Let ducks listen to disco music, earn billions

Mr. Le Xuan Nam (47 years old, Tu Lan ward, Viet Yen, Bac Giang province) owns a large duck farm. The special feature of this farm is that duck farming is combined with music.

According to Mr. Nam's sharing on Tuoi Tre Newspaper, the idea of ​​letting ducks listen to music was formed in 2000, when he was still raising pigs.

Back then, because he raised pigs near his house, he often turned on the radio to relieve boredom, sometimes forgetting to turn it off. Gradually, he noticed that the pigs were not pushed around, did not run around, and their meat was tastier than other pigs.

After that, Mr. Nam also tried playing music to the chickens. Normally, chickens fly around whenever they see people. But when they hear music, they become tame.

In 2020, he switched to raising ducks because of the great potential. "From the time the ducks are caught until they are sold, they listen to all kinds of music from cheo, cai luong, quan ho to nhac dan, only reducing the volume in the evening. Every duck is healthy and eats well," said Mr. Nam.

Mr. Nam often changes the music in the duck pens to change the atmosphere but does not turn it off until the ducks are ready to be sold.

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Mr. Le Xuan Nam lets ducks listen to music. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Up to now, Mr. Nam has a farm of thousands of square meters, selling more than 30,000 ducks/batch. Each year, he sells about 3-5 batches, which is 500-600 tons of ducks/year. Thanks to the good quality, there are units that have signed contracts to purchase his music-listening ducks at high prices, mainly selling them to restaurants and night eateries. On average, the price of ducks is about 40,000 VND/kg, at peak times it is up to 56,000-58,000 VND/kg, at low times it is about 33,000 VND/kg. Thanks to that, Mr. Nam earns billions of VND per batch.

In 2023, Mr. Nam's model of raising ducks listening to music received an encouragement prize at the 10th Bac Giang province technical innovation contest, and many people in the province came to learn his method.

Let the chickens "go to bars", the pigs leisurely listen to music

The chicken and pig farm of Ms. Luong Thi Toan's family, Huy Toan Company Limited in Dien Bien district, Dien Bien province, always resounds with romantic love songs.

Ms. Toan shared on VOV, starting from the idea that the chicken coop was very closed and quiet, when workers came in to feed, collect eggs or clean the coop, the chickens panicked and ran all over the coop, some clipped their wings, some clipped their heads, eggs broke... so she came up with the idea of ​​letting the chickens listen to music every day to get used to the noise and not panic.

The chickens are not stressed so they are healthier, eat better, and lay eggs for longer. 15,000 chickens produce 12,000-13,000 eggs per day, so profits are also higher. The quality of the eggs is also more delicious, so they sell for a higher price. Her family earns more than 10 million VND per day from eggs alone.

Also on Ms. Toan's farm is a pig farm with several thousand sows and meat pigs. Each pig is fat, has smooth fur, rosy skin, and lies comfortably listening to music. Music makes them happy and comfortable, so they eat more, the sows are fertile, and the meat pigs gain weight quickly, with firm meat. Each month, her farm sells about 1,000 pigs, earning 5 billion VND.

Raising chickens to listen to music, making big profits

Dan Viet Newspaper reported that in 2010, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan's family (living in Quarter 2, Chau Thanh Town, Chau Thanh District, Tay Ninh Province) switched to raising Tam Hoang chickens, but after 3 years of care, due to lack of experience, productivity was not high, and even suffered losses due to chickens getting sick.

Through research and study, Mr. Tuan invested in raising organic, bio-safe chickens, with the Dabaco chicken breed.

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Music speakers were equipped by Mr. Tuan to serve his chicken flock. Photo: Dan Viet

By 2022, his family will maintain and expand the flock of 2,000 chickens, building a farm on an area of ​​nearly 2,000 square meters, airy and far from residential areas.

In particular, when visiting Mr. Tuan’s chicken farm, many people are surprised by the melodious music coming from the chicken coop. This is one of the reasons why the chickens grow quickly and are not afraid of noise.

Mr. Tuan shared that to tame the chickens, his family uses an additional method of letting the chickens listen to music, and he plays the music 24/7. To help the chickens adapt, he has to choose light music such as chamber music, lyrical music...

And the melodious music coming from the chicken coop keeps the chickens from panicking when people come in to feed or clean them, especially when the weather is too hot or rainy, stormy, or thundering. The chickens do not jostle or bite each other, reducing the loss rate by 5-7%.

Every year, Mr. Tuan raises 2 batches of chickens. After deducting all expenses, he earns more than 60 million VND/batch. Every year, he earns more than 100 million VND.

Let the duck lie in the air conditioner

Raising ducks using many high technologies, Mr. Thai Hoa Nam (42 years old, in Dong Hoi City, Quang Binh Province) has the largest duck farm in Quang Binh Province with a revenue of billions of VND each year.

According to Thanh Nien Newspaper, before becoming a duck farmer, Mr. Nam used to work for Viettel Group and was sent to work abroad. During this time, he had the opportunity to access high-tech agriculture in developed countries, from which he nurtured his dream of realizing it in Vietnam.

In 2018, Mr. Nam returned to his hometown and founded a livestock company with a few people. He collaborated with people in the company to create and design barns, install modern and suitable equipment to apply high technology to closed-loop duck farming.

But the closed farming model does not give ducks as much space to live and move as traditional farming. Therefore, Mr. Nam has researched and studied to create the best living environment for ducks.

"Our farm is invested in a system that provides food, water, automatic air conditioning, and food and water quantity, and the temperature will automatically adjust depending on the number and growth time of the ducks. In addition, there are methods for the ducks to relax by listening to music, and increasing the movement of the flock with a fan system," Nam shared.

It sounds unbelievable, but according to Mr. Nam, this way of raising ducks affects the growth process, and the product will be better.