Pearl chickens are not protected animals.

China's protected animals are all wild animals, so the guinea fowl is not in the scope of protection. Pearl chicken is native to Guinea in Africa, China in the 1960s introduced into the country, has been used as an ornamental bird, until the end of the last century began large-scale artificial breeding.

The guinea fowl is a medium-sized terrestrial bird of the family of guinea fowl in the order of fowl, with a small head, a fat body, a height of 40-72 centimeters, and a bluish-gray exposed face. The Pearl Chicken is named for the regular white dots scattered on its gray feathers all over its body, and is of high ornamental value.

Pearl chickens usually enter the egg-laying period after 7-8 months of growth, and lay a large number of eggs in the first 5-6 months, totaling between 80 and 120, and each egg weighs about 45 grams, with yellow or yellow-brown shells that are thick and sturdy.

Feed categories consumed by pearl chickens

1, grain feed

Pearl chickens mainly consume grains, because cereals contain a lot of starch, which can provide the energy needed for the growth of pearl chickens. feed, for small pearl chickens, it is necessary to grind the cereal feed into pellets and then use it.

2, vegetable feed

Pearl chickens mainly eat vegetables. Because vegetables contain more fiber, can help pearl chicken gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote digestion, so in the process of breeding pearl chicken, you can also provide it with green vegetable leaves, sweet potato vine and other plant stems and leaves, you can also provide pearl chicken with sweet potatoes, or potatoes and other tuberous food.

3, fruit feed

Pearl chickens mainly eat fruit. Because the fruit is rich in vitamins and sugar, can improve the immunity of the pearl chicken, reduce the probability of disease, so in the process of breeding, you can also provide apples, pears and other fruit feed for the pearl chicken, but in the feeding need to cut the fruit to use.

4, mineral feed

Pearl chickens can also eat mineral feed. Because pearl chicken in the process of growth, the demand for calcium, phosphorus and other elements is greater, and only mineral elements can be supplemented for its required elements, so in the process of breeding, you can provide cuttlefish bones, shells, gravel and other mineral feeds for pearl chicken.