Chapter 152 Chickens
In the early morning, Lawrence and Sophia checked on the chickens together.
It was obviously hotter inside the stone house than outside, and a group of chicks with high shoes were chirping here.
Lawrence looked at these cute chicks and loved them from the bottom of his heart.
Change the water first and pour the still warm boiled water into the trough where the chickens drink.
Lawrence didn't know how to feed chickens, but he knew that as long as he followed the standards of caring for humans, there would basically be no problem.
For example, drink pure water, pay attention to the temperature and hardness of food, avoid catching cold, pay attention to cleanliness and ventilation, and a dry indoor environment.
Then avoid natural enemies and accidents, and pick out unhealthy chicks in time.
Not to mention 100% after this, basically with this kind of careful care, most of the chicks can survive.
These thriving chicks fully illustrate the superiority of human life.
"It's time to eat."
Lawrence fed the food himself today, holding a basket and squatting down to greet the nearby white chickens, small black chickens, small yellow chickens, and small flower chickens to come over for dinner.
The chickens gathered quickly and came closer to the place while croaking.
The chicks are now seven or eight times bigger than when they first hatched, and are as big as seven or eight eggs stacked together.
Newborn chicks are very fragile, but also very cute and fluffy.
Today's chicks are not so cute, but they are also not so fragile. They can forage and move around outside, and they can catch grasshoppers and bugs by themselves.
A little yellow chicken jumped up and jumped from Lawrence's shoe to Lawrence's lap.
Some chickens jumped into the vegetable basket and chewed on the pumpkin and potato skins inside.
Lawrence stood up quickly. There were 116 chickens in this room, and it was a bit overwhelming when they all gathered together.
"Go, go!" Lawrence chased away the unruly chickens and scattered the vegetables and rotten pumpkins in the basket on the ground.
The chickens quickly scrambled for food on the ground, and from time to time the chickens behind them flew over to look for food.
Lawrence and Sophia quickly went out, closed the door and said, "Wait a few days to find the little roosters. There is not enough food in winter to raise so many little roosters." Sophia nodded and looked at the chicken pen next to the sheepfold
. , which contains the big roosters and hens that were raised before.
"I'll go to the chicken coop to see if there are any eggs!" Sophia quickly went in carrying an empty basket.
Collecting eggs every day is a happy thing. Even if I have done it many times, I still feel good about finding something when I pick up eggs from the haystack.
Lawrence has determined that the chickens and crows have developed good habits. As long as they call for dinner, their trained instincts will know that it is time to eat, and they will quickly approach him.
After the mountains are cleared of dangerous hunters, the chickens can be left free-range in the mountains.
In the evening or when it is about to rain, if you shout towards the mountains, chickens all over the mountains and fields will charge!
"Gah!"
Early in the morning, the crow, which had not been seen for two or three days, came back again. Now it was standing on the roof of the stone house looking here, as if it was waiting for food.
Lawrence smiled and raised his hand to signal the crow to come down.
The crow did not move. After looking at each other for a few seconds, the crow quickly lowered its head and combed its feathers. It seemed that it was tired of looking at each other, or maybe it was embarrassed.
Lawrence was not angry, and quickly went to the wooden house and took out some dried meat.
After Lawrence came out, he looked around and found that the crow had indeed followed him, flew from the stone house to the shed and looked over.
"It's time to eat."
Lawrence called and put the dried meat on his shoulder.
The crow soon flew over with flapping wings and began to bite the dried meat in its mouth.
Lawrence took the opportunity to touch the crow's feathers. Because they had known each other for a long time, the crow did not dodge.
The crow bit into a piece of dried meat and then continued to bite. Even if the dried meat fell from his mouth, he did not give up and quickly bit down a mouth full of dried meat.
After grasping it tightly, the crow spread its wings and flew away.
When Lawrence saw this, he went about his own business and wanted to see Delen today.
Sophia came back with the basket and saw the situation and said: "That crow is here to eat for free again."
Lawrence said: "It should be to store food. Crows and squirrels will store food for the winter, otherwise it will be too difficult to find food in winter."
Initially, the plan was to train Crow Storm, to summon millions of crows with the sound of rice.
But later it was discovered that the big crow never brought its friends, and the domestication speed was too slow. On the contrary, the number of chicks tripled in one year.
Chicken Storm is much simpler and more obedient than Crow Storm.
