Shibei "Three-Yellow Chicken"

Shibei "Three-Yellow Chicken"

　　The characteristics of Shibei "Three-Yellow Chicken" include: yellow feathers, yellow beak, yellow feet, whiskers, short legs, compact body, easy fattening, tender bones, yellow skin, and jade-like meat (also known as glassy meat), totaling ten features. The main tail feathers come in three colors: yellow, brownish-red, and black, with black being the most common. Most primary wing feathers are yellow, though some have black inner sides. The abdominal feathers, whiskers, and back feathers are light in color, with a single upright comb and relatively small wattles. Adult roosters weigh between 1.5–2 kg, while hens generally weigh 1.2–1.5 kg. Hens begin laying eggs at 6–7 months old, producing about 70–90 eggs per year, each weighing 47 grams with a brown shell. They have a strong brooding tendency. After four months of fattening, the chickens reach a weight of 1.3–1.5 kg, offering delicious meat that commands a high market price. They are mainly sold to cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong.

　　Shibei Town is a well-known production base for Three-Yellow Whiskered Chicken farming. Led by the provincial agricultural leading enterprise, Sanhuang Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., the Three-Yellow Chicken breeding base produces 8 million broilers and 3 million chicks annually, with sales reaching approximately 101.5 million yuan. It serves as a model base for the "one town, one product" initiative in the county’s livestock industry. The Three-Yellow Whiskered Chicken is a medium-to-small breed, similar to free-range chickens, and is highly valued by customers for its excellent meat quality.