Chapter 333 - 36 Hiring a Nanny
Lin Xiaoguai’s method was not complicated—one chicken coop was for raising chickens, another for breeding insects to feed the chickens.
This was also an old method she had heard of in her previous life, specifically, one chicken coop for raising chickens, piling chicken droppings and pig manure in another coop, buying some centipedes and other insects, coupled with maggots bred from the manure, which made for the best feed for chickens. Eating these, not only was the meat quality akin to that of wild chickens, but they also laid eggs faster.
It took about a week for the insects in one coop to grow large enough, and by that time, she’d drive the chickens from the adjacent coop over, and start breeding insects in the original chicken coop. When the chickens had eaten all the insects in the coop, the new batch of insects was almost ready. In this cycling process, the cost of raising chickens was low but the returns were high.
However, this method also had its downsides; the environment for breeding insects was extremely filthy, and ordinary people simply couldn’t stand the smell. Additionally, such an environment was very bad for hygiene and required frequent disinfection.
Of course, Lin Xiaoguai didn’t intend to copy this breeding method exactly as she was somewhat germophobic.
She had the chicken coop specially designed to be sealable by the designer, using materials bought from the exchange store that could completely isolate the smell and were sound-transmitting yet breathable. When it came time to breed the insects, it could all be done in a sealed environment. She wasn’t planning to frequently switch chicken coops for raising chickens, but aimed to open the gaps between the chicken coops whenever the insects were ready, and use a type of incense that could attract insects and disinfect, obtainable from the exchange store, to lead the bred insects to the adjacent chicken coop.
In fact, based on her trust in the Agricultural Feeding Machine, she knew that chickens fed with feed produced by the machine would certainly not be inferior to this old method. However, to keep a low profile, she planned to use this old method for a couple of years. Later, she would switch to the feed produced by the machine and claim it was her own proprietary research.
Having such a transition would also help to avoid external speculation and doubt.
When Lin Xiaoguai shared her thoughts, Shen Xiu skeptically asked, "Can this method really work that well? Just open a small window every week and throw in the bought insects?"
"Would I deceive you?" Lin Xiaoguai said with displeasure.