Jiangshan White-Feathered Silkie Chicken

Jiangshan White-Feathered Silkie Chicken

　　　The White-Feathered Silkie Chicken is a specialty of Jiangshan City and one of China’s precious and rare poultry breeds. According to the locally unearthed artifact "Tianji Pot," its breeding dates back as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD), boasting a history of over 1,600 years. Adult male Jiangshan White-Feathered Silkie Chickens weigh about 1.8–2 kilograms, while adult females weigh 1.4–1.8 kilograms. They have a delicate build, purplish-red combs and wattles, emerald-green earlobes, and pure white feathers. Their beaks, tongues, skin, meat, bones, internal organs, and feet are all black, and these remain black even after cooking. The chicken has tender, juicy meat that is rich and comprehensive in nutrients, offering special tonic effects for conditions such as physical weakness and consumptive diseases. A folk saying goes: “Its nourishing effect surpasses that of soft-shell turtle, and its healing power rivals that of pigeon.” Regular consumption is believed to help the elderly live longer, children grow better, and women maintain beauty and health. It is considered a tonic and health-enhancing food. According to research by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100 grams of dried meat from this chicken contains 96.31 grams of 17 types of amino acids—far exceeding other chicken breeds, with particularly high levels of the eight essential amino acids required by the human body. The White-Feathered Silkie Chicken not only offers excellent nutritional and tonic benefits but also has high medicinal value, as detailed in Li Shizhen’s monumental work, Compendium of Materia Medica.

There are twenty formulas utilizing the White-Feathered Silkie Chicken and its eggs for tonic and therapeutic purposes. It is the main ingredient in gynecological patent medicines such as “Black-Bone Chicken and White Phoenix Pills,” “Black-Bone Chicken Women’s Health Syrup,” and “White-Feathered Silkie Chicken Tonic Wine.” Renowned pharmaceutical and liquor manufacturers across China have chosen the White-Feathered Silkie Chicken to produce these products, which are exported both domestically and internationally and have earned widespread praise from consumers.

　　Product Name: Jiangshan White-Feathered Silkie Chicken

　　Product Origin: Jiangshan, Zhejiang

　　Product Characteristics: The Jiangshan White-Feathered Silkie Chicken has adult males weighing about 1.8–2 kilograms and adult females weighing 1.4–1.8 kilograms. They have a delicate build, purplish-red combs and wattles, emerald-green earlobes, and pure white feathers. Their beaks, tongues, skin, meat, bones, internal organs, and feet are all black, and these remain black even after cooking.

　　Product History: According to the locally unearthed artifact "Tianji Pot," its breeding dates back as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD), boasting a history of over 1,600 years. The efficacy of the Silkie Chicken is detailed in Li Shizhen’s monumental work, Compendium of Materia Medica.

Product Function: The chicken has tender, juicy meat that is rich and comprehensive in nutrients, offering special tonic effects for conditions such as physical weakness and consumptive diseases. Regular consumption is believed to help the elderly live longer, children grow better, and women maintain beauty and health.

　　Product Introduction: There are twenty formulas utilizing the White-Feathered Silkie Chicken and its eggs for tonic and therapeutic purposes. It is the main ingredient in gynecological patent medicines such as “Black-Bone Chicken and White Phoenix Pills,” “Black-Bone Chicken Women’s Health Syrup,” and “White-Feathered Silkie Chicken Tonic Wine.” Renowned pharmaceutical and liquor manufacturers across China have chosen the White-Feathered Silkie Chicken to produce these products, which are exported both domestically and internationally and have earned widespread praise from consumers.