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Pengxian Buff Chicken
Country: China
Home Tract: Originated in Pengxian City, Sichuan Province; also bred in hilly area of the Sichuan Plain
Morphological characters
Body: Round shaped, medium sized
Body Plumage: The surface plumage throughout is slight red except that some primaries colour is black or yellow, mottles. Hen’s plumage colour has three types: dark yellow, dull and yellow with mottles.
Skin colour: White
Combs: Red single and rarely with pea comb
Ear lobe colour: Red
Beak: Fawn
Limbs/Shanks: White
Morphometric traits
Body weight: Day-old chick 37.14 gm, Cock 3.950 kg, hen 1.880 kg
Reproductive Traits
Age at first egg: 216 days
Production traits
Egg shell colour: Brown
Annual egg production (numbers): 140-150
Weight of an egg: 53.52 grams
Egg shape index: 1.35
Half evisceration rate: 83% for adult male and 77.27% for adult female
Evisceration rate: 79.1% for adult male and 72.12% for adult female
References
Jia Y., 2004, “Report on domestic animal genetic resources in China,” China Agriculture Press. [Web Reference]