Chicken is one of the most common poultry in life, chicken meat is tender, delicious, suitable for a variety of cooking methods, and rich in nutrition, has the effect of nourishing and nourishing the body.
The chickens in life should have been seen by everyone, but the chicken introduced today is the world's largest chicken, the height of this chicken can reach about 1.2 meters, equivalent to the height of an eight- or nine-year-old child, it is the Brahman chicken, also known as the Brahmin chicken. This kind of chicken is actually not born, but hybridized, it is said that in the middle of the 18th century, the Americans crossed the nine pounds of yellow in Shanghai and the chicken in Bangladesh, and the last hybrid was this chicken, which was later named Brahma chicken.
In the United States, Brahma chicken is eaten as a food, and Americans usually cook Brahma chicken like a turkey and then eat it.
At the same time, because of the docile nature of the Brahma chicken, many people keep it as a pet, and some people also use it to pull a cart.
The breeding of Brahma chicken is generally a private restaurant owner or farmer, the cost of Brahma chicken is very high, one can only sell to hundreds to thousands of about, the cost of making food is not cheaper, ordinary people can only take a look.
The size of the Brahma rooster is very large, the largest ordinary chicken is only four or five pounds, but the Brahma rooster can reach 1.2 meters in height after adulthood, and the weight of the rooster can reach 16 kilograms, even the hen can grow to 12 kilograms.
From the appearance point of view, in addition to the larger size, there is not much difference from ordinary chickens, Brahma chicken also has a pea crown and beetle eyebrows. Brahma is also easy to distinguish between male and female, because the rooster has round eyes and a red crown, and the hen has oval eyes and a relatively small head.
In addition to these, the difference between the Brahma pheasant and other breeds of chickens is that the Brahma chicken has a lot of feathers, even on the feet, there are very thick feathers, as if wearing a layer of cotton clothing. This feather also has a high economic value, and farmers who breed Brahma chickens can obtain high profits even by collecting feathers and selling them. In addition to these, the eggs of the Brahma chicken are also very large, and they are very reproductive, able to lay many eggs.