What are the precious game fowl breeds in China?

Game fowl, also known as fighting chicken, biting chicken, or military chicken, has a history of 4,000 years in China. Game fowl is a chicken breed used by the people for ornamental entertainment, and only after long-term artificial domestication and selection did it form a breed with very strong fighting ability. So what game fowl breeds are there? Let's find out together.

1. Central Plains game fowl

Central Plains game fowl is mainly distributed in the eastern Henan, northern Anhui, and southwestern Shandong areas of the Huang-Huai Plain. This breed of game fowl has a beautiful appearance, a neat build, stable heredity, tenacious fighting spirit, and fast, accurate, and fierce leg strikes, making its fights highly entertaining to watch.

2. Turpan game fowl

In the past, a folk entertainment activity in Turpan was cockfighting, which then spread to Ili, Aksu, Kashgar, and other places, and was very popular in Xinjiang at that time. Turpan game fowl is tall with strong legs and a long neck, a thick short beak, well-developed chest muscles, large eyes and a small comb, and is extremely aggressive. Moreover, the more it is raised, the better it becomes, and it is famous at home and abroad for being brave and skilled in battle, even defeating the world's most famous Thai game fowl.

3. Xishuangbanna game fowl

Xishuangbanna game fowl was formed in Yunnan from Luxi game fowl that migrated along with settlers and differentiated there. Through long-term domestication and feeding by the local people, it gradually developed into a game fowl with a unique body type. Xishuangbanna game fowl is widely raised among the people and is a rare poultry breed with a long history in China. It has now been included in the national-level list of major livestock and poultry breed resources for protection.

4. Zhangzhou game fowl

Zhangzhou game fowl is mainly produced in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It is an ornamental chicken breed mainly used for fighting and has the characteristics of being lean, tough, and sturdy, daring to fight and being good at fighting. It is mainly distributed in Tianbao, Zhishan, Shiting, and Punan towns in Xiangcheng District, as well as in overseas Chinese hometowns such as Xiamen, Jinjiang, and Shantou. In 2000, Zhangzhou game fowl was included in the national-level list of livestock and poultry breed resources for protection.

5. Luxi game fowl

Luxi game fowl originated in the Juancheng and Chengwu areas of Heze region in Shandong Province. Adult Luxi game fowl has a hawk beak, goose neck, tall legs, and an ostrich-like body, with full muscles and a compact, sturdy physique. The rooster has well-developed chest muscles, a long neck and tall legs, and tail feathers held high, with a handsome and majestic posture. It has the characteristics of being agile in movement, beautiful in appearance, naturally fond of fighting, and preferring death to submission. It is a precious ornamental chicken breed unique to China and is deeply loved by people.

6. Huatai game fowl

Huatai game fowl is a breed developed by crossbreeding China's Central Plains game fowl and Thai game fowl, followed by multiple generations of purification and selective breeding. It has a medium body size, a long neck, and tall legs. It not only inherits the ferocity of the Central Plains game fowl but also has the tenacity and cleverness of the Thai game fowl. Its beak pecking, wing striking, and claw kicking all have very strong attacking power, especially with its claws. After seeing blood, its fighting spirit becomes even fiercer, and it has characteristics such as fighting well and never surrendering.

Among these game fowl breeds, Zhangzhou game fowl, together with Central Plains game fowl, Turpan game fowl, and Xishuangbanna game fowl, are collectively known as China's four great game fowl. Compared with other chicken breeds, game fowl is relatively rare, and if this kind of chicken is to have very strong fighting ability, it must be well raised from a young age. Regarding game fowl breeds, is there anything you would like to add?

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