The main producing areas and distribution centers are Xuancheng City and Chizhou City, Anhui Province, which are mainly distributed in the hilly areas south of the Yangtze River, such as Xuanzhou District of Xuancheng City, Guichi District of Chizhou City and Qingyang County, and neighboring Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei and other provinces.

The formation history of Sanhuang chicken in southern Anhui is a dual-purpose local variety formed by working people in Anhui Province through long-term breeding and reproduction. Because of its tender meat, delicious taste and unique flavor, it is deeply loved by local people.

Advantages and disadvantages of this breed: strong disease resistance and stress resistance, delicious meat, and it is a high-quality local chicken breed worth popularizing. South Anhui Sanhuang Chicken is an early-maturing variety with high egg production. However, South Anhui Sanhuang chicken has low birth weight, slow growth, low population uniformity and poor egg weight uniformity.