Chapter 135: Baby Eagle, abnormal weight gain
“How’s your leg, Dad? Do you feel better lately? How about I take you to the city some other day to take an X-ray to see how your leg is recovering?”

Yue Feng pinched the eagle’s beak and chatted with his father about family matters.

Yue Lei: “In the past month or so, my family has had good food and lots of oil and water. I feel my leg has recovered much faster! When I sleep at night, I can feel a tingling sensation at the wound. It should be that the bone is growing!
The doctor originally said that I would not be fully recovered until the spring. I estimated that I would be able to walk with my left foot around the New Year!

There is no rush to film, just stay at home and take care of it. It won’t get better now anyway!! The snow outside is so slippery, if you fall, it will be more trouble than gain!”

“That’s true! Then continue to keep it! You really have to figure out this eagle. Look at its ugly face…”

The baby eagle squatting on Yue Lei’s arm was a complete epitome of a cute pet at the moment. Its feathers were fluffy like a ball. In broad daylight, it stood on Yue Lei’s arm with one paw, and when it looked at people, it tilted its head like an owl.

Yue Lei stroked the young eagle’s back feathers and said with a smile: “When my legs recover in the spring of next year, I will also be ready to go out and fly the eagle! This eagle will be under my care from now on.

I guess this eagle can recognize its home, right, little one? “

“Chichichichichi!”

The baby eagle seemed to understand Yue Lei’s question and started calling while flapping its wings.

Yue Lei smiled and stroked the young eagle’s tail: “Look, it’s not even time to feed yet, but it’s already flapping its wings to beg for food! You don’t know this eagle. I weighed it yesterday morning. Guess how much it weighs now?”

Yue Feng did not rush to answer immediately, but reached out and touched the muscles on both sides of the keel of the thorax of Nai Yingzi.

Judging from the thickness of the muscles, Yue Feng judged that his current fatness was better than when he just got off the net.

“One pound and four and a half ounces?” Yue Feng asked after estimating a reasonable weight.

“It’s already 1.50 jin! This eagle feels like a big meat egg! If you keep the cage for a year, it will be about 1.60 jin by next autumn! If an eagle of this weight works skillfully, it can catch young rabbits weighing three or four jin!”

Yue Lei was not talking nonsense. The weight of birds of prey does not become basically stable after they leave the nest and can fly. Instead, there is a small wave of growth after they grow from subadults to adults.

For example, if a large autumn yellow eagle weighing about 2.1 catties is caught in the net, if it is well fed and kept in a cage for a year, its full weight can grow to about 2.2 or even 2.3 kg in the second year.

This chicken eagle is similar. If it is fed well and fed to conserve its energy, its weight will increase slightly.

However, it hasn’t even shed its fur yet, but it has grown from 1.4 when it went down the net to 1.51, which is somewhat beyond Yue Feng’s expectations.

This is no longer just about being fat, but rather a bit of obesity.

“No! Is there a possibility that the eagle’s weight was abnormal when it landed on the net?”

Yue Feng shook his head and started discussing with his father.

“Why is it abnormal? It’s not around 1.5 pounds. Aren’t ordinary chicken eagles around this weight?” Yue Lei didn’t quite understand his son’s idea.

“But this eagle’s skeleton is obviously larger than a normal 1.4 catties eagle! When I was casting the net, I was still muttering that the eagle’s skeleton and claws looked good, but it felt overall a bit skinny!
Especially when it is placed side by side with our Iron-backed Red Eagle, the difference in size becomes even more obvious!”

“You mean, this eagle has suffered a lot of injustice in the wild?” Yue Lei understood what his son meant and asked in an affirmative tone.

“Well, judging from my current weight, I guess it’s very likely!

Eagles with the same temperament as Daiyingzi are rare. My grandfather has been raising eagles for half his life, and he only encountered that one!

You said, is it possible that these young eagles are the last ones in the eagle’s nest who grew up by chance at the bottom. They have not been well fed since childhood, so their physical foundation will naturally be affected.

After leaving the nest and flying out, their physical fitness is slightly worse than that of their peers, and their success rate in catching food is not high either. This means that they cannot make up for the deficit in their childhood in a short period of time, and their body fatness has always been in a relatively low state!
In addition, the eagle’s personality is different from its peers. It is bolder, not afraid of people, and hungry. When these factors reach a certain critical point, the current effect is achieved!”

It’s true, after Yue Feng’s analysis, this is indeed possible.

Yue Feng is worthy of being an expert eagle master who has spent half his life fiddling with birds of prey in his previous life. He has analyzed so much information just from the abnormal weight gain of this young eagle.

