What is Chaona Wuji? Authentic Ningxia Pengyang specialty: Chaona black chicken
Content summary:Do you want to know what Chaona black chicken is? This article is a detailed introduction to the specialty of Pengyang, Ningxia - Chaona Black Chicken. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Chaona Black Chicken. The full text takes about 6 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Chaona Black Chicken and the product characteristics of Chaona Black Chicken? How did the history of Chaona black chicken come about? Wait
Basic Introduction to Chaona Black Chicken
It is said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, some villagers presented black chicken as a tribute to Emperor Qianlong. After eating it, Emperor Qianlong found that Chaona Black Chicken not only had a unique appearance, but also had tender and delicious meat. Therefore, Chaona Black Chicken was listed as a tribute chicken, and thus became a "famous chicken"
Regional Scope
The production area of Chaona black chicken is located in the southeast of Ningxia, on the east side of Liupan Mountain, upstream of the Jinghe River system. Located at 106 ° 32 ′ -106 ° 58 ′ E and 35 ° 41 ′ -36 ° 18 ′ N, it borders Huan County in Gansu Province to the north, Zhenyuan County in Gansu Province to the east, Pingliang City in Gansu Province to the south, and Yuanzhou District in Guyuan City to the west. It is approximately 61.5 kilometers long from north to south and 50.3 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total land area of 2532 square kilometers. It governs 156 administrative villages, 4 resident committees, and 808 village groups in 3 towns and 9 townships. The geographical protection scope of Chaona black chicken: 12 townships in Pengyang County, with a total production scale of 650000 (1) External sensory characteristics: It has the characteristics of tall physique, thick bones, long body and deep chest, wide and straight back, wide and full hindquarters, and thick and short legs. It is a local excellent variety cultivated by the people of Pengyang under the ecological conditions of cool climate, vast mountains, and abundant roughage and animal feed (2) Intrinsic quality indicators: This breed belongs to the meat egg dual-use type of black chicken, with an average annual egg production of 124 and a maximum of 200. Large eggs are the main economic performance of this black chicken breed, with an average egg weight of 59-60g. The carcass is beautiful and the slaughter rate is high. The slaughter rate of male black chickens is 75.9-78.5%, and the slaughter rate of female black chickens is 68.8-79%. In addition, this breed also has the advantages of rough feeding and grazing resistance, strong stress resistance, delicious meat, high creatinine content, especially black bone chicken and green skin eggs, which have more edible and medicinal values and are nourishing treasures (3) Safety requirements: In accordance with laws and regulations such as the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law and the Regulations on the Management of Breeding Livestock and Poultry, as well as production standards for pollution-free livestock products, strengthen the management of breeding bases, improve production efficiency and reduce production costs by introducing and absorbing advanced production management technologies, and strictly implement national standards for pollution-free food production such as NY5150, NY/T5151, NY5148, NY5149, and NY5147 (1) Soil landform: The soil is mainly composed of loess and black loess, and the landform is mainly composed of beams, plateaus, valleys, and hills. The western part is the Xiaoguan Mountains, the central and eastern parts are the Ruhe River Valley, and the northern part is the loess hilly and gully area (2) Hydrogeology: There are reservoirs such as Naihe, Donghaizi, Jiangou, Dianwa, and Shangwengou in the area, and there are two main canals in the north and south. The main source of drinking water for humans and livestock is groundwater, which is rich in strontium and is named after Pengyang mineral water (3) Climatic environment: This production area belongs to the transitional zone of semi humid and semi-arid climate in the mid temperate zone, with fresh air and large temperature differences. The annual average temperature is 6-8 ℃, with a cumulative temperature of 2500 ℃ above 10 ℃. The frost free period is 120-130 days, with 2518 hours of sunshine, 350-550mm annual rainfall, and 1.55 annual dryness (4) Cultural history: Chaona black chicken in Pengyang County is a local excellent breed cultivated by the local people under the conditions of vast mountains, cool climate, and abundant animal and plant feed. It has a breeding history of 30 years