The breeding value of peacocks

The peacock is full of treasures. With the large-scale breeding of peacocks, more and more people can enjoy the taste of "Phoenix" meat. Peacock meat has high nutritional and edible value. The peacock produces more meat, the full-bore slaughtering rate is more than 80%, its meat is delicate, and the peacock meat is a healthy food with high protein and low fat, its protein content is as high as 23.2%, which is much higher than that of ordinary birds, than pheasant, snake, soft-shelled turtle, lobster and grouper, rich in more than 20 kinds of amino acids and vitamins and trace elements, and the fat content is only 0.8%.

The peacock also has medicinal value. Li Shizhen, a pharmacist who replaced his name in the Ming Dynasty, recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that peacocks ward off evil and can detoxify all kinds of poison, while peacock meat and blood have the effect of detoxifying and bewitching poison; feces also have the effect of detoxification and diuresis, and treat diseases such as unfavorable urination and acne. Modern traditional Chinese medicine has proved that peacock meat has the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat, calming the liver and extinguishing wind, softening firmness and dispersing knots.

The males of the genus Peacock are 90 cm 130 cm (35 cm 50 inch) long, with a tail screen 150 cm (60 inch) long and bright metallic green.

The peacock's tail screen is mainly composed of feathers at the top of the tail, which are extremely long, with iridescent "circles" surrounded by blue and bronze. During the courtship performance, the male peacock erects the tail under the tail screen. As a result, the tail screen is erected and forward, and when the courtship performance reaches the best part, the tail feathers quiver, twinkle, and make a rattling sound. The ability to fly is not very good, because it is a little heavy and its wings are not so strong.

The peacock is as big as a goose, is three or four feet tall, has a thin neck, a bulging back, and has three hairs on its head, about an inch long. Dozens of peacocks often fly together and sing one after another in the morning. The peacock's wings are less developed, the flight speed is slow and clumsy, but it is slightly faster when descending and gliding. The legs are strong and strong, they are good at walking quickly, and they often run with great strides when they run away. Foraging activities, walking posture like a chicken, nodding while walking.