The trading bay flickered, and parts for iron frame chicken coops appeared one after another.
The frames were simple, identical to those in rural chicken farms.
There were fixed large frames on both sides, with horizontal iron frames in the middle to hold the chickens.
In the front, there were also feeding troughs. Chickens could stick their heads out through gaps in the frames to eat and drink from the troughs.
Jiang Ye dragged these parts outside and quickly assembled them.
The entire frame was ten meters long and two meters high.
Jiang Ye decided that his chicken farm would need to raise at least 300 chickens simultaneously, requiring six iron frame chicken coops.
The area for the chicken farm would need to be at least 150 square meters.
The normal practice was to build an enclosed chicken farm using bricks, tiles, and cement, arranging the iron frame chicken coops evenly and housing the chickens within.
However, Jiang Ye had no bricks, tiles, or cement.
If he were to build a kiln to fire bricks, it would be troublesome and the quality of the bricks could not be guaranteed.
Therefore, he decided to take a different approach.
He opened the Galaxy Mall and bought four warehouses and one toilet.
Eight hundred thousand yuan vanished in an instant, and his personal account was significantly reduced to 760,000 yuan.
The trading bay continuously produced cardboard boxes, containing large quantities of metal wall panels.
Jiang Ye quickly unpacked the boxes and carried all the wall panels outside.
There was no space for the chicken farm within the walls, so it had to be built outside.
His method was simple: combine the four warehouses and one toilet to create a massive indoor space.
Since he had already assembled warehouses and toilets before, building this was effortless.
After assembling everything, there were still a few wall panels left.
Jiang Ye joined them at the seams to block the wind.
A 180-square-meter chicken farm was completed.
Jiang Ye installed the toilet's commode and waste disposal unit in a corner. Once there was chicken manure, it could be uniformly dumped and processed.
Next, he proceeded to build the iron frame chicken coops.
He moved the previously purchased chicken coops in their entirety.
Jiang Ye then bought five more iron frame chicken coops and spent an hour assembling them.
With this, the chicken farm could accommodate 300 chickens.
However, it was not yet fully completed.
Although the four walls of the chicken farm blocked the cold wind, the air inside was still quite frigid.
Jiang Ye returned to the base and opened the livestock assistant, searching the mall for chicken warming lamps.
Hundreds of products popped up, in all sorts of shapes and sizes, all different types of chicken lamps.
This item was considered essential for many chicken farms, and as expected, the livestock assistant had them for sale.
Jiang Ye spent ten minutes selecting a chicken warming lamp.
The lamp tube was ten meters long, matching the length of the iron frame chicken coops.
The light could be adjusted, with different colored lights having different effects on the chickens. Some could keep the chickens from sleeping, some could greatly increase their appetite, and some could stimulate their desire for mating.
Most importantly, these were heating lamp tubes that emitted high temperatures!
He bought six lamp tubes in one go and carried them to the chicken farm, installing them above the chicken coops.
Each lamp tube had a display screen the size of a mobile phone at its end, with various light adjustment functions and energy charging capabilities.
One yuan lit for one hour.
Jiang Ye directly charged a week's worth of electricity, spending 1008 yuan.
He turned on the lamp tubes!
A dazzling orange-yellow light illuminated the entire chicken farm.
Jiang Ye waited for a moment and then reached under the lamp to test it.
The temperature was still a bit low; it was estimated that it could freeze a chicken to death.
He immediately returned to the base, bought another six lamp tubes, carried them to the chicken coops, and installed them alongside the original ones.
He charged them and turned them on!
The light was brighter, and the temperature was higher.
Jiang Ye reached out to test it. The temperature under the lamp was around thirty degrees Celsius, and the temperature perceived by the chickens was around twenty degrees Celsius, which was quite suitable.
The chicken coops were built.
Next, it was time to buy chickens!
The "Chicken Farming Encyclopedia" stated clearly:
If you have no money, buy eggs and an incubator, wait 21 days, and hatch chicks.
If you have money, buy chicks, saving the trouble of hatching.
If you want eggs, buy hens that have just matured.
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and decided: buy 100 hens! And 300 chicks!
Hens were very expensive, costing five hundred yuan each.
Jiang Ye remembered that when he was a child, a common chicken in the market only cost a few dozen yuan.
Times had changed, and prices had also changed.
He didn't dare to buy a hundred hens at once, for fear they would pour out of the trading bay and scatter everywhere.
He bought five first.
Carrying an empty sack, he waited beside the trading bay.
A flash of light, and clucking sounds appeared in the base.
Five hens, tied with thin ropes, lay terrified in the trading bay.
Each one was not large, far from being ready for slaughter. It was estimated they would need to be raised for some time before laying eggs.
Jiang Ye threw them into the sack one by one.
Then he bought another ten at once and threw them all into the sack.
Carrying the sack, he headed to the chicken farm.
He took out the hens, untied the ropes, and placed them into the chicken coops.
The startled young hens flapped for a while, and when they realized they couldn't escape, they settled down.
They looked at each other, making clucking sounds.
Jiang Ye shuttled back and forth between the base and the chicken farm, carrying sacks and transporting hens batch after batch.
As night fell, he had finally placed one hundred hens in the chicken coops.
The entire chicken farm became lively, with a large group of chickens clucking noisily.
Jiang Ye returned to the base, opened the livestock assistant, and searched for chicken feed.
Various chicken feeds at different price points and of different varieties appeared.
After browsing, he settled on a multi-purpose chicken feed.
It was claimed to be nutritious and delicious.
Most importantly, this chicken feed contained some disease-prevention ingredients, which could avoid most chicken plagues!
A bag of chicken feed weighed ten kilograms and cost 100 yuan.
Calculated at a rate of 100 grams of feed per chicken per day, this bag of feed was exactly enough for 100 laying hens for one day!
Jiang Ye calculated on his fingers and realized that this chicken feed was relatively inexpensive.
He immediately placed an order to buy one bag.
A heavy bag of feed appeared in the trading bay.
Jiang Ye picked it up, left the base, and went to the chicken farm.
He tore open the feed bag and evenly poured it into the long feeding troughs of the chicken coops!
The feed was yellowish-green, resembling a mixture of cornmeal and dry grass.
As soon as it was poured into the troughs, the hens couldn't resist.
They eagerly stretched their heads out and pecked at the feed in the troughs!
Each one ate more enthusiastically than the last!
Jiang Ye was satisfied; they could eat and grow!
After the entire bag of feed was poured, there were no more clucking sounds in the chicken farm, only the sounds of pecking.
Eating only feed was too dry, so Jiang Ye returned to the base, boiled some warm water in a pot, and poured it into the water troughs in the chicken coops.
The hens eagerly stretched their heads out to drink.
Jiang Ye was very pleased. If everything went as expected, these hens would grow quickly, lay eggs, and become egg-laying chickens.
In addition to the hens, he also needed to raise a batch of chicks.
He returned to the base and purchased them from the livestock assistant.
The price of one chick was ten yuan.
He directly ordered three hundred chicks!
After placing the order, a prompt also popped up on the screen.
It asked Jiang Ye to select the number of male and female chicks.
After thinking about it, he decided that roosters were delicious in their own way, and hens were delicious in theirs, so he split them evenly.