The food problem is more troublesome. Without enough feed support, more than 100 chickens are already the limit.
A batch of young roosters must be killed before winter, otherwise the feed gap will be too big. People need food to eat, they need food to make wine, various seasonings need food, and all kinds of livestock also need food.
However, there is too little food grown in the mountains. Unless Pumixiu Town and Andrew go out to rob to provide some, it will not be enough.
If the Pumi Xiu people do not provide food next year, the development of the manor will be much more difficult.
After entering the room and sitting down for dinner
, Colin, the head maid, reported the morning's findings.
"The female workers reported to me that rats came into their houses. There were rattles in the middle of the night. When they checked in the morning, they only found rat holes in the corners of the walls, but no rats were found." Lawrence said seriously: "
This This is really bad news. Tell the female workers that the next time they hear a rat barking, they should get up and check as soon as possible to find the location of the rat." "There is enough
sleep time every day. I think they will not be so tired if they sleep less."
"If you catch the mouse, you can get half a cup of goat's milk the next morning."
Colin noted this decision and continued: "There is a second piece of bad news."
Lawrence said: "I hope it's not too bad news. What is it specifically?"
Lawrence looked at the pumpkin porridge brought by Navia and Brielle. Today it was pumpkin porridge and bread this morning.
There isn’t enough food, so I have to eat sparingly.
Colin said: "Wild boar excrement was found in the forest."
"It's not bad news." Lawrence said seriously: "Be careful today and start looking for it tomorrow."
There are always traces of wild boar activity in the forest. , but I didn’t find those wild boars several times before.
If it is discovered, it will definitely be solved. The current combat effectiveness is not low.
The problem is that every time we fight with those wild boars, the other side will avoid them.
Sariel also heard Colin's report and sighed: "It would be great if wild boars could be as easy to catch as seals." The
threat of wild boars is not great. As long as the fence is built as soon as possible, they can resist the attacks of wild boars. .
Moreover, both Reglo and Mandekru are in charge here at the manor, so it is easy to organize them when things happen.
After Lawrence finished eating, he took honey and a basket of eggs and went to visit the village of Clodagh.
Eggs are specially saved these days.
When there is no demand, the eggs are eaten by Lawrence, Salyl and Sophia.
The chickens at home don't lay eggs every day, but they can now support the daily needs of three people. The gifts need to be saved several days in advance by frugality.
Dom the sheep has also been resting for several days. Salil carried a basket filled with hay and eggs and rode on the sheep. Lawrence and Sophia also rode on the sheep respectively. The three of them set off on the sheep for the first time.
This time, as soon as the three of them walked out of the cave, they saw Delen waiting outside.
Delen seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. When he saw the three people coming, he said happily: "You are here, I prepared barbecue!"
Lawrence raised the jar in his hand, "I also prepared delicious food, guess what? What is it?"
Delen looked at the jar that Lawrence picked up, and quickly showed a look of joy, "This smell...is honey?"
Lawrence didn't expect that Delen's sense of smell was so keen, and said happily: "Yes, it's honey. , I raised some bees outside, and I just harvested a jar of honey this year, let me share some with you."
Delen said quickly: "Okay! I need this honey to hunt the geomaniac bears, and in return I will give you bear skins and fruit wine. Lawrence
asked curiously: "You have wild boars, bears, and moose here. Is this place very big?"
Delen said: "We only raise deer and pigs here. The bears are in the mountains in the south. There are many large ones there." Animals, the place where my tribe and I live is only accessible through caves, so it is very safe." The place where the
Cloda people are located is a closed valley, but relying on Delen's witchcraft of breaking mountains and cracking rocks, the Cloda people can Traveling between mountains.
This ability was beyond envy, so Lawrence quickly went to see the old wizard Lathander, and tasted the Cloda people's fruit wine and roasted insect meat.
Delen sent a barrel of wine. Cloda and the Ug people were both mountain and forest barbarians. The mountain and forest barbarians had known how to use fruits to make wine a long time ago.
Just like the taste of ale in different monasteries is different, the wine brewed by mountain barbarians in different areas is also different.
Clodagh wines are sweeter.
Lawrence didn’t drink much and took the people back after eating.
"Deren, see you next year."
Delen stood at the entrance of the cave to say goodbye to Lawrence and reminded: "Remember to come next spring."
"Okay!" Lawrence didn't ask what the specific matter was, so it shouldn't be a bad thing.
(End of chapter)