Chapter 145 (continued)

The person who interrupted then said, "I'm second in line."

Hearing this, other people also came to join the queue.

Shi Wen said, "Our breeding capacity for rams is limited, so let's start with five slots. I'll breed them once every two weeks until January next year. Breeding them too often is bad for the ewes."

No one had any objections, and the matter was quickly finalized.

By the time Ma Chengfeng heard the news and rushed over, Shi Wen had already given out all the available spots.

Ma Chengfeng slapped his thigh in regret. "Why didn't I think to ask if I could rent your breeding sheep?"

Shi Wen, "If you had asked before, I might not have agreed."

Ma Chengfeng: "Are you willing to agree now?"

Shi Wen, "That's because we've recently been working on a plan to improve the breed of local fat-tailed sheep, and someone just happened to ask about it."

Shi Wen still had confidence in his fat-tailed sheep. He believed that if he let the fat-tailed sheep mate, the offspring would definitely be better than ordinary lambs.

The more times you visit, the better the quality of fat-tailed sheep in the entire region will become.

Ma Chengfeng still felt regretful. "I wish I had asked you sooner."

Shi Wen, "Next time, next time I'll let you know in advance."

Ma Chengfeng: "That's settled then, I'll join your queue too."

The trade fair was going to last for several more days, and Zhang Zhouli, the first old man in line, couldn't wait and proposed to drive his sheep to Shi Wen's house to mate that very night.

Shi Wen had no objections, Zhang Zhouli drove over a hundred sheep.

Among them, the breeding sheep "Eight Treasures" will help mate with fifty sheep, and the breeding sheep "Wanderer" will help mate with fifty sheep.

The breeding ewes that Zhang Zhouli brought over were all young and strong local fat-tailed sheep.

It's clear he carefully selected them at home; these fat-tailed sheep have regular appearances, broad frames, large size, and are very robust.

Shi Wen suddenly realized that this flock of fat-tailed sheep might be a challenge for the two breeding rams.

With so many ewes, won't they get tired and thin?

The process of mating ewes is the same as before: put the ram and ewe in the sheep pen, then paint the ram's chest and abdomen. The ewe with paint on her rump indicates that mounting behavior has occurred, and mating is most likely to succeed.

Of course, this is not absolute, and farmers need to do further screening at that time.

Zhang Zhouli looked at the ewe and ram together and a relieved smile appeared on his face, "I hope they can mate successfully this time."

Shi Wen, "It definitely will. Let's go back first and come back to check tomorrow morning."

Zhang Zhouli: "Okay, I'll come tomorrow morning. Thank you for your help today."

Shi Wen his hand and said, "It's nothing, come again tomorrow morning."

After Zhang Zhouli left, the family dogs swarmed in, their eyes wide like saucers, staring at the sheep in the pen.

Little fox and little snow leopard, don't come over and join the fun.

Shi Wen turned around and saw several pairs of big, round eyes. She couldn't help but say, "Why are you all so curious about everything?"

Heiwa: "Woof woof!"

Shi Wen glanced at Heiwa and grinned mischievously, "Speaking of which, some people have asked me these past few days if I want to take you guys out to make friends. They have a really cute little female dog."

Seeing Shi Wen's expression, Heiwa suddenly tucked his tail between his legs, looking quite puzzled. "Woof?"

Shi Wen burst into laughter.

Both the rams and ewes have entered estrus, but mating is not so easy.

Shi Wen went to check the next morning, I found that there were fewer than thirty sheep that had engaged in mounting behavior.

It seems we need to give them more time to get along.

To improve the success rate of mating in the flock, Shi Wen specially provided the sheep with a meal of fine feed to supplement their nutrition.

For several days in a row, Shi Wen go out to work during the day and come back at night to think about the breeding of sheep. He almost developed dark circles under his eyes from all the thinking.

Fortunately, the final result was worthy of his efforts.

All of Zhang Zhouli's ewes have been bred; you can Shi Wen that every single one of them has successfully conceived.

Sikewell came to check and got the same result.

Zhang Zhouli was very grateful to Shi Wen. When settling the bill, he specially gave Shi Wen an extra two hundred yuan, saying it was a red envelope for the two breeding rams so that Shi Wen could give them a good boost.

Shi Wen according to the local market price, it costs no more than thirty yuan to breed one ewe, and three thousand yuan for one hundred ewes. That's an extra two hundred yuan, which really isn't much.

Shi Wen glanced at the listless Eight Treasures and the Wanderer beside him.

After a week of hard work, these two breeding sheep now have huge dark circles under their eyes and look ugly.

It's hard to believe that those two sheep could look so haggard.

Even Yan Kexing, after looking at the two sheep, couldn't help but say, "They've had a tough time lately, they should be given some good nourishment."

Shi Wen looked at the two sheep and sighed, "Indulgence really does make people ugly, even sheep are no exception."

Yan Kexing: "Their strength is too high."

Shi Wen, "Then I'll make them some honey water."

Of course, this honey water is just ordinary honey from the ranch, not the kind soaked with Ganoderma lucidum.

That kind of honey, I'm almost reluctant to drink it just Shi Wen.

To nourish the two rams, Shi Wen even asked Fu Meng, "Brother Fu, do you know which family makes the best distiller's grains?"

Fu Meng, who had spent the whole day with his men fencing off barbed wire, was carrying his tools back when he heard the question. He stopped and asked, "Are you buying distiller's grains to feed the cattle?"

Shi Wen: "Feed them with breeding rams; if they're good, you can feed them with cattle too."

They have a long-standing tradition of feeding livestock with distiller's grains.

After fermentation, the lees become fragrant, soft, and easy to digest, and are generally used to supplement the nutrition of livestock.

Compared to other feeds, distillers' grains are relatively cheap, and have a price advantage. Herdsmen generally don't mind buying several truckloads of them.

When Fu Meng heard that he wanted it, he said, "We usually buy from the winery. I'll send you a WeChat; you can ask them later."