In the traditional concept, raising chickens is an industry that requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is laborious and time-consuming to manually feed, manually pick up eggs, and manually clean up pollution. In the smart farm in Xibao Village, Guantai Town, Cixian County, it has completely changed the traditional layer breeding model, where science and technology empower smart chickens, adopt intelligent breeding and standardized production, not only "raising" a way to get rich, but also inject new vitality into rural revitalization.
Recently, the reporter walked into this smart chicken farm and saw that the chicken coop was arranged in an orderly manner and the environment was bright and clean. Here, the laying hens live in the "air-conditioned room", eat the "nutritious meal", the eggs "sit" on the conveyor belt, and the laying hen breeding has achieved integrated and automated operations. The staff clicks the smart device button, and the water supply, feeding, and manure removal are all intelligently managed.
Walking into the chicken coop, rows and layers of chicken coops are neatly arranged, and laying hens are competing for the feed in the pecking trough. The reporter noticed that the bottom of each row of chicken coops is slightly inclined, and the eggs laid will fall smoothly on the "track" and then be transported out through the conveyor belt. The fully automatic feeder and chicken manure collection system change the impression of dirty mess left by ordinary chicken farms.
Lu Jincheng, 60, is the head of this smart chicken farm, and he has been involved in the breeding industry for more than 30 years. In order to regularize and scale his chicken farm, he continued to go out to study, and participated in livestock and poultry fairs many times to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge. In 2017, he decided to change his development ideas, use science and technology to empower him, develop smart chickens, and invested more than 1 million yuan to introduce intelligent equipment.
"In the past, raising chickens needed to be fed by hand, adding water, cleaning the chicken coop, etc., and I had to get up early and be busy every day. Now, through digital chicken raising technology, we only need to regularly check the operation of the chicken coop and equipment. Lu Jincheng said. His chicken farm has realized the intelligence from feeding to egg picking, and provides the most suitable growth environment for laying hens and avoids environmental diseases caused by the environment through remote temperature control, ventilation, dust removal and humidification through the system. At the same time, the application of automatic egg picking equipment has also improved production efficiency and standardization level.
Lv Jincheng believes that intelligent breeding has drummed up the money bag, and we must not forget the protection of the ecological environment, and promoting the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure is an effective way to achieve the efficient development of green agriculture. He transferred 150 acres of land to grow wheat and corn, and used the corn as feed for chickens, and the manure produced by the chickens became organic fertilizer in the field, realizing a green cycle. Large-scale field crop cultivation has also led to employment for surrounding villagers.
In recent years, Cixian County has introduced a series of policies and measures to benefit farmers, encourage farmers and enterprises to carry out the transformation and upgrading of digital agriculture, create an industry of "one township, one industry, one village, one product" to enrich the people and rejuvenate the village, and continue to expand and develop the industrial chain, so that "new farmers" can become a new force in rural revitalization.