Harbin White Chicken

Harbin White Chicken

　　The Harbin White Chicken is a modern lightweight white-shell laying hen developed by Northeast Agricultural University using imported foreign chicken breeds, based on modern poultry genetics and breeding theories and methods. It features high egg production, large eggs, strong adaptability, high survival rates, and easy rearing. In recent years, it has been promoted and tested in Heilongjiang Province and across the country, where it has been widely welcomed. This chicken has a light and small body frame, with tight white feathers, a large and bright red single comb, yellow beak, shanks, and skin, and white earlobes. Under normal feeding and management conditions, it begins laying eggs at around 170 days of age, produces 250–260 eggs by 72 weeks of age, with each egg weighing about 60 grams, white shells, and a feed-to-egg ratio of 2.6:1.

　　The “Binbai 42” is a high-yield strain resulting from a two-line crossbreeding system, using Binbai 4 as the sire line and Binbai 2 as the dam line. A breeding system for this chicken has been established in Heilongjiang Province, significantly improving its socio-economic benefits. It has a light and small body frame, with tight white feathers, a large and bright red single comb, yellow beak, shanks, and skin, and white earlobes. Under normal feeding and management conditions, it begins laying eggs at around 170 days of age, produces 250–260 eggs by 72 weeks of age, with each egg weighing about 60 grams, white shells, and a feed-to-egg ratio of 2.6:1.