huaibei partridge chicken

Huaibei Maji is a specialty of Suzhou City, Anhui Province. Huaibei Ma chicken has strong adaptability, rough feeding tolerance, early sexual maturity, slow growth, tender and delicious meat, high temperature and humidity tolerance and strong gregarious. Huaibei Ma Chicken (which is the raw material of Fuli roast chicken such as Huixiangyuan Roast Chicken) is a small-sized Ma Chicken with both eggs and meat. It is an excellent local variety formed by working people in Huaibei Plain through long-term artificial breeding and natural domestication. It has a long history and is said to be the raw material of Fuli roast chicken, a traditional well-known food in China. Huaibei Maji originated in Suzhou City, Anhui Province, mainly distributed in Yongqiao District, Xiaoxian County, Lingbi County and Suixi County of Huaibei City, Anhui Province. Huaibei partridge chicken is small, narrow, well-proportioned and beautiful, with plump and compact feathers. The crown type is mostly single crown, with erect crown and 6-8 crests; The crown, wattle, ear lobe and face are all red; Rainbow yellow-brown; The beak is short and slightly curved, the beak and shin are iron blue, with four toes and no shin feathers. The skin color is white and the flesh color is white. The cock has a deep chest and a wide back, and its forequarters are developed. Except the tail feathers and main wing feathers are black and have bronze luster, the whole body feathers are golden yellow. Hens are plump, except the tail feathers and main wing feathers are black, the whole body feathers are mainly hemp yellow feathers, and white and black are rare. This kind of chicken is lively, agile and active, and has strong foraging ability.
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