More than 70km from the city, the road to Huu Kien commune is winding and has to pass many high mountains and endless trees. On the gentle hillsides stretching out one after another, silhouettes of horses appear leisurely grazing.
Huu Kien is famous for raising white horses, currently the whole commune has more than 700 horses, accounting for 1/3 of the horses here. Here, the Tay and Nung people live mainly through animal husbandry.
The mountains are nearly 1,000 meters high one after another, where a lot of grass grows and water sources In the cool climate, white horses multiply rapidly. On average, the number of white horses in the region increases by about 25% per year.
Horses are completely grazed naturally without taking care. In the morning, people go to release the horses, and in the afternoon, they call them back to the place to drink water, feed them with starch, and tie the horses to each family’s private area to easily monitor their health status.
This breed of white horse has white hair all over its body, pink white skin, pink eye rims, and pink red pupils. If you shine a light on the horse’s eyes at night, it will be bright red. The horse’s nose, mouth and genitals are reddish pink and the hooves are ivory white.
White horses move slowly but are healthy and rarely suffer from common diseases When it comes to blood clots, there is a cure. White horses can withstand the weather well during snowstorms and still graze and do not die like cattle.
Normally people release white horses on the hills from January From 10 to the 3rd lunar month of the following year because at that time the rice has not yet been planted, we open the barn in the morning to drive them out and then come back late at night. Some households release them naturally, sometimes it takes weeks for them to return to the barn to follow the herd so they don’t have to worry about getting lost. Free-range horses live in herds and are individually marked with bells around their necks. Each house will have a different bell sound.
A herd usually has both regular and white horses. Owners must know how to breed regular horses with purebred white horses to give birth to white children of great value.
Purebred white horses in Lang Son has a small body weighing from 70 to 100kg. White fur, pink eyes, nose and nails. People often raise horses for meat and cooking or selling breeds.
A 5-month-old small horse costs 20 million mares 40 million adult male horses have Can sell up to 70 million VND/head. The main consumer market is Hai Phong Nam Dinh Thai Nguyen Bac Giang Hanoi…
In recent years, households proactively raising and caring for horses, the number of horses is constantly increasing, contributing to protecting the purebred Vietnamese white horse gene source.
Ordinary horses have value Not as tall as a white horse but has very good resistance and is easy to raise.
Talking with Dan Viet, Mr. Nguyen Van Tin, Vice Chairman of Huu Kien Commune People’s Committee, said: Raising white horses has existed in Huu Kien for a long time. But in the past 15 years, due to expanding market demand, the number of horses in herds in many households has continuously increased over the years. Huu Kien is naturally blessed with a large area of more than 8,000 hectares, including the large Khau Sao Steppe area, which is very convenient for horse grazing. Currently, there are more than 1,700 horses in the area, including more than 700 white horses. Particularly for white horses, they are very easy to raise and have twice the value of regular horses.
In recent years, many people have come to buy horses that are easy to sell, so the value is high, so they should raise horses. transparency brings economic stability to households. Thanks to the horse, many families in this mountainous area have a stable income and a more prosperous life.
According to Chang Lieu/Danviet.vn
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