Yue Lei: “I think what you said is very likely! But we don’t need to consider the cause, we just need to take good care of the eagle.

The eagle is now in a fat state and is still very controllable. Xiaowen was the one who released the eagle yesterday. He said that after a day in the mountains, it was empty-handed. After it climbed up the tree and was called from a distance, it would come to him just by raising his hand!
With the performance of the little eagle, we won’t lose it even if we go into the mountains in spring or summer, let alone snow!”

“Hehe, if you like it, just keep it. We don’t need its meat now! When your leg injury is healed, this eagle will be yours to play with!”

Yue Feng is happy that his father helps him share the daily maintenance of the birds of prey at home. You know, it takes a lot of time to cook and feed the eagles.

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If there is something to talk about, it will be long; if there is nothing to talk about, it will be short. Slowly, the sky darkened. In the evening, Yue Feng’s family of four finished their meal. Yue Feng prepared all the things he would take up the mountain early the next morning. Just after 8:30, he went back to the house and lay down early.

The next morning, just after daybreak, Yue Feng was awakened by the crowing of chickens in the alley. He got up, dressed, and got off the kang. When Yue Feng left the house, his mother Meng Yulan was already preparing dog food on the small stove.

Dogs working in the mountains should not eat too much in the morning. The amount should only be about half of what they are usually fed. If they are fed too much, the dog’s stomach and intestines will be overburdened, and not only will they run slower, but their reaction will also be affected.

However, going up the mountain is also a physical job. In order to keep the dog in better condition, the quality of the dog food prepared this morning has been greatly improved.

The cornmeal was mixed with a lot of wild boar offal and several spoonfuls of bear oil. It smelled so delicious that even Yue Feng wanted to try a bowl.

The dog food fork is ready. The pot is taken down and allowed to cool until it is neither too hot nor too cold before feeding the dog. Soon, breakfast for people is also ready.

It’s still my mother’s specialty, the fat pancakes and pickled vegetables with meat oil, plus the salty dumpling soup with egg flowers.

Soon after, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Xiaotao also arrived in time for lunch. They were used to having breakfast at Yuefeng’s house before going up the mountain. They took their seats and spread out the folding dining table. When the hot meals were served, they started to enjoy the meal.

While the four brothers were eating, the cooled dog food was served to the four dogs one by one in the dog bowls. The dogs enjoyed the warm food very much, gulping it down in a loud slurp until it was all gone in no time.

The dogs had all been to the mountains before, so they knew from the moment they were eating that the food portions were not right. The clever Big Yellow and Black Wolf had already guessed that they would be going up the mountain, and they were humming with excitement in front of the doghouse.

When Brother Yue Feng and his four companions, fully armed and wearing leggings, came out of the north room, the four dogs were completely excited.

“Xiao Tao, tie up the dogs and let’s go!” Yue Feng waved his hand, and Xiao Tao took the hemp rope and tied up the dogs one by one. A group of four people dragged two sleds, carried guns and led the dogs, and marched out of the village in a mighty manner.

Today’s destination is the area around No. 13 Forest Farm, so everyone had a clear destination and chose the nearest road into the mountains.

The mountain range outside my home circled around two ridges, and then soon we arrived at the Chaiji Road built by the forest farm on the mountain. We walked along the Chaiji Road, and in less than an hour and a half we arrived at the No. 13 forest farm area that Yue Lei mentioned.

Looking at the large area in the forest that had become noticeably brighter, Yue Feng couldn’t help but sigh that his father had thought a lot about it.

In this place, if you let your dog run wild, you can do whatever you want. Even if you encounter a wild boar weighing several hundred kilograms, the place is bright without so many bushes and tall grasses. The dogs can move around with the wild boar without any hindrance, and it is not easy to hurt the dogs.

“Xiao Tao, let the dog run!” Yue Feng called out again.

Xiao Tao immediately spread out the hemp ropes for the four dogs, and the four dogs became excited.

“Dahuang, whoosh!” Yue Feng gave the command, and the big yellow dog, whose tail had already been shaking like an electric fan, immediately started searching mode.

Old tree stumps, new tree branches, and vaguely visible animal trails around are all Dahuang’s search targets.

Dahuang lowered his head and searched around, and soon made a new discovery.

Wang Wang Wang!
Da Huang shouted a few times in the direction of Yue Feng and his companions, then chased after them in the southwest direction.

After hearing Dahuang’s barking, the other three dogs gave up their searches and followed.

