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Yunyang Large Chicken, Yunyang Big, Yunyang Da, Takeyama, Stupid chicken, Xinhua

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Country: China

Home Tract: Shennong Jia Forest District, Zhushan County, Hubei Province

Morphological characters

Body: Similar with ostrich in shape.

Body Plumage: Puff feather. Female surface colour: commonly, yellow, yellow, few, black and white. Male surface colour: red, golden.

Combs: Rose or single comb

Wattles: Red, small

Eyes: Iris is golden

Beak: Tubby, nicely curved

Neck: Long

Tail: Drooped

Limbs/Shanks: Long, black

Morphometric traits

Body weight: Birth weight: 38.64 gm, Cock 3.3 kg, hen 2.3 kg

Reproductive Traits

Age at first egg: 192 days

Production traits

Egg shell colour: Sandy beige

Annual egg production (numbers): 142

Weight of an egg: 58.73 grams

Egg shape index: 1.35

Remarks: It has larger size, foraging ability, adaptability, resistance to crude feed, the advantages of fast growth, good meat quality and egg quality, helpful locals Yunyang large chicken and egg chicken processed into wax, salted egg and egg products, such as customs. The future may further improve its performance in laying improve muscle quality traits simultaneously.

References

Jia Y., 2004, “Report on domestic animal genetic resources in China,” China Agriculture Press. [Web Reference]

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