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Yantai Sankang Chicken
Country: China
Home Tract: Penglai, Longkou and Laizhou Cities, Shandong Province
Morphological characters
Body: Medium sized compact body structure. The cock has large body size. The hen has compact body conformation, round rear and tail shape with a tip like shape
Body Plumage: The colours of cock are bright red or dark red. The colour of feather on the neck, shoulder and saddle is golden. Other feathers are henna. The cock with bright red feather
Skin colour: The mainly colour of skin are pure white. White skin in hens
Combs: Red single comb
Wattles: Red
Ear lobe colour: Red
Face: Red
Beak: Bright gray
Chest/Breast: Wide and deep in cock
Tail: With a high angle.
Limbs/Shanks: Bright gray
Toes: Bright gray
Morphometric traits
Body weight: Cock 2.130±0.410 kg, hen 1.590±0.390 kg
Production traits
Egg shell colour: Pink or henna
Annual egg production (numbers): 163.3 with the maximum number is 260
Weight of an egg: 54.3 grams
Egg shape index: 1.3
Half evisceration rate: At 6-month81.6% for male and 72.1% for adult female
Evisceration rate: At 6-month 70.8% for male and 72.2% for adult female
References
Jia Y., 2004, “Report on domestic animal genetic resources in China,” China Agriculture Press. [Web Reference]