Chickens with yellow feathers, yellow beaks and yellow feet also require yellow skin. This kind of chicken is tender and smooth, crispy and soft, full of fat and delicious. Now the so-called Sanhuang chicken does not refer to a certain breed, but refers to the general name of high-quality broilers with yellow feathers.

This kind of chicken includes many varieties and is widely distributed. Guangdong mainly includes Sanhuang beard chicken, Qingyuan Ma chicken, Xinghua chicken, Zhongshan Shalan chicken, Yangshan chicken, Wenchang chicken and Huaixiang chicken.

Sanhuang chicken is a bird of the genus Pheasant, which belongs to the Pheasant family. Compact, well-proportioned, straight back, close wings, high tail feathers, like "ingots"; The head is of moderate size. The whole body feathers are yellow, the cock's neck feathers are golden yellow, the main wing feathers are red with black, the tail feathers are black, the hen's neck feathers are speckled with black gray, the main wing feathers are half yellow and half black, and the tail feathers are black.

Main features:

Small size, thin head and thin feet, yellow mouth, yellow feet and yellow fur. The cock has a single crown, and its crown and beard are huge and bright red. Beak is short and wide, brownish yellow, neck feather, saddle feather and sickle feather are golden yellow, back feather and wing feather are dark yellow or reddish yellow, and chest and abdomen feathers are light yellow. The main tail feather flashes black. The shin and claws are orange, the inside and outside of the shin are a little erythema, and the feet are short.

The hen stands upright with a single crown, the crown is medium-sized, and the crown, mustache and earlobe are bright red. The whole body has yellow feathers. The whole tail is drooping like an ostrich's back, but not upturned, which is one of the appearance characteristics of this species. Adult chickens weigh 2100g and females1350g. 180-day-old slaughter rate: semi-clean bore rate, male 84.2%, female 79.7%; Full clean bore, male 70.6%, female 62.1%. Date of delivery135 ~140 days.