What are the breeds of native chicken

Common native chicken breeds are White-ear Yellow Chicken, Lu's Chicken, Gushi Chicken, Zhengyang Sanhuang Chicken, Langshan Chicken, Dagu Chicken, Shouguang Chicken, Xiaoshan Chicken and so on.

1. White-eared yellow chicken

White-eared yellow chicken is a rare white-eared yellow chicken breed in China. In 2001, it was first confirmed by the Ministry of Agriculture as the national resource protection breed of 11 local chicken breeds in China. In 2005, Guangfeng White-eared Yellow Chicken, as the second live animal in Asia, was certified as a national regional protection product. In recent years, the county has vigorously implemented the white-eared yellow chicken protection project, formulated and implemented the "White-eared Yellow Chicken Local Standard" and other technical standards, established the original breeding farm and technical promotion demonstration area of the white-eared yellow chicken, and actively promoted the protection and development of the white-eared yellow chicken.

2. Lu's Chicken

Lu's chicken is an ancient chicken breed suitable for mountain stocking. Lu's chicken is light, foraging and resistant to rough feeding. Its living habits and meat and egg quality are very similar to those of pheasants. It was included in the "improved breeds of Chinese Livestock and Poultry" as early as the 1980s. Lu's chicken is famous for its unique geographical location, climatic characteristics and human factors, as well as its high protein and low cholesterol.

3. Gushi chicken

Gushi chicken is an excellent chicken flock with outstanding characteristics after long-term selective breeding in a certain area with Gushi County, Henan Province as the center, under the specific geographical, climatic and other environment and traditional feeding and management methods. It is a famous local excellent chicken breed for both meat and eggs in China, and it is one of the national key protected livestock and poultry breeds. The coat color is mainly yellow and jute, green legs, green feet, green beak, medium size, rough feeding resistance, strong disease resistance, delicate meat and so on. In September 2006, AQSIQ approved the protection of geographical indication products for Gushi chicken.

4. Zhengyang Sanhuang Chicken

Zhengyang Sanhuang Chicken is distributed in the Wenshu River Basin of Zhengyang, Runan and Queshan counties in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, covering more than a hundred miles of 29 townships. It has many favorable economic traits with stable inheritance, which is a valuable gene bank for cultivating and creating new chicken breeds in China, and has important preservation, utilization and scientific research value. It is suitable for cultivating mechanized caged eggs and meat chickens.

5. Langshan pheasant

Langshan chicken is one of the chicken breeds that can be used both for eggs and meat. It is famous for its many eggs, large eggs, fat and strong body, and delicious meat. It is divided into black and white according to its coat color. The black one is called "Wolf Mountain Black". The feathers are black and green, blue, shining and colorful. "Langshan Black" there is a breed of hair behind the crown, also known as "Langshan Phoenix", such as the Oriental called "Pengtou chicken". White is called "Wolf Mountain White", the number of "Wolf Mountain White" is very small, its feathers are flawless, with bright red chicken crown, red and white, pleasing to the eye.

6. Big Bone Chicken

Big Bone Chicken is also known as Zhuanghe Chicken. The Big Bone Chicken has a long history. According to records, as early as 200 years ago, Shandong immigrants brought Shandong Shouguang chicken to Liaoning, crossed with local chickens, and then were selected by the local people for a long time. Mainly produced in Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province. Distributed in Donggou, Fengcheng, Jinxian, Xinjin, Fuxian and other places. Big-bone chicken is a dual-purpose local chicken breed with outstanding characteristics of eggs. The utility model has the characteristics of large and solid concrete, strong foraging power, many and large eggs, thick and solid eggshell, fresh and tender meat and so on.

7. Shouguang chicken

Shouguang Chicken originated in Daotian Township, Shouguang County, Shandong Province. Cijia Village and Lunjia Village raise the best chickens, so they are also called Cilun Chicken. The chicken is characterized by its large size and large eggs. It is an excellent local chicken breed for both meat and eggs. According to poultry in Shandong Province in 1978. "Shouguang Chicken" has fresh and tender meat and rich nutrition. in the market, it has become a hot product in high-end hotels, hotels, whole chicken shops and wedding banquets at a price 2-3 times higher than that of ordinary chickens.

8. Xiaoshan chicken

Xiaoshan chicken is large and round in shape, which is characterized by fast growth, early maturity, easy fertilizer, disease resistance and strong adaptability. After fattening, the meat of the castrated chicken is tender, fat and yellow, delicious and fragrant, which is called the "red-haired castrated chicken". Xiaoshan chicken is one of the eight famous chickens in China. as early as the Spring and Autumn period, folk breeder chickens were selected into the Yue King Palace for ornamental and playful purposes, and gradually formed a chicken breed with good characters, called "Yue Chicken", which was spread to the people from the palace and became today's Xiaoshan chicken after careful cultivation. Therefore, its breeding history has reached more than 2000 years.