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Ninh thuanFrom three F1 gaurs and one F2, originally bred by Mr. Nguyen Van Chuan, until now, they have grown into a herd of 17.
Mr. Chuan, 50, Cow Breeding Farm, Bac Ray Village, Phuoc Binh Commune is located in the buffer zone of Phuoc Binh National Park (Bac Ai). On the afternoon of October 2, he led a herd of cows from the foot of the mountain to the fields after a day of natural grazing. The sun slowly passed over the top of the mountain, the cows filled with grass along the slope and returned to the field with the owners of the farm.
Mr. Nguyen Van Chuan is leading a pack of guards back to the fields on the afternoon of 1/0. Image: Viet Quoc.
Right at the fence, they suddenly stopped. The larger male leaped to his feet, slapping his glowing horns when he saw strangers. The accompanying children also reflect defensive horns. “Hey, Min!” The rancher barked to stop them from rebelling.
Mr. Chuan said that in this 2-hectare field, his family is raising more than 40 cows, both domestic and crossbred. In which, there are 17 mongrel gaurs of three generations F1, F2 and F3. Gaur’s herds are tied up on private land, 200 meters from the domestic cow barn because they are more aggressive than domestic cows. The body of an adult F1 is muscular, black fur, majestic horns, imposing.
Pointing to the aggressive male from a while ago, Mr. Chuan said he was the largest of the herd, weighing over 700 kg, the second male after the result of the strange “marriage” between cattle and bulls. home more than 10 years ago. And the first man who sold a man in Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City, was 60 million VND.
Mr. Chuan recalled that around 2009, a bison kept returning to his field, beating the bulls and then mating with the domestic cow. A cow becomes pregnant and, 9 months later, gives birth to a calf with black feathers like a calf. The following year, this mother cow continued to lay another F1 bull. Other cows belonging to Mr. Chuan and the villagers were also found to have had calves.
Mr. Chuan said that his family received a “great fortune” with 9 F1 players. It sells 4 children (2 males, 2 females) to Phuoc Binh National Park and 4 (2 males, 2 females) to people outside the province for 30-60 million VND per animal. And an F1 man, he maintained.
F1 bulls in a large, fat and muscular herd were mated with domestic cows to produce 7 F2 bulls. Image: Viet Quoc.
Out of 4 before being sold elsewhere, an F1 female gives birth to an F2 female. This F2 is kept by him. Then he bought two more F1 calves from the villagers, so the herd of cross-bred cows began to rebuild with 4 children (3 F1 and 1 F2).
During the past nine years, the herd’s F1 male mated with domestic cows that gave birth to 7 F2 males. The two F1 females, who are unknown to mate with domestic bulls or F1 bulls, gave birth to 3 F2 males. And the F2 female also gave birth to 3 F3 males. “Very strange, 13 children born later are all boys,” Chuan said.
Mr. Chuan thinks that crosses are also easy to breed because they are omnivorous. Any grass and trees can gnaw. For almost ten years, he took advantage of the village’s natural grasslands near the edge of the forest to graze, making it less expensive. In the dry season, when the natural grass is less, add fresh grass grown by the house.
Also from the fact, Mr. Chuan realized that crossbred gaurs were more resistant than domestic cows. From the time of parenting until now, no child has been ill despite falling in the rain in the sun. His family never spent any medicine on them.
These cows are just tough at work, they often dig in the gardens, especially when the bulls see that the cows are in heat. Furthermore, they also like the forest for its wild nature. “So every time I graze, I put my nose up and tie the rope tightly to the stump in the middle of the field,” Chuan said, if handled well, it won’t hurt.
Appeared in Bac Ray village in 2009 until he died in 2014, a gaur from Phuoc Binh National Park mated with domestic cows and gave birth to about 20 cross-bred cows.
The dead bull specimen is on display in Phuoc Binh National Park on October 1. Image: Viet Quoc.
Besides Mr. Chuan’s cows, there is also one F1 male from Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tich’s house (adjacent to Mr. Chuan) and about 6 F1 heads from other villagers sold to Dien Bien, Lang Son, Ho Chi City Minh … breed or not, since the people here don’t keep in touch with those who buy cows. Thus, the bulls of the Phuoc Binh National Park have left at least 34 “descendants”.
According to Mr. Chuan, compared to a calf after one year of rearing, it costs more than ten million dong, the cross-bred cow is 4-5 times the price, the economic value is very high. “I will continue to develop the herd to double, triple … to sell beef cattle and raise cows,” Chuan said.
Mr. Nguyen Cong Van, Director of Phuoc Binh National Park, confirmed that the Chuan man had many cows mated by a bison, so he gave birth to many again F1. The garden bought his 4 children. In addition, it also sells some to people from outside the province. Mr. Chuan still keeps some cows, now he has more cows with the same shape as gaur.
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