“I admit I’m cool! Let’s go!” Yue Feng called out and rushed out following Da Huang.

After entering the forest, it was clear that people with two legs could not outrun dogs with four legs. Da Huang ran wildly in front, and distanced himself from Yue Feng and his four companions at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xiaowen and Xiaowu were each dragging a sled and walking the slowest. Xiaotao and Yuefeng were following in the front, running wildly in the direction of the dog’s barking.

This run covered two hills. Fortunately, the hills here were all gentle slopes, otherwise it would be wishful thinking to catch up with the dog.

Just like that, Yue Feng and his four companions were left far behind by the hunting dogs. They could only hear the faint barking of the dogs, but could no longer see any trace of the dogs.

Besides, the Dahuang that went up the mountain was worthy of the reputation of being the best leader dog in the surrounding villages as mentioned by Chen Pao. After recognizing the prey, he followed it steadily and for a long time, chasing it for four or five miles and successfully found the first prey that entered the mountain.

This is a small herd of wild boars consisting of five pigs. The largest sow weighs 230 to 240 kilograms, two two-year-old pigs weigh 170 to 180 kilograms, and there are two yellow-haired pigs, which weigh less than 100 kilograms.

Dahuang’s cries startled the group of wild boars from a distance, but the wild boars ran much slower than the hunting dogs in the mountains and forests. In less than five minutes, Dahuang caught up with the sow.

The leader dog, Dahuang, is very smart. He knows how to deal with different types of targets and has rich experience in fighting. After discovering that it was a fangless sow, Dahuang’s attack became much more aggressive.

Before the other three hunting dogs could catch up, Big Yellow rushed towards the sow alone and bit it.

The location it chose to bite seemed quite random, it just bit the sow’s butt.

When a wild boar reaches this weight, the thickness of its skin is no longer enough to frighten the hound’s teeth, but the creature still instinctively fears being hurt.

The sow was bitten on the buttocks. She had been running for her life, but she immediately slowed down, turned around and swung her mouth towards Dahuang.

Wild boars have only three ways to attack. They either use their size and acceleration to charge into the target, or they swing their mouths to stab. Occasionally, they’ll bite people or hunting dogs when they get angry.

There is no need to mention charging. The pig is not as fast or as flexible as a dog, so it is difficult to be effective. The only threatening thing is to swing its mouth to stab, but there are no exposed fangs in the sow’s mouth, so the lethality of the stab is greatly reduced.

At most, it would be a slap on the dog’s face. As long as it doesn’t hit the dog’s vital parts such as the lower back, it basically won’t cause any serious injuries.

When the yellow dog bites the wild boar’s butt, it doesn’t kill the boar with its bite, but instead engages in guerrilla warfare, taking a bite and then running away.

When the wild boar swung its mouth and slapped at the dog, Da Huang had already dodged it one step ahead. Facing the Da Huang dog’s graceful movements, the wild boar was completely helpless.

Just like that, when the wild boar wanted to run away, Dahuang would chase it and take a bite. The wild boar resisted, but Dahuang would quickly dodge away. After several attempts, when the wild boar wanted to continue running away, it was too late.

The three hunting dogs that followed quickly joined the battle and surrounded the wild boar.

The helper dog arrived, and Da Huang’s attack strategy changed significantly.

I saw it go around the side of the wild boar and bite the soft flesh below the shoulder blade of the wild boar’s left front leg.

This time, Da Huang did not retreat at the first sign of trouble, but bit the bite hard.

The big pig felt pain and wanted to shake its head to attack Dawang, but the angle was a bit tricky. The wild boar tried to turn around, and Dawang followed suit. The pig and the dog started spinning in circles on the spot.

Dahei and Xiaohua, who cooperated well with Dahuang, rushed forward immediately when they saw the leading dog coming up.

Dahei bit the sow’s right ear, while Xiaohua bit the sow’s snout.

This was not the first time the three dogs had worked together, so their fighting style was quite skilled. The only one that seemed a little out of place was the black wolf that joined the group later.

The black wolf saw that its three companions had already entered the battle, but it did not rush to attack them. Instead, it stared at the three dogs running around, looking for possible opportunities.

At this moment, the sow still had plenty of energy reserves, and the three dogs were unable to knock her down at all. The soft flesh on her left front leg was bitten, and her right ear was also bitten by Dahei. In addition, Xiaohua’s entire body weight was almost hanging on the pig’s snout, and the situation reached a temporary balance.

After observing for seven or eight seconds, the black wolf leaped up.

I saw it bite the other pig’s ear on the same side as the big yellow dog with very precise bite.

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