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Short-leg Chicken
Country: China
Home Tract: Xingyi and Anlong Counties, Guizhou Province
Morphological characters
Body: Symmetric body conformation. Short legs
Body Plumage: Plumage is loosening and close to body. Male surface colour in all sections is reddish yellow. Reddish saffron hackles. Majority of female surface colour is. White and take second place.
Combs: Single
Eyes: Reddish saffron iris
Beak: Short, black; Minority is yellow
Wings: Reddish saffron
Chest/Breast: Reddish saffron
Back: Reddish saffron; Broad; Straight from front to rear
Tail: With a high angle
Limbs/Shanks: Short, Black; Minority is yellow
Feet: Black, Minority is yellow
Morphometric traits
Body weight: Birth weight 36 gm, Cock 2.3 kg, hen 1.7 kg
Production traits
Egg shell colour: White
Annual egg production (numbers): 120-150
Weight of an egg: 48.0 grams
Half evisceration rate: At adult is 83.4% for male and 82.5% for female
Evisceration rate: At adult is 74.4% for male and 72.5% for female
References
Jia Y., 2004, “Report on domestic animal genetic resources in China,” China Agriculture Press. [Web Reference]