Guangfeng White-Eared Yellow Chicken

Guangfeng White-Eared Yellow Chicken

The Guangfeng White-Eared Yellow Chicken is a geographical indication protected product.

The Guangfeng White-Eared Yellow Chicken is an agricultural geographical indication product.

　　The Guangfeng specialty White-Eared Yellow Chicken, also known as the White-Eared Silver Chicken, Jiangshan White-Eared Chicken, Yushan White-Eared Chicken, or Shangrao White-Eared Chicken, is mainly produced in Guangfeng, Shangrao, and Yushan counties in the Shangrao region of Jiangxi Province, as well as in Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province. Conservation methods: conservation areas and farms (Jiangxi Qiangfeng Poultry Breeding Co., Ltd.). Population: in 2002, there were 800,000 chickens in the production area. The White-Eared Yellow Chicken is a rare early-maturing egg-laying breed in China characterized by white ears. Selection criteria focus on the "three yellows and one white" appearance: yellow feathers, yellow beak, yellow feet, and white ears. It has a single upright comb, large silver-white earlobes, golden irises, a slightly curved yellow or grayish-yellow beak, yellow body feathers, underdeveloped large sickle feathers with a greenish-black sheen, and small sickle feathers in orange-red. The skin and shanks are yellow without feathering. Adult weight: roosters 1,450 g, hens 1,190 g. Slaughter rates for adult chickens: semi-eviscerated, roosters 83.3%, hens 85.3%; fully eviscerated, roosters 76.7%, hens 69.7%. Age at first egg: 152 days. Annual egg production: 184 eggs per year, egg weight 55 g, eggshell dark brown.

　　Geographical Scope

　　The original production area of the White-Eared Yellow Chicken is within the administrative region of Guangfeng County, covering 23 townships (towns, subdistricts): Yongfeng Subdistrict, Lulin Subdistrict, Fengxi Subdistrict, Xiaxi Town, Yangkou Town, Xafeng Town, Jidian Town, Hufeng Town, Huzhou Town, Danan Town, Paishan Town, Wucun Town, Dongyang Township, Wudu Town, Dashixiang Township, Quanbo Town, Maocun Town, Songfeng Township, Tongfan Town, Shatian Town, Hengshan Town, Shaoyang Township, and Tongboshan Town. The area spans 1,377.79 square kilometers, located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, with geographical coordinates between 118°1′18″ to 118°29′15″ east longitude and 28°31′30″ to 28°37′23″ north latitude. The county stretches 62.5 km from north to south and 45 km from east to west. It borders Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province to the east, Pu’an and Chong’an counties in Fujian Province to the south, Shangrao County to the west, and Yushan County to the north. The protected scale includes White-Eared Yellow Chickens and their products produced within the geographical indication area, with an annual scale of 12 million chickens and an annual output of 12,000 tons.