Tianshan Snow Chicken

Tianshan snow pheasant belongs to the pheasant family and herbivorous birds, which is native to the top of Tianshan Mountain in China and is a rare species unique to China. Tianshan Snow Chicken is small in size, strong in physique, about 60 cm long, elegant in appearance, purple in mouth, orange in base and wax covering its nostrils, and its whole body feathers are well developed. Tianshan Snow Chicken is flexible in action, sharp in spirit, light and fast in activity. The weight of adult rooster is 1. About 5 kilograms, crowing at the age of 5 months, and the hen weighs 1. It weighs 2 kilograms and begins to lay eggs at the age of 6 months, producing 120-150 eggs a year. Eggs 40-50 grams.

Tianshan snow chicken has high edible and medicinal value, its meat is black and delicious, sweet and tender, with the unique flavor of pheasant. According to the determination, the content of various amino acids and trace elements in Tianshan snow chicken meat is higher than that of Kita chicken under the same feeding conditions. it is a kind of treasure with high protein and low fat, and it is a delicacy for banquet. Tianshan Snow Chicken also has a certain medicinal value, with the functions of nourishing yang, acupuncture spasm, detoxification, and can treat chronic illness, weakness, epilepsy, mad dog bites and other diseases. Regular consumption of Tianshan snow chicken can also enhance the immune function of machine rest, and people pay more attention to its nutritional nourishment and dietotherapy, so the prospect of breeding Tianshan snow chicken is bright.

Artificial breeding of Tianshan snow chicken has many competitive advantages and strong adaptability. The distant ancestors of Tianshan Snow Chicken lived in snowy mountains, meadows and bushes in the plateau of 3000-6000 meters. After artificial cultivation and domestication, they were able to breed and breed at low elevations. From the hot south to icy places, herbivores can be raised all over the country in all seasons. Tianshan Snow Chicken has a strong grass-picking ability, and developed stomach, can eat a large number of forage, grass leaves and other coarse fodder, Tianshan Snow Chicken likes to eat a variety of plant flowers, roots, stems, seeds, grass leaves and so on. Under the condition of artificial feed, forage and roughage can be fed together, and general grass feed accounts for about 60-80% of its diet.

The survival rate is high. As long as we do a good job in the chicken immunization program and maintain the hygiene of the feeding environment, Tianshan snow chickens rarely get sick, the fertilization rate of breeding eggs is 90-95%, the hatching rate is not less than 90%, the survival rate of brooding is more than 80%, and the incubation period is 24 days.

It should be nourished with high efficiency. The domesticated Tianshan snow chicken has lost its strong wing ability and does not need purse seine to prevent flight and escape. It can be raised either in captivity or in bulk. It has strong gregariousness and can be raised on a large scale. The cost of raising a commercial snow chicken is no more than 8 yuan, but the current market price is 80-100 yuan each. One labor force can be raised and managed 2000, and 3 batches can be raised in one year, the economic benefit is very considerable. To sum up, raising Tianshan Snow Chicken has the advantages of low investment, low cost and high income. It is a new breed to develop high yield, high quality and high efficiency poultry industry.