Pingwu Big Red Rooster

Pingwu Big Red Rooster

Pingwu Big Red Rooster is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Pingwu Big Red Rooster

　　Pingwu County Animal Husbandry Industry Development Association

　　The “Pingwu Big Red Rooster” is a superior local indigenous chicken breed unique to Pingwu. Under the guidance of county-level authorities, companies and cooperatives have engaged in extensive collaboration with institutions such as the Mianyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Southwest University of Science and Technology to carry out the selection and purification of the breed. After several years of effort, the traits of the “Pingwu Big Red Rooster” have become largely stable, and an expansion farm capable of producing 500,000 high-quality chicks per year is currently under construction.

　　The roosters are of medium size, with a well-proportioned and compact build, moderately sized heads, upright red combs, large red wattles, straight backs and waists, broad and round chests, slender and tall legs, bright red feathers that are soft and smooth with a fluorescent sheen on the surface, and some feathers featuring a mix of black and red in iridescent hues. The hens are slightly smaller, also well-proportioned and compact, with an overall boat-shaped form, and their feather colors are mostly intermediate black-yellow tones, predominantly black-mottled or yellow-mottled. Both roosters and hens have iron-gray beaks and feet. Each chicken weighs approximately 2874.61±176.29g.

　　It is precisely the unique geographical and climatic conditions of Pingwu County, along with its distinctive rearing methods, that provide an exceptional growing environment for the Pingwu Big Red Rooster. This has endowed the breed with unique qualities such as a habit of foraging in the wild, strong running ability, high resilience, fast growth rate, high productivity and efficiency, and strong disease resistance.