Free-Range Native Chicken: Low Investment, High Profit, and a Breakdown of Rearing Characteristics

Raising free-range native chickens saves basic construction investment and feed, reduces pests and diseases, and the chicken manure can also fertilize the garden and improve the soil, enhancing the quality and grade of products such as fruit, tea and bamboo. What is more, the profit is high: the price per chicken and per egg is more than 1 times higher than that of fast-growing large broilers, and 4 to 8 yuan per kilogram higher than that of confined Sanhuang chickens. Hens begin laying after 6 months of age, and the profit per kilogram of eggs is about 7 yuan higher than that of ordinary eggs.