Giving up an attractive salary in the capital to return to the countryside to raise chickens

Tin's large-scale chicken farm. Photo: Thai Hien

Taking us to visit the chicken farm, Mr. Vu Van Tin said: His hometown is in Nam Dinh province, in 2004After graduating from Hanoi College of Tourism, he worked as a chef for a restaurant in Hanoi. In 2008, he married Ms. Dao Thi Tuyet in village 14, Long Son commune, Anh Son. Since then, the couple has worked in Hanoi and worked as chefs for many restaurants and hotels.

At this time, both husband and wife's jobs have stabilized, and Mr. Tin alone has a salary of nearly ten million VND/month. Realizing that his wife's hometown has a large hilly area that is very suitable for raising broiler chickens, in early 2017, he and his wife decided to return to his wife's hometown to open a farm.

Initially, Mr. Tin went all the way to Hoa Binh province to buy 300 Lac Thuy chickens to try raising. To equip himself with knowledge of raising chickens, in addition to learning from the practical experiences of other farmers, Mr. Tin went online to find additional learning materials. At the same time, he joined chicken raising groups on social networks to exchange experiences in raising chickens and ways to prevent diseases.

Mr. Tin shared: Currently, his chicken farm raises 100% Lac Thuy chickens. This is a completely new breed of chicken in this Anh Son land, each time he raises a new batch, he has to go all the way to Hoa Binh province to select each breed. This breed of chicken is endemic and rare, has a beautiful appearance, delicious meat quality, easy to raise, is favored by the market, brings high economic efficiency, especially Lac Thuy chickens have the ability to resist diseases, weather and climate, especially in the cold season, are easy to raise, and grow quickly.

According to Mr. Tin's experience, to raise chickens effectively, he has applied bio-safe chicken farming.. NIn addition, he also focuses on disease prevention; strictly implements regulations on vaccination for chickens and cleans the coops. In particular, in each chicken coop, Mr. Tin has installed 2 thermometers to know the temperature in the chicken coop, thereby taking timely measures to adjust and prevent diseases. From the above methods, he raises chickens very effectively, with 2 coops, each coop is 220m2 wide, he raises 2 batches a year, each batch has 4,500 chickens. Each year, after deducting expenses, he earns over 250 million VND.

Mr. Nguyen Viet Hao - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Long Son Commune said: Mr. Vu Van Tin's farm is currently one of the largest in the commune. Recently, his chicken farming model has become a place for farmers in the commune to visit and learn from each other's experiences.