When Shao Xuan arrived, he saw a group of people gathered there, all gathered at the foot of the mountain where he lived, and did not go up the mountain. The place below the mountain was more spacious, and the birds he brought back needed further treatment, and it was too noisy to take them up the mountain.

Before he got close to Shao Xuan, he heard all kinds of birds' calls. The iconic feather dress of the people of the Yu Tribe can be seen from a distance.

Many people from the feather tribes hold bird cages of large and small sizes in their hands, woven with rattan or straw poles. Different bird species use different cages, and the shapes of the cages are also different.

This is the first time that Yanjiao people have seen so many bird cages.

I have to admit that the people of the Yu Tribe seem to care about their appearance, and the woven bird cages are decorated, which is very angry.

"Are you all back?" Shao Xuan asked a soldier over there who was stretching his neck and looking in.

The man turned around and saw that it was Shao Xuan and quickly said, "Yes, the big boss and the others have all returned, but the big boss and the others have brought back bird eggs. Unlike the people of the feather tribe, they have brought back adult birds in addition to bird eggs."

Only bring back the bird eggs? Are you planning to hatch yourself?

Because when Shao Xuan came over, everyone who was crowded there made way.

Shao Xuan saw that the people from the Yu tribe were showing the birds they caught. Some of them were just released directly. They probably had started domestication, and most of them were just for people to see through the cage.

The birds caught by the feather tribe basically have beautiful feathers, either gorgeous tail feathers, strange crown feathers, or other parts of the body with distinctive feathers.

As soon as they saw the birds caught by the people from the Yu Tribe, Shao Xuan was worried that they would recommend the flashy bird species to the tower. Although he had said before that he did not seek appearance but only practicality, no one could guarantee it before seeing the results.

Without looking at the birds brought back by the Yu Tribe, Shao Xuan went straight to the other side of the tower.

Guihe and the others were already there, standing there listening to the tower talking.

"People from the Feather Tribe say that dead leaf birds can be active day and night, especially at dawn and dusk. The active time at night is longer than during the day. I thought, we mainly need some precautions at night. After all, there are not many people now, and the restrictions at night are also large, so if you can, let's try to tame these dead leaf birds."

Ta was holding a animal skin scroll in his hand. Shao Xuan went over and looked at it. It was a painting on it. It should have been painted by people from the Yu Tribe. Although it was still very abstract, the main features were drawn and it was clear at a glance.

Seeing Shao Xuan coming, Ta handed over the animal skin roll in his hand and asked Shao Xuan to take a good look. After all, Shao Xuan was only one of the main decision-makers if he could leave behind the eggs of these dead leaf birds.

"Why are you called the Dead Leaf Bird?" Shao Xuan asked. This name must have been given by people from the Yu Tribe.

"They said that this kind of bird looks like a pile of dead leaves, and when it hatches, they always buried the eggs in the dead leaves." Ta didn't remember what the Yu Tribe people said, so he just said it roughly.

Although it was not complete, Shao Xuan understood it.

In general, the people of the feather tribe gave this name because of the fur color and the hatching method.

Compared with other birds, the hatching method of dead leaf birds is relatively rare and closer to the hatching method of reptiles. They will bury the bird eggs in the soil buns that have been prepared long ago, with dead branches and leaves inside. Those things will generate heat when they corrode and ferment. The dead leaf birds use these fermented heat to hatch bird eggs.

It can adapt to this method and the hatching rate is very high. At least this bird is not too stupid, which makes the people in Yanjiao slightly satisfied. It is better if they are not stupid, they don’t mind if they look ugly.

Shao Xuan looked at the painting on the animal skin roll again, and there were several concentric patterns around the bird's eyes, which looked like a radar, and, "What is the head on it?" It stood up like an antenna.

The dead leaf bird in the painting has a thin hair on its head, which is more than half of the length of the body.

"Oh, this is the crested feather of the dead leaf bird. People in the Feather Tribe look down on this kind of crested feather, so they have never raised it except for breeding hundreds of years ago. However, they said that this kind of bird has a strong sense of vigilance. When they detect danger, the crested feathers on their heads will stand up. Also, there are many kinds of crying of the dead leaf bird, and the calls made in different situations are also different, which are easy to distinguish, and are not suitable for long-distance flights. Basically, they only move in a certain place, so there is no need to worry about them flying away. So people in the Feather Tribe suggest that we raise dead leaf birds, and I think we can try it first."

Ta Jiangjun explained what the Yu Tribe said again. He was not so easy to be fooled by the Yu Tribe, but he agreed with the reason why the Yu Tribe said it.

