About 20 years ago, Yeh gave up his cactus hobby because of lack of demand and instead switched to raising bullfrogs, goldfish and chickens. But his bad luck continued when the fish and frogs were swept away in a typhoon and the chickens would not lay. A subsequent attempt to make paper cartons failed.
十五年前，一隻種雞價達新台幣一百七十五元，熬不下去的時候，就賣些仙人掌換飼料給小雞吃，結果妮，雞竟不會生蛋，因為養得太肥了！