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There are also "fake chickens".
Adult chicken cocks are generally about 2 kg, and hens are generally about 1.5 kg. Different kinds of native chickens have different weights, for example, Yifeng native chicken, the adult cock weighs about 2 kg to 2.5 kg, and the adult hen weighs about 1.5 kg. Normal rural chickens are not fattening. First of all, because the food is usually fed, there is no hormone, and naturally it will not destroy the rapid growth of chickens. Normal rural chickens weigh two or three kilograms a year, and those that are well raised only weigh three or four kilograms, so they won't grow too heavy. In addition, the general rural chickens are all stocked, which can be said to run around in an open space. A lot of exercise also causes the chickens not to gain weight, and the meat quality is very tight, so the weight will not be too heavy.
And the general feed chicken is hormonal, born quickly and has a lot of fat, which will grow very heavy. Even if it is bought and stocked, the weight will not be reduced too much. It is also true that chickens weighing more than 5 kg are basically fake chickens. Too heavy chicken still needs to be doubted.
What are the characteristics of peasant chickens?
Since farm chicken is so popular, what kind of chicken is a farm chicken? In fact, Bee Tribe Xiaobian believes that as long as it is bred according to the feeding method in rural areas, it can be regarded as a farm chicken, which can be used as feed and kept in captivity for reference.
As commercial chickens, economic benefits are generally considered, and they don't care about the taste of chickens. Therefore, these commercial chickens are usually raised in farms, which is considered as a kind of captive chicken, and what they eat is generally based on standard feed, or they always eat feed, which grows very big and quickly.
The way of life of native chickens is just the opposite. Native chickens generally feed on rural grains and never feed them. They are usually kept in rural areas and rarely kept in captivity. Besides eating grains, chickens also forage in the mountains, so the taste is very special, which is obviously different from chickens fed with feed.
How to judge whether a chicken is a peasant chicken?
Because native chickens and commercial chickens eat different things and have different development conditions, although there may be little difference in size, there are still great differences in appearance. Generally, as long as we pay attention to three places, we can easily judge whether a chicken is a commercial chicken.
1 chicken feet: bee tribe Xiaobian thinks this is a more reliable way. Friends living in rural areas know that newborn chickens have four claws, but grown-up chickens have five claws, one of which is on the back of chicken feet, which is relatively small. If we look closely, we will find that it is generally necessary for chickens to grow up to have such claws, which is a point to judge whether a chicken is a peasant chicken.
Because commercial chickens should consider economic benefits, merchants will let the chickens be slaughtered when the interests are maximized. According to relevant data, the weight of broilers will reach 1.9 to 2 kg after 6 to 7 weeks. At this time, if the chickens are slaughtered, the merchants will earn the most. As a professional chicken farmer, they will naturally not raise more, because more is a loss.
The standard rural chicken, as everyone in the countryside knows in such a short time, is still a chick, and it will take about half a year to slaughter at least. Although there may be no difference in weight between such chickens and broilers, there is bound to be a great difference in appearance due to the age difference, and it will take at least eight months for the fifth claw of the native chicken to grow. Obviously, if it is a commercial chicken, it will take more than one month to grow the fifth claw at all.
2 Look at the feathers on the neck: This is the most experienced friend who breeds pigeons. Pigeons change their hair quickly. It is difficult for us to judge the age of a pigeon from the appearance, but it can be judged by the feathers on their necks, and the same is true for chickens.
For chicks, we are all familiar with it. There is no feather like a big chicken at all, but it keeps growing and changing. When the chicken's feather looks like a big chicken, it actually takes a long time. For commercial chickens, because the time is too short, although the feathers have gone up on the chicken, they still haven't had time to change clean, which leads to the fact that commercial chickens don't look as neat as adult native chickens.
Adult native chickens can be found with shiny feathers on their necks, especially big cocks. Obviously, hens also have such shiny feathers around their necks. Commercial chickens can be easily judged because they have been fed for too short a time, not to mention such shiny feathers, and many "fetal hairs" have not been cleaned.
③ There is a difference in weight: for rural chickens, in fact, we rural people all know that rural chickens are not very heavy, and those who can generally reach 6 kg are very big cocks. However, if the chickens fed with feed are fed for a long time, the weight is not a problem of five or six kg, so if we weigh more than 6 kg when buying "local chickens", we should question whether we have bought fake chickens.