Hundreds of thousands of bees swarmed and flew out into a dense darkness, which has already affected Bangge's life.
Finally, having no choice but to find Captain Wan, Banggeng took over the hillside behind the house and built a hive on it.
There is not much land on the back hillside, and there are rubbles everywhere. This is left over from the previous mining of stones. Most of the stones inside have been mined, and the rest cannot be used.
There was no way to cultivate the land, so it was abandoned and had no value.
Bangge just mentioned it a little bit, but Captain Wan decided to let him use it as long as he wanted.
In recent years, because of Bangge, Niujiao Village has developed rapidly and made a lot of money every year.
And all this is because Banggeng taught them to grow medicinal herbs.
Medicinal materials are much more valuable than food, but everyone also needs food to survive, but they don’t grow much.
But even so, it made their horn production team's life much easier.
At the end of the year, not only will there be food, but there will also be leftovers.
Bangge's reputation in Niujiao Village is higher than that of the captain.
"Uncle Niu has two geese at home. I went to ask about them and found that there were more than ten goose eggs, all of which were fertilized."
"Aunt Zhang's family raises a group of ducks and saves dozens of duck eggs."
"Uncle Jiang's family has eggs, but they are a bit expensive. The price is about the same as duck eggs. I think we can wait for a while and then I will ask around to see which one is cheaper."
Li Hongbing told Bangge exactly what he learned.
"Then let's buy the goose eggs and duck eggs first! Don't worry about the eggs first." Banggeng nodded.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any eggs yet. It’s also good to have goose and duck eggs. You can hatch them first.
"Brother Jia, are you sure you can hatch it? Don't ruin it by then." Li Hongbing hesitated and said.
"Don't worry, don't you know what I'm capable of? It's just hatching ducklings. It's very simple." Bangge looked confident.
Reading so many books is not for nothing, and skills are not just decorations. With master-level domestication skills, hatching chickens and ducks is not something you can do at your fingertips.
"Then I'll go find them tomorrow." Hearing this, Li Hongbing felt relieved.
Based on his understanding of Bangge, as long as he said it, there is nothing he can't do, including treating his mother's illness.
"It seems that I have prepared the incubator in advance." After Li Hongbing left, Banggeng thought for a while.
Incubation is a long-term process. Eggs are better, and the chicks can generally hatch in 21 days. However, the incubation time of duck eggs and goose eggs is relatively long, about thirty to thirty-five days.
During this process, a constant temperature must be maintained, and the temperature cannot be too low or too high.
However, Bangge is familiar with this matter. His family had done this in his previous life, but at that time, kerosene lamps were used to incubate chicks. The heat was transferred through the kerosene lamps, and a special hatching bed was made. The hatching bed was filled with water.
The water comes at a constant temperature.
And the bed must be covered with a quilt, which is even more particular than others.
However, with the development of the times, kerosene lamps have been eliminated and replaced by temperature-controlled boxes using electricity.
To this end, he also specially learned about the process and principles.
Now, Bangge is preparing to replicate a temperature-controlled box to hatch eggs.
After dinner, Bangge started making an incubator. With his master repair and carpentry skills, an incubator was quickly completed.
After he finished it, he tried it and there was no problem at all.
Not only can the temperature be set, but it can also be heated evenly. With this device, it can completely increase the hatching probability and reduce the possibility of omitting eggs.
When I went home the next day, Li Hongbing came over with a basket of duck eggs and goose eggs.
Banggeng checked it and found that there were more duck eggs, about twenty, while goose eggs only had seven or eight.
"Brother Jia, are these eggs enough? If not, I will let them keep them. I will continue to buy them after a while." Li Hongbing said.
In this era, it is difficult to buy fertilized eggs. After all, feeding roosters and ducks that do not lay eggs is a waste of food. If they are not prepared to keep the eggs for hatching, they generally will not be raised.
Although many people in their village raise chickens and ducks, they are all female and cannot hatch.
"That's enough for now, but you can buy some eggs. My place is suitable for raising chickens."
It is best to raise ducks and geese in a place with a water source. Banggeng is a bit far away from the water source. The water at home is pumped from wells. If you want to raise ducks and geese, you must prepare a pond.
But this would be too troublesome.
Fortunately, it can be raised without a pond, but it is not as convenient as raising chickens.
After all, chickens can be raised free-range. After they are domesticated, they can be directly allowed to graze in the fields, and there will still be a lot of feed left over.
Ducks and geese are different. Their claws and beaks are not suitable for digging in the soil.
"Okay, then I'll ask around tomorrow to see which store has fertilized eggs." Li Hongbing nodded.
Later, under Li Hongbing's curious gaze, Bangge placed the duck eggs and goose eggs in the incubator.
After a while, the incubator started to maintain a constant temperature and started working.
"Brother Jia, can they be hatched like this?" Li Hongbing asked curiously.
"Yeah, but it takes a long time. It will take at least thirty days." Banggeng nodded.
"By the way, do you want some for your family?"
Thinking that Li Hongbing didn't raise any poultry at home, Banggeng asked by the way.
"Forget about ducks and geese, we can raise a few chickens." Li Hongbing thought for a while and said.
"Okay, I'll leave a few for you when the time comes." Banggeng agreed nonchalantly.
He has to hatch it anyway, it's just a few more eggs, it's very simple.
This time, he hatched all the eggs together.
He knew that among these eggs, there must be orphan eggs that could not hatch, but the time was too short and he could not distinguish them yet.
It will take a few days to know if it can hatch.
After checking the incubator again, Bang Ge stopped taking care of it.
Next, he planned to build a chicken coop next to the house.
It happened that there was a lot of wood left when building the house, so he planned to build a wooden house that could provide shelter from wind and rain.
Although he said this, with his master level carpentry, the wooden house he built is definitely not bad.
This project couldn't be completed in a day or two, he had to prepare in advance.
After working for an hour or two, Banggeng sawed the wood into different sizes of lumber. Next, he had to assemble, build, lay the foundation, etc.
He usually has to go to work, and it will probably take about a week when he is finished.
Originally, tomorrow was his day off, so he had a whole day to be busy.
But Shen Xiaonan has already agreed with him that he will be a guest tomorrow and he must entertain her well.
Shen Xiaonan is from the city and has never seen the countryside. You can take a walk with her.