Hazelnut is commonly known as "flying dragon", there are 3 species in the world, namely flower tail hazel chicken, spot-tailed hazel chicken and shawl chicken, China is mainly distributed flower tail hazel chicken, its meat is delicious, nutritious, is in recent years only began to artificially raise a rare bird.
The food of the hazelnut chicken is mainly the young shoots, shoots, fruits and seeds of plants, which can be seen in low hills of 400 meters to higher mountains of about 1800 meters.
Flower tail hazel chicken has high nutritional value, known as "heavenly dragon meat", as early as the Qianlong period was listed as a tribute to the royal family, known as "the year tribute bird". It is a traditional hunting bird and export rare bird in China, its feathers can be made of arts and crafts, and most of the down feathers can be used as a filling to withstand the cold.
Hazel chicken is a kind of artificial breeding rare birds that have emerged in recent years, and now a pound in the north can sell for 300 yuan, only a few people are artificially raised, there are very few in the market, and hazelnut chickens weigh less, adult chickens weigh about 400 grams, coupled with its nutritional value, hazelnut breeding prospects are generally promising.
Breeding of hazelnut chickens
The breeding of hazelnuts should be selected in a place where there is no pollution, the terrain is high, the drainage is good, and the leeward is sunny. Pay attention to the feeding density and time of hazelnut chickens, the feed is mainly grains, the protein level can not be less than 16%, and add 1% to 2% of crude fiber to the feed, and pay attention to the full-price balance of nutrients in the feed.
Hazel chickens are relatively simple to raise, and the daily management work should be done well in feeding, cleaning and hygiene, disinfection and epidemic prevention, and keep the feeding environment quiet.
Editor: He Peng
Editor: Zhang Cheng