Sanhuang Bai'er Chicken

Sanhuang Bai'er Chicken

　　This chicken gets its name from its yellow feathers, yellow skin, yellow feet, and white earlobes. It is a specialty of Nanshan Township at the foot of Mount Sanqing, where local farmers raise 70% of the county's total population of this breed. The chicken is small in size, with tightly packed feathers, high agility, strong foraging ability, and early maturity—the earliest start crowing at around 120 days of age; hens start laying eggs as early as 125 days. A single hen can lay up to 240 eggs per year at peak production, with an average yield of around 180 eggs. The eggs are large with big yolks, averaging 53.6 grams each; the shells are thick and pinkish, making them easy to store and transport. This specialty began to spread widely across the county from the late 1970s, and breeding stations and original strain bases were established by units such as the Yushan County Agricultural Science Institute, which carried out planned purification and rejuvenation, selection and breeding work, and promoted the breed throughout the county. (Yushan County)