When people go to buy chickens, their favorite chicken is native chicken. They think that native chicken is delicious and has high nutritional value, which is much better than broiler chicken. Even if the price is much more expensive, they should buy native chicken.
Then everyone also has doubts. Is the common three-yellow chicken on the market "native chicken" or "broiler chicken"?
What is a broiler?
From the point of view of chicken varieties, the most widely cultivated broilers in China mainly include white feather broilers and Sanhuang chickens, so from the point of view of varieties, Sanhuang chickens belong to one kind of broilers.
Sanhuang chicken also has obvious characteristics, that is, its mouth is yellow, its feet are yellow, and its skin is yellow, so it is called Sanhuang chicken.
Sanhuang chicken is also one of the best quality broilers in China, so it has a very high market share.
Sanhuang chicken is compact in constitution and agile in action, and it may fly after being kept in the wild for a period of time, so Sanhuang chicken is more popular in the market than white feather broilers, and its price is lower.
Friends who often buy chickens will find that there are many kinds of chickens in the meat stall, including Sanhuang chicken, old hen, black-bone chicken, etc. Among them, the price of Sanhuang chicken is the lowest, almost as long as 12~ 14 yuan a catty, and a chicken does not weigh much, about 2~3 kilograms.
Most of the chickens sold in meat stalls and supermarkets outside are Sanhuang chickens, which are relatively uniform in size, so these chickens are all from farms and weigh almost 2~3 kg.
What is a native chicken?
In fact, the concept of native chicken is not so clearly defined. Most of them are raised under natural conditions, eat wild insects and grass, wander around and have a broad space for exercise, so the vast majority of them are native chickens.
Chicken is very common in rural areas, because chickens are not kept in cages, released in the morning and caged at night.
During the day, chickens will wander around in the wild, eating insects, eating grass and so on, so that the growth rate of chickens is relatively slow, but the meat quality should be delicate, and the taste should be more delicious whether it is cooking or stewing soup.
Three-yellow chicken and black-bone chicken are the main kinds of chickens raised by people in rural areas, but they are naturally stocked, so the chicken produced in this way takes a little longer, about 6~ 12 months, and the meat is delicate and less, but such chickens will taste better, so the price in the market is higher.
Is Sanhuang chicken a native chicken or a broiler?
Sanhuang chicken is a kind of chicken. It is very simple to distinguish whether it is a native chicken or a broiler, mainly depending on how it is raised the day after tomorrow.
Generally, captive breeding is also farm breeding, mainly to feed it with various kinds of feed to make it gain weight, so that it can be slaughtered after 2~3 months.
As for native chickens, there are three kinds of chickens, but the breeding process is completely different, mainly stocking. Generally, they don't eat feed. They all go to the wild to find bugs and eat all kinds of grass. As a result, it takes about 6~ 12 months for three kinds of chickens to be released.
According to different breeding methods, Sanhuang chickens are very different, that is, native chickens are stocked and broilers are kept in captivity.
Even if it is the same breed of chicken, the taste of chicken is different in different breeding methods, and the price is even different.
Chicken production efficiency is relatively high, so the cost is high, and the price it sells is several times higher than that of Sanhuang chicken.
It is not easy to buy real native chicken. Generally, you have to go to the country of origin where the native chicken is raised.
Most of the Sanhuang chickens sold in the general market are caged chickens, that is, chickens from farms. There are a lot of such chickens, but the meat is rough and tasteless, which is not suitable for stewing soup, but it can be used to make stir-fried dishes.
Dear readers and friends, do you know whether Sanhuang chicken is a native chicken or a broiler now?