As the son of an entrepreneur, Chen Tianwen's life has countless possibilities. And he chose to take root in Guangning village and keep company with snakes. From 3,000 snakes at the beginning of the business in 2065,438+03, to the breeding scale of more than 30,000 snakes today, the business development is following the expected path of Chen Tianwen. "The snake farm can now provide enough snake eggs and seedlings for the villagers, and it is my future goal to drive them to get rich together."
2-year visit to understand the snake industry
Strictly speaking, Chen Tianwen didn't start from scratch. His career has been greatly helped by his father, but he is the kind of person who dares to try and strive for a good job.
After graduating in 2006, Chen Tianwen worked in his father's factory for some time. It was not until 20 1 1 that he first came into contact with the snake farming industry in a friend's snake farm in Guangxi. Later, it was found that there was no large-scale snake farm in Zhaoqing, and the price of snakes was increasing year by year. "Why not take this as an opportunity to create another career and get rid of my father's aura?" A bold idea sprouted in his mind.
Do it. Chen Tianwen spent more than two years visiting the major snake farms in Guangdong and Guangxi as a customer, and learned about the design characteristics and methods of raising snakes in each farm, and gradually changed from a layman to an expert in raising snakes. In 20 13, when he started to design the snake farm, he collected all the advantages of the snake farm he visited for more than two years: the heating facilities can provide energy with electricity and firewood, the heating circuit design is more energy-saving, and the snake farm is equipped with a frog pond. ...
Wake up in the middle of the night to add firewood and heat the snake farm.
"The key to the success or failure of raising snakes lies in daily management." At the beginning of his business, Chen Tianwen was always in a state of tension, working more than 12 hours a day, changing water, feeding, shoveling snake excrement and cleaning snake skin. "Many times, I will wake up at three or four in the evening and can't sleep. I will add a fire to the snake farm alone and check the snake farm to see if there is anything unusual. "
Although the snake is taken care of in every possible way, accidents will still happen if you are not careful. 20 14 10, the autumn wind has started. Because the wind prevention measures are not done well, the wind enters the constant temperature farm from a small hole. When Chen Tianwen got up in the morning, he found that the snake that had been blowing air conditioning all night had "cold" symptoms and was listless. He immediately separated the snakes to avoid cross infection. "Fortunately, it is found in time and handled in time, otherwise it may be a' nest'."
Besides paying attention to the dynamics of snakes, Chen Tianwen should always pay attention to its own safety-to prevent being bitten by snakes. At the beginning of raising snakes, I was bitten by snakes because I was not familiar with their habits. "Take your time when you catch them. If you catch it too fast, you may be bitten. " Chen Tianwen said, "Snakes are actually spiritual. The more contact you have with them, the more familiar they will be with your smell. "
After three years of practical exploration, Chen Tianwen gradually explored a set of snake breeding experience: 1 The female snake should be matched with two male snakes to ensure the mating success rate to the maximum extent; He has tried many times to match herbal tea suitable for snakes to drink, which can help snakes resist the cold; Use live frogs to make young snakes talk. ...
Establish cooperatives to drive villagers to raise snakes and become rich.
Today, the scale of snake breeding in Chen Tianwen has increased from 3,000 to 30,000. According to word of mouth, restaurants in the Pearl River Delta have come to pick up the goods. However, for Chen Tianwen, the main task at present is to further expand the scale of farming, rather than selling it to make a profit.
"My goal is 65,438+10,000." This is because Chen Tianwen is planning a bigger model-let more farmers participate in raising snakes through cooperatives. On 20 15, astronomical breeding cooperative was established, which attracted 1 13 farmers to join the cooperative. At present, more than 20 farmers have signed farming agreements with Chen Tianwen. Chen Tianwen provides feeding technology for snake eggs, young snakes and snakes, and is responsible for recycling adult snakes. Farmers are responsible for daily feeding.
The original automatic constant temperature ecological snake farm has a large initial investment and is not suitable for free-range farmers. Therefore, Chen Tianwen has explored two kinds of farming methods, namely, board house farming with agricultural machinery and equipment and original ecological stocking farming, with low investment cost. "Take the original ecological stocking culture as an example. As long as farmers have closed rooms, the whole set of equipment is only 1000 yuan. Moreover, raising snakes is more labor-saving than raising poultry and is suitable for the elderly in the village. " Chen Tianwen said that according to the current market price, after deducting the breeding cost, each snake can make a profit of about 100 yuan after one year of breeding.