Yangxin County, Hubei Province, there is a kind of poultry called "guinea pig".
This poultry called the African Wild Goose (The African Wild Goose) formerly known as the American bobwhite quail. There are also a variety of names, such as duck, mellow geese, American geese, also known as Muscovy ducks, silent ducks, red-billed ducks, oceanic eye, meat mandarin ducks, Hubei region called dolphin, is a herbivorous waterfowl, duck family, goose genus. Body like a goose body, short and narrow beak is convex, there is a red sarcoma. Red face, white feathers, black back, tail extra long, 1.5-2 times the duck. Claws resemble eagle claws, very sharp. Feathers black and white or dark green, sometimes the body is arched, very nice. Eating mixed, good management, fast growth, three months average weight of ten kilograms. Meat rich, nutritious, goose eggs are nutritious, tasty, processed into salted eggs, yolks red, dripping oil, eat in the mouth full of flavor, better than salted duck eggs taste. According to Li Shizhen, "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded that poultry meat is rich in natural sex hormones, eating can benefit from the essence of blood and make up for kidney deficiency, nourishing yin and yang, delaying aging, and strengthening the body.