Chapter 30 Postpartum Care of Sows

The Citroen truck was driving on a dirt road in the countryside, and the two people in the car were chatting.

Seeing Huang He smoking leisurely and holding the steering wheel with one hand, Li Yunlong asked curiously:

"Old Huang, is it difficult to drive? If I learn, how long will it take me to learn?"

Huang He glanced at the curious baby Li Yunlong. At this time, Lao Li was feeling around in the car.

"It's not difficult to learn how to drive. If you want to learn, I can teach you. It will take you one day to teach and meet, and then you, Li Yunlong, can drive this car to deliver pigs to various troops."

Hearing the word pig again, Li Yunlong was still a little confused.

Coming from a farmer's background, he certainly knew what animals like pigs represented, and he also knew clearly that they were not easy to raise.

"You don't really want to raise pigs, do you? Isn't this a waste of talent? Raising pigs can't be implemented in a short while, and where did you get the pig breeds?"

Seeing Li Yunlong making a fuss, Huang He decided to tease him.

"You don't have to worry about pig breeding. I've already taken care of it. Thousands of foreign pigs will be shipped to our base this month, and Zhang Wanhe has already chosen a place for placement."

"I'm just confused. Didn't the paper punishment result from the headquarters be given to you? It says that you should cooperate with the establishment of the breeding farm of the logistics department."

Li Yunlong was shocked when he heard Huang He's words.

Thousands of pigs are not just a number. As long as they are cultivated for a period of time, this breeding farm can even supply the entire army.

However, Li Yunlong was still very resistant to the matter of raising pigs. He always believed that his destiny was to die on the battlefield, rather than to lie behind and be protected by others.

"Hey, Lao Huang, I want to discuss something with you."

"What does it look like for me, a big man, to raise pigs? If something happens to the pigs if they are not raised properly, comrades will be very distressed."

"How about you let me make bullets and grenades? Anyway, I, Old Li, have to learn from scratch. I can learn some serious skills and still use them on the battlefield."

Huang He glanced at Li Yunlong with disdain. How could he not know what this man was thinking.

Li Yunlong will definitely not be able to stay in the Logistics Department for long. Captain Li, who has never failed to make mistakes, will definitely make a move to steal the situation.

Just like in the original work, the factory director took advantage of Zhang Wanhe's sympathy and stole 200 sets of new military uniforms before he had been on the job for long.

If this dog-skin plaster were allowed to enter the military factory, dozens of boxes of bullets and grenades would be missing for no apparent reason.

"When we get to the Logistics Department, do you call the division commander or the boss to ask? I can't make the decision on this matter. I'm just the director, and I'm also a bare-bones commander."

Hearing that Huang He was about to call, Li Yunlong said anxiously:

"Oh, no, no. This makes me look like I am disobeying orders. I just raise pigs. Who is not a farmer's child anymore?"

After a while, the truck returned to the logistics department. The soldiers here obviously recognized the truck. They came to an area constructed of newly erected sheds.

After getting off the car, Huang He saw Wang Dexing waiting near the factory. He waved and told Wang Dexing to gather the pig farmers who had already arranged.

Half an hour later, everyone gathered.

These people included staff members who originally belonged to the logistics department, as well as ordinary people from nearby villages.

Huang He stood on a newly piled mound and said to everyone:

"Folks and comrades! This time we are gathered together for three things! Raise pigs! Raise pigs! Still raise pigs!"

"There may be some fellow villagers who don't know me who are muttering in their hearts and questioning whether I can raise pigs."

"But I will tell everyone through my actions that I will not only raise them, but I will also teach you how to raise them better."

As a farmer, you can forget your family's birthdays, but you must not forget the sow's due date.

Because most sows give birth at night, they prefer a quiet environment to give birth without being disturbed.

Being quieter at night than during the day can make sows feel safer. This is a natural selection in the process of millions of years of evolution. Therefore, pig farmers often have to work all night to deliver sows.

Newborn piglets need to have their noses and mouths cleaned manually and then placed in a warm place.

After all, piglets breathe through the umbilical cord before they are born, and after they are born, they have to breathe through the mouth and nose. If there is mucus blocking the mouth and nose, you may suffocate and die when you inhale.

After all, a sow will give birth to many piglets in one litter. If she loses one or two due to poor care, it is not worth it.

For these newly born piglets, they may use the method of feigning death to escape pig birth. If not handled well, they will actually die.

This is a very common situation for farmers, and they generally use four methods to deal with it.

The first method is to lift the two hind limbs of the suspended piglet and gently tap its chest or buttocks with your hands until they wake up. The second method is to use the palm of your right hand to rhythmically press the heart and chest of the dead pig to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The third method is artificial respiration, which is different to say, but it is a bit useless.

The last method is to rub the nose of the dead pig with wine or blow smoke into its nostrils to stimulate the piglet's breathing. However, wine is a very precious thing, so this method will not be used unless absolutely necessary.

Compared with the suspended pig death, the most troublesome problem is definitely the dystocia of the sow.

In the future, you can inject oxytocin in this situation, but there is no such thing now, so you can only dig it out with your hands. This job is usually done by female comrades, and I won’t go into detail about the reason.

When you reach in to dig it out, if the fetal position is very correct, just grab the piglet’s ears and pull it out.

If it is a reverse birth, grab the hoof and pull it out.

The most troublesome thing is that the fetal position is not correct, the fetal direction is not correct, and the fetal momentum is not correct.

In this case, you have to adjust the position manually first, and then pull it out. If there is a traffic jam of piglets, you have to push one back first to travel at off-peak times.

When the sow is giving birth, it must be kept quiet, and non-essential staff are strictly prohibited from watching.

Otherwise, it is easy for the sow to eat the piglets, especially the sow that gives birth for the first time.

Think about it, it’s the first time for them to do this job. The strangers have to watch and make the sow very nervous. When they turn around and find that they have given birth to a bunch of bloody things, how can they not be scared?

Bran water and motherwort are still common in the base area. They can help pregnant sows regulate their bodies.

If everything is well prepared, but the sow still bites the piglets, don't hesitate to start a big fight.

During the mating process, you should also pay attention to the age of the sow. Whether it is a young or old sow, it may become paralyzed after giving birth.

If an old sow is paralyzed, it can be killed for meat, but if a young sow is paralyzed, it is a very uneconomical deal.

Because of the special nature of pig milk, it is not as easy to eat as cow and goat milk.

However, in order for the piglets to thrive, breast milk is an indispensable part. At this time, the strong piglets should be placed in the area with less milk in the back, and the slightly weaker piglets should be placed in the front and middle.

The mammary glands of sows can only develop normally after feeding the piglets, but the production capacity of sows is different each time, so there will inevitably be vacancies.

If these vacant positions are not used, it will be difficult to use them in the future.

So in this case, you should consider asking other piglets to support you. If it doesn't work, the breeder can gnaw on them himself!

It's a nutritional supplement, not bad.

I think it is necessary to raise pigs. Improving physical fitness is also a way to improve combat effectiveness.

In fact, I can also exchange migrant workers for canned meat.

There are two reasons why I didn't do this. One is that I don't want to be too homogeneous, and the other is that I want to play a joke and tease Lao Li.

I won't write too much about raising pigs. I will get into the theme of this volume in half a chapter!