Suitable for China's rural free-range broiler and egg varieties are more, there are mainly the following five categories.
The first category, China's local colored feather (yellow feather, hemp feather) high-quality broiler free-range effect is good, chicken products are popular among our residents. For example, guangdong huiyang chicken and qingyuan hemp chicken, hainan manchang chicken, zhejiang xiaoshan chicken and xianju chicken, jiangsu wolf mountain chicken, shanghai pudong chicken, fujian hetian chicken, shandong shouguang chicken, henan gushi chicken, beijing greasy chicken, the inner mongolian autonomous region side of chicken, fujian and jiangxi silky hair silkie chicken, and so on.
The second category, the use of China's local high-quality broiler varieties selected and bred supporting lines of broilers suitable for free-range farming. For example, Lingnan Yellow Chicken, Jingxing Yellow Chicken, Jiangcun Yellow Chicken, Kandar Chicken, "882" high-quality yellow-feathered broiler.
The third category, the domestic introduction of specialized high-yield egg-laying chickens are also suitable for farming courtyard type of rearing, such as Bailai Hangchicken, Romain egg-laying chickens, Hailan egg-laying chickens, Hai Saix egg-laying chickens, Isha egg-laying chickens and so on.
The fourth category, the use of the introduction of egg varieties selected high-yield supporting lines of egg chickens suitable for free-range rearing. For example, Nongda No. 3 grain-saving small egg chicken, Beijing white chicken, new Yang white (pink, brown) egg chicken.
The fifth category, green shell egg chicken is suitable for free-range raising.
(1) Huiyang chicken, also known as the three yellow bearded chicken (yellow hair, yellow beak, yellow feet, beard), produced in Huiyang area of Guangdong Province, is China's famous high-quality yellow-feathered broiler. Short body, short feet, easy to fat, light bone, white skin, jade meat (also known as glass meat). Single crown upright, full pectoral muscles, developed hindquarters, good fattening performance. Adult rooster weight 2.1 ~ 2.3 kg, hen annual egg production of 108, the average egg weight of 46 grams, eggshell light brown, have on the nest sex.
(2) Silk hair black bone chicken named for its white silky feathers, skin, muscle and periosteum black (black) color. The main producing areas are Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and other provinces, and is now distributed throughout the country. The silkie is considered a medicinal breed. The Chinese medicine "Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan" is a nutritious proprietary Chinese medicine formulated with Silky Hair Silky Chicken as the main raw material. The chicken is small in size, with a small head, short tibia, slender bones, slow movement, and black eyes, beak, toes, internal organs and fat. The chick is weak in disease resistance and has a low brood rate. The adult male weighs 1.35 kilograms and the female 1.20 kilograms. The annual egg production is about 80 eggs. Egg weight is 40-42 grams, and the eggshell is light brown. Strong nesting behavior.
(3) Xianju chicken The main production area is Xianju County, Zhejiang Province, now widely distributed, belongs to the small egg chicken varieties. Xianju chicken is small, sensitive, easy to scare, single crown, large eyes, long shins, tail, its shape and physical appearance is similar to the coming chicken. Its appearance and body shape are similar to that of the Laihang chicken. Its hair color is yellow, white, black and sparrow-spotted. The tibia color is yellow, green and flesh-colored, etc. It starts laying at the age of 140 days, with an annual egg production of 180-200 eggs, and the high yielding chickens can reach 269 eggs. Egg weight is 35-43 grams, and the eggshell is brown. Adult males weigh 1.44 kilograms and females weigh 1.25 kilograms, and have a nesting nature.
(4) White Laihang Chicken Native to Italy, it is a world-famous breed of chicken for eggs. Chicken body shape is small and clean, white feathers, single crown, crown large bright red, the cock is upright, the hen inverted to the side. The beak, tibia and skin are yellow, and the ear lobes are white. The temperament is lively and active, easy to be frightened, no nesting, strong adaptability. 140 days of age to start laying, 72 weeks of age to lay more than 220 eggs, individual high-yielding chickens can be more than 300 eggs. Eggs weigh more than 56 grams with white shells. Adult males weigh 2.5 kilograms, adult hens 1.75 kilograms.
(5) Romain (brown, pink) egg-laying chickens are four lines of matching hybrid chickens bred by the German Romain Company. Parent and mother generation chick can use the feather color to distinguish between female and male, commercial generation chick can use the feather color to distinguish between female and male. 1989 China's Shanghai was the first introduction of the great-grandfather generation egg breeder. The Romain Brown commercial generation of egg-laying hens laid 285-295 eggs at 72 weeks of age, with an average egg weight of 64 grams.
(6) Hyland (brown, pink) laying hens are the four lines of matching laying hens bred by Hyland International Corporation of the U.S., with the outstanding advantages of high egg production (290 eggs at 72 weeks of age), strong disease resistance, and strong resistance to Marek's disease and leukemia.
(7) Isha Brown Shell Egg-laying Chicken is a four-family breed of high-yield egg-laying chickens bred by France's Isha Company, with a medium-small body size and excellent production performance, but with higher requirements. Both parent and commercial generations can distinguish females and males. From the 1980s, China began to introduce the ancestral chicken, commercial generation of laying hens 72 weeks of age, egg production of 289, the average egg weight of 62 grams, material and egg ratio of 2.45:1.
(8) Babcock's chickens Originally for the U.S. Babcock's company bred (the company was merged by France's Isha company) of the white shell egg four-line hybrid chicken. In 1987, Beijing introduced the great-grandfather generation breeding promotion. The commercial laying hens lay 275 eggs at 72 weeks of age, with an average egg weight of 65 grams and an egg ratio of 2.45:1.