"Why don't the people in the Yu Tribe raise themselves? Is it really just because it doesn't look good?" someone asked.

"Not that," Ta continued to explain, "the people of the Feather Tribe said that the dead leaf birds are noisy, not that they are noisy themselves, but that they are prone to quarrel with other bird groups, so once they start, the Feather Tribe will fall into a noisy."

The feather tribe has raised so many birds, just imagine the situation where all the birds are chirping...

"Aren't there no other bird flock in our tribe? The one who Guihe and Zhazha will definitely not quarrel with them. Those ducks will basically not leave the lake now. If we are domesticating dead leaf birds, we should be able to do so."

"It's true that you can try it. By the way, how big can a dead leaf bird grow?" Shao Xuan asked.

"It's not big, that's just that." Ta raised his hand and gestured. It was probably only two palms long, and it was not as good as those ducks.

However, I heard that many dead leaf birds are in groups, and there are forty or fifty eggs brought back by the tower. Even if the final hatching rate is only half, it is enough. You can try it first.

It is not big enough to carry people, which is a pity. However, if the dead leaf birds are really as the people of the Feather Tribe said, they can also satisfy everyone. I hope that when there are fewer people, they can play a role.

"I agreed with the people of the Yu Tribe to leave a few people to help hatch eggs. After all, they have experience. I heard that even if the bird eggs are buried in the soil, they still have to take care of them every day. It will be better to leave them."

In fact, these eggs were dug out from the soil buns buried with dead branches and leaves. They did not all come from the same soil buns, but five to ten of them were taken from each of the several soil buns. If the people from the Yu Tribe had their own skills to protect them, the bird eggs they brought back after digging out might not be hatched.

"They said that they could probably hatch in ten days."

Since it is necessary for the people from the Yu Tribe to watch it, it takes just a few days for the people from the Yu Tribe to stay here to observe the adaptation of the birds they caught, so they have not left for the time being.

After the more than forty dead-leafed bird eggs hatched, the people from the feather tribe left.

The young birds of the dead leaf bird are early to grow birds and can walk and find food by themselves after they come out of their shells, which saves a lot of trouble. This is also one of the reasons why the tower decided to choose the dead leaf bird.

From the animal circle, people with rich breeding experience were selected to take care of these newly-shelled dead leaf birds. Because the breeder saw them after they broke their shells, they also saw them the most and were fed them. Therefore, these chicks were very dependent on the breeder and sometimes lined up to follow the breeder.

When Shao Xuan went there, he saw the forty-two gray-brown hairy balls following the keeper to the food trough. The time for shelling was probably short, and although he could walk, he could not fly freely.

"Why do you look so energetic?" Shao Xuan asked. The young birds were half open and staggering, as if they were not awake.

The keeper smiled and explained, "No, they usually do this, but they become more energetic when eating."

Sure enough, as soon as they arrived at the trough, the young birds that seemed to have not woken up began to compete for me.

Seeing these young birds appearing so fragile when they break out of their shells, the keepers are still very proud. The bird food was also taught by the people of the Feather Tribe. As expected, these dead leaf birds grow well.

But the keeper was not proud for two days, and the chicks dumped him.

The reason was that the pterosaur threw half of a fish into the pile of birds while idle. At first, the keeper was worried that the birds would not get used to it. Unexpectedly, these dead leaf birds had very strong adaptability. Not only that, the pterosaur later threw some small wild beasts, and after each time it threw food, it would lie down and watch.

Later, the chicks became closer to the pterodactyl and stopped following the breeder.

However, when people in the tribe saw that the dead leaf birds were not bad, they were more active, they ignored them. They even thought that it would be great if the dead leaf birds could learn some instructions from the pterodactyl. After all, the people in the feather tribe would not teach them the skills of bird taming, and they had to think of everything themselves, but these dead leaf birds were not suitable for engraving.

So, the people in Yanjiao thought, just take it slowly, and when these dead-leaf birds grow up, they may be able to understand some instructions.

However, Shao Xuan always felt that the pterodactyl seemed to have other thoughts when doing this.

The reason why the pterodactyl is so bold recently is that Shao Xuan has not had time to stare at it all day recently, because the artificial river channel in the Yanhe trading area is almost completed. The bridge that needs to be built has also been built. Zheng Luo recently discussed with him about the gate.

They will set up two sluice gates at the two intersections between the river and the Yan River, mainly to block some dangerous fish or river beasts along the river.
Chapter completed!