Gushi eggs are a specialty of Gushi County, Xinyang City, Henan Province. "Gushi Benevolent Egg" has occupied the national market for its high quality, delicious taste, nutrition and nourishment, and has obtained the national "green food" certification and "mark of origin" certification.
Gushi County is located at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces and is a national ecological demonstration zone. The unique natural environment here has created a local chicken breed that is well-known at home and abroad - "Gushi Chicken", so it has " "Gushi Chicken" is named after "Gushi County", and "Gushi County" is famous because of "Gushi Chicken". Live chickens and fresh eggs were used as court tributes during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They began to be exported to Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia in the 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, they were designated as special commodities for Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. "Gushi Chicken" "King of China's native chickens" and "Gushi eggs" are known as the "ace eggs". At the same time, testing and analysis by the China Green Food Development Center and the Food College of China Agricultural University showed that the contents of various aromatic substances in Gushi chicken and Gushi eggs were significantly higher than those in the control varieties; they have anti-aging, enhanced immunity, and improved cardiovascular and cerebrovascular properties. The content of taurine, a nourishing factor that promotes intellectual development and other functions, is more than three times higher than that of the control variety; no drug residues were detected.
In recent years, Sangao Gushi Chicken Company has led farmers in the Dabie Mountains to use the vast hillsides, woodlands, wastelands, and pastures to establish natural breeding parks to carry out ecological breeding of Gushi chickens, allowing the chickens to freely Foraging for small insects, grass, wild fruits, seeds, etc., and supplementing with raw grains appropriately, the "Gushi Chicken" and "Gushi Eggs" produced have occupied the national market for their high quality, delicious taste, nutrition and nourishment, and have won the national " Green Food" certification and "Mark of Origin" certification, and "Gushi Chicken" certification trademark registration. Eggs are harvested as soon as they are laid to prevent contamination and damage. In summer, eggs should be prevented from being bitten by mosquitoes and delivered to the collection point within 2 days. In spring and autumn, eggs should be delivered within 5 days, and in winter, eggs should be delivered within 7 days to ensure freshness. At present, raising Gushi chickens and selling Gushi eggs has become the main way to help farmers get rid of poverty and become rich, promote the adjustment of rural industrial structure, accelerate the pace of building a new socialist countryside, and effectively promote the development of county economy.