Rebirth on the top of the mountain, my herding career

"Xifeng, how long will it take for the pak choi to be picked?"

Song Yujia is responsible for taking care of the small vegetable plot these days. After processing the seeds of fast-growing vegetables, they have been planted. The main variety is this kind of fast-growing cabbage.

There are many fast-growing Chinese cabbages on the market, with an average growth cycle of 18 days. However, Qin Xifeng’s seeds were obtained as rewards, and the growth cycle is shorter.

"Well, you can have fresh cabbage in half a month at most."

Qin Xifeng was repairing the corral. The simple corral he and Gulidan built used ropes and wooden sticks as basic materials and was not very strong.

So he had to repair them every now and then.

He just finished what he was doing, stood up and clapped his hands. Just after saying a few words to Song Yujia, he saw Gulidan running over.

It's noon at this time, isn't she cooking?

"Gulidan, what's wrong?"

Seeing that the other party was walking in a hurry, Qin Xifeng asked.

"There are many yellow sheep over there!"

Gulidan was making soup before. While waiting, she looked around with a telescope out of boredom, and she happened to see a herd of yellow sheep jumping between cliffs.

Qin Xifeng's telescope has almost become her toy.

"Really? Let me see..."

Qin Xifeng took the telescope from Gulidan's hand and looked in the direction indicated by the other party. He actually saw a group of yellow sheep.

There are probably more than 20 yellow sheep in this group, which is not a large number.

The yellow sheep is also a protected wild animal. It is good at climbing, can jump and walk on steep cliffs, and can survive in extremely harsh natural environments.

The yellow sheep living in Palpaha are not Przewalski's gazelles, but a unique local wild antelope, commonly known as "yellow sheep".

Yellow sheep are not only expert climbers, but also run very fast, and can even run at speeds exceeding 90 kilometers per hour.

Its meat is firm and delicious, so it has always been the target of heavy hunting. The population has been greatly reduced over the years.

Even though legislative protection was implemented in the past few years, illegal poaching still occurs from time to time.

"Here you go, take a look at it too."

Qin Xifeng handed the binoculars to Song Yujia who was standing aside. Anyway, everyone just looked at them curiously, and he had no intention of doing anything to them.

afternoon.

When Qin Xifeng went to the lake to get water, he saw this group of elves again.

The Yellow Sheep was very timid. He glanced at them from a distance, and the guys fled in all directions. After a while, they came back to drink water by the stream.

Qin Xifeng filled the water bag, put it on the yak's back, and walked back.

At this time, the falcon flying and circling in the sky chirped. He looked around, but found nothing unusual.

So, he whistled to signal the falcon to fly farther away and not to take advantage of these yellow sheep. If the falcon really wanted to hunt the yellow sheep, there was still a way.

"Xifeng, come back and take a look. There is a golden wild yak that has become very irritable for some reason."

Gulidan called him through the intercom, and he finally understood why the falcon suddenly alerted him. It turned out that something was wrong with the wild yak next to the corral.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll be there soon."

Qin Xifeng accelerated his march and rushed back quickly.

When I arrived at my corral, I saw 5 wild yaks there. One of the cows looked very irritable and even her companions wouldn't let her get close.

"Gulidan, Yujia, please go farther away. This wild yak may be giving birth soon, so don't disturb it..."

Qin Xifeng knew what was going on at the first glance, and he quickly sent Gulidan and Song Yujia away. During the special period when wild yaks give birth, they not only become very irritable, but they may even attack people if disturbed.

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He then returned to the yurt, brought some equipment, and stood guard not far away.

In the evening, this golden wild yak gave birth to a calf successfully.

Wild yaks usually give birth to only one calf at a time. The calf can walk on its own within about a month, but it will not be weaned until the following summer.

"Xifeng, why doesn't the cow let her calf nurse?"

The next day, Gulidan discovered a new situation. The calf could not get milk. Moreover, after the wild yak gave birth to its calf, it ignored the calf and acted very impatiently.

"Why don't you try letting a domestic yak feed it?"

Qin Xifeng was a little unsure. Several of the yaks he raised were in the milk-producing period. The question was, would the wild yaks that had just given birth answer the question?

If a wild yak doesn't want to, and you take away its cubs, it will go crazy.

He approached the cub cautiously, while paying attention to the cow. The wild yak didn't react at all, but kept a little distance away.

Qin Xifeng then confidently and boldly brought the cub into the corral. The cub quickly found a new source of milk and lay there eating deliciously.

"Isn't this good? I don't know what happened to this wild yak. ​​It gave birth to a calf and didn't feed it. Is it because it found a free volunteer?"

Although Qin Xifeng said this, he didn't care.

He and Gulidan have a lot of domestic yaks together, and they can't finish the yak milk every day. Gulidan also often makes yogurt, yogurt pimples and cheese, otherwise it will be wasted.

So having more cubs consuming milk is really not a problem.

night.

The three of them made a bonfire and sat outside the yurt.

Qin Xifeng took out his radio recorder and played a set of saxophone music.

Song Yujia and Gu Lidan chatted quietly about various topics, and they burst into laughter like silver bells from time to time.

He noticed that Song Yujia's originally fair face had darkened a lot, but her mood was getting better day by day. She learned to grow vegetables, ride a horse, and go to the lake to fetch water alone, and her physical fitness improved significantly.

The life of herding was very novel to her.

"What's going on?"

Song Yujia was chatting happily with Gu Lidan when she suddenly saw Gu Lidan and Qin Xifeng standing up one after another. She was confused and asked quickly.

"I'll go take a look."

Qin Xifeng looked in the direction of Gu Lidan's corral and twitched the corner of his mouth. He was not very good at answering Song Yujia's question, so he left immediately.

When he arrived near Gulidan's corral, he heard a commotion in the corral. It turned out that several domestic female yaks were beginning to go into heat, attracting the male wild yaks over there.

Gulidan also has a male yak at home, which is reserved for breeding. At this time, the domestic bull and the wild male yak were facing each other across the corral, and a fight was about to begin.

To be honest, a domestic male yak cannot beat a wild male yak, and the difference in tonnage between the two is obvious.

Therefore, during the yak estrus season, wild male yaks that have failed to compete for breeding in the mountains will often go down the mountain and break into the domestic yaks, often changing from losers to winners.

Competition in the animal world is so simple and crude.

Qin Xifeng stepped forward, took away the domestic male yaks, rearranged a small corral, and let them stay here for a few days.

As a result, the next day, his own herd also encountered the same problem.

Early summer is the estrus season for domestic yaks. Cows that have not been successfully bred will always be restless from time to time.

Anyway, the local area has always had a tradition of using wild yaks to improve the genetics of the population. Now that there are rare golden wild yaks here, it is a good opportunity.

After some days, the yak herd finally calmed down, but the specific effect of breeding remains to be seen.