At present, there are Ma Qingyuan Ma Chicken, Green Pepper Chicken, Yinxiang Ma Chicken, Xihe Ma Chicken, Ma Chongren Ma Chicken and Huaibei Ma Chicken. Compared with ordinary chickens, Ma chicken has smaller body, compact forebody, longer feathers and thinner head and feet, so it should be mainly stocked and avoided in captivity.
Native chicken, also known as grass chicken and stupid chicken, is domesticated from ancient times and has never been bred through any hybridization and optimization. Long-term use of natural foraging or combined with roughage feeding has strong field foraging and survival ability.
Morphological characteristics of Qingyuan partridge chicken
The appearance characteristics of Qingyuan Maji can be summarized as "one wedge, two thinness and three hemp bodies". Wedge refers to a wedge-like shape with a compact front and a round back. Second, thin fingers and thin feet. Three hemp bodies mean that the back feathers of hens mainly have three colors: jute, brown hemp and brown hemp.
There is a white hairband with a width of about 4 mm on both sides of the back feather of the hatched chicken, which disappears after molting for the first time, which is a unique symbol of Ma Qing original chicken.
The average weight of roosters is 2.18kg, with a maximum of 2.85kg. The average weight of hens is1.75kg, with a maximum of 2.5kg..