Puding Tall Chicken

Puding Tall Chicken

Puding Tall Chicken is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Origin (or distribution): Mainly found in villages such as Xiaodong and Yanshang in Pingshang Miao, Yi, and Buyi Ethnic Township, Puding County, Guizhou Province.

　　Conservation method: Conservation area protection

　　Number: In 2002, there were 100 birds in stock.

　　Main characteristics: A medium-sized meat chicken breed. Roosters have reddish-yellow feathers overall, with black belly and wing feathers, and glossy dark green tail feathers; most have a single comb, some have a rose comb, and their iris is orange-yellow. Hens mostly have streaked yellow or dark brown feathers, mostly with a single flat comb, a few have a rose comb, and some have beards. Rooster shanks are 13.1 cm long, hens' 10.7 cm. Beaks, shanks, and claws are mostly black. Adult weight: roosters 2400 g, hens 1900 g. Slaughter rate of adult chickens: semi-eviscerated, roosters 83.1%, hens 78.6%; fully eviscerated, roosters 70.9%, hens 66.0%. Egg-laying begins at 240 days old, with 50–60 eggs per year, weighing 48 g each, with light brown shells.

　　The origin area of Puding Tall Chicken covers the current administrative region of Puding County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province.

　　"Request from the People's Government of Puding County Regarding the Delimitation of the Geographical Indication Protection Area for Puding Tall Chicken" Pufu Letter [2016] No. 31

　　Guizhou Provincial Local Standard:

　　"Geographical Indication Product – Puding Tall Chicken" (Draft)