Because compared with the yellow-footed chicken, the chicken feet of the black-footed chicken are black or dark blue, while the chicken feet of the yellow-footed chicken are yellow. The meat and skin of black-footed chicken are white, and the meat and skin of yellow-footed chicken are yellow.

Black-footed chicken, also known as green-footed chicken, is a native chicken series in Hubei and Hunan. The whole chicken is ingot-shaped, with a single straight crown, bright red feathers and black-green tail feathers. Its main characteristics are: the feet are green and the legs are thin, the seedling pit is small, and the growth period is 120 days.

The muscles, viscera and peritoneum of black-footed chickens are all black, while the muscles of yellow-footed chickens are generally yellow. The comb of a black-footed chicken is bigger than that of a yellow-footed chicken.