Xide County has a long history of breeding silky chickens and silky capons. In recent years, relying on scientific production technology regulations, Xide County has vigorously promoted and developed the mountainous silky capon industry. Up to now, , almost all the Yi families in the towns of Xide Mountain and Gaoer Banshan are breeding silky capons.
Mountain Silky Chicken and Mountain Silky Capon are unique livestock products in Xide County and are highly favored by the market. In recent years, relying on scientific production technical regulations, Xide County has vigorously promoted and developed the mountainous black-bone capon industry. Up to now, almost all Yi families in Xide Gaoshan and Gaoerbanshan townships are breeding black-bone capons.
Xide County has a long history of breeding silky chickens and black-bone capons. According to the ancient "Selected Folk Literature of the Yi People in Xide County, Liangshan Prefecture", "the roosters are red and the hens are round. Chickens are used for weddings, funerals, and sacrifices. Roosters are used to fight enemies, hens are used to revive souls, and capons are used to entertain guests."
The reporter visited the market and learned that broiler chickens cost 7 or 8 yuan per catty, native chickens cost 12 or 13 yuan per catty, silky chickens cost 17 or 18 yuan per catty, and silky capons cost 28 or 28 yuan per catty. 29 yuan. It's the same chicken, why are the prices so different?
It turns out that broiler chickens are artificially bred and fed with feed; native chickens, commonly known as domestic chickens, are chickens that are hatched by hens and fed with grain or feed; silky chickens are Chickens that are hatched from pure black-bone eggs by hens and fed with pure agricultural products; and black-bone capons are chickens that are carefully raised after being castrated when the black-bone rooster reaches about one pound. It is characterized by fresh and tender meat. It is delicious, has all the high-quality characteristics of other chickens, and even has certain medicinal effects, so it is very popular among consumers.
Establishing a silky chicken production base has been Xide County’s wish and dream for many years! As early as 2000, the county party committee and government proposed the establishment of a silky chicken production base, and built a natural stone monument "Xide County Silky Chicken Production Base" at the junction of Xide and Mianning. However, for many years, Xide's silky chicken breeding has always been in a "small-scale" state and has not achieved scale.
Since 2007, the Xide County Party Committee and County Government have regarded the establishment of a silky chicken production base as an important event to promote agricultural income, and listed it as the "Three Three Ones" of the County Party Committee One of the projects clearly proposes to launch a silky chicken brand, develop ecological capons, and build a million-dollar silky capon production base.
“Use every penny wisely and make every penny work.” The county made full use of the country’s industrialization poverty alleviation fund of 500,000 yuan and carried out careful planning based on the actual situation. , and regarded it as a real project to enrich the people, promptly allocated 300,000 yuan of funds to establish a pollution-free ecological black-bone capon base, and at the same time registered the "Shandi Brand" poultry and livestock trademark first.
Through fruitful work, the county has selected 600 project farmers in 7 project villages in 7 key towns in the county, focusing on 5 towns in the ecological capon production area. It radiates to 24 towns and villages in the county, using self-hatching, self-raising or raising de-warmed chicks to produce and develop ecological capons.
Up to now, Xide County has distributed 200,000 ecological capons to each township. There are currently 262,850 chickens of various types in stock. Through breeding and selling, the county will have 200,000 ecological capons by the end of the year It is estimated that more than 200,000 pure silky capons alone will be sold. At present, the County Animal Husbandry Bureau’s breeding farm raises 50 breeder chickens, grows 30 acres of supporting grass, and has established demonstration production ecological capons with more than 1,000 birds. And 600 households were selected as ecological capon demonstration households in Bo Zhen of Lianghekou, Zhongba of Luji Township, Ziha of Beishan Township, Yuejin of Hebo Township, and Luofa of Mianshan Town, and each household carried out supporting planting of forage. One acre, build a pen of 10 square meters, and demonstrate the breeding of 40 ecological capons.
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