeeper Wang was very surprised when I said that he was buying medicine for the chickens at home. But he was helpless against chicken plague, so I managed to prescribe several medicines that could barely be used on poultry!" In the main room, Jin Xi took The bought herbs were spread out one by one on the table, and the huge main room immediately filled with the unique smell of opened herbs.

(End of this chapter)