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Introduction to Taoyuan Chicken

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Taoyuan chicken is mainly produced in the central part of Taoyuan County, Hunan Province. It belongs to local broiler chicken species. It is famous for its tall size, so it is also called Taoyuan chicken. This variety has the characteristics of big individual, tender meat, delicious meat, good meat production performance and so on. Taoyuan chicken is a meat type chicken species. Tall, strong physique, fluffy feathers, body slightly longer, rectangular. Male Taoyuan chickens have a high head and neck, upturned tail feathers and a U shape in side view. Female Taoyuan chicken slightly tall, back longer and straight, after the body deep round. Male Taoyuan chicken body feathers are golden yellow

Taoyuan Chicken is mainly produced in the middle of Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, which is a local meat chicken breed. It is famous for its tall size, so it is also known as Taoyuan Big breeder Chicken. The variety has the characteristics of large individual, delicate meat, delicious meat, good meat production performance and so on.

Taoyuan chicken is a meat type chicken breed. Tall, sturdy, fluffy feathers, slightly longer, rectangular. The male Taoyuan chicken has a high head and neck, upturned tail feathers and a U-shaped side view. The female Taoyuan chicken has a slightly higher body, a long and straight back, and a deep round hindquarters. Male Taoyuan chicken body feathers are golden or red, main wing and tail feathers are black, neck feathers are golden or with black spots. Mother Taoyuan chicken feathers are yellow and sesame. Yellow feathers are yellow, neck feathers are sesame yellow, beak and shins are bluish gray, and skin is white. Single crown, male Taoyuan chicken crown upright, female Taoyuan chicken crown inverted to one side. The weight of adult Taoyuan chicken is 3342 grams for males and 2940 grams for females. The slaughtering rate of 180-day-old Taoyuan chicken: semi-clean bore, male 83.7%, female 81.5%; full clean chamber, male 75.5%, female 68.7%. Taoyuan chicken, which is 195 days old, lays 158 eggs a year, weighs 53 grams and has a light brown eggshell.

Taoyuan chicken still has some disadvantages, such as slow growth, late feathering, low feed utilization rate, low fecundity and so on. In the future, while strengthening the breeding of this breed, the crossbreeding of broiler breeds can be introduced to improve the early growth and development speed, improve the flock quality and develop towards broilers, and improve the commodity rate.

 
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