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With so many chicken breeds, which one is best to raise?

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Chicken breeds are divided into standard breeds, commercial breeds and local breeds. What people generally raise now are commercial breeds. Standard breeds such as White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red are used only as breeding material and are no longer referred to in commercial breeding. Commercial chicken breeds are products selected and named by breeding companies, such as Lohmann Brown and Hy-Line White. Modern commercial breeds are characterized by breed specialization, high production performance, and the fact that commercial chickens are mostly hybrids. Modern commercial breeds mainly derive from a few standard breeds, such as White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and White Plymouth Rock, but the

Chicken breeds are divided into standard breeds, commercial breeds and local breeds. What people generally raise now are commercial breeds. Standard breeds such as White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red are used only as breeding material and are no longer referred to in commercial breeding. Commercial chicken breeds are products selected and named by breeding companies, such as Lohmann Brown and Hy-Line White. Modern commercial breeds are characterized by breed specialization, high production performance, and the fact that commercial chickens are mostly hybrids. Modern commercial breeds mainly derive from a few standard breeds, such as White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and White Plymouth Rock, but the names of the standard breeds no longer matter to @#@230@#@, so chicken raisers are familiar with the commercial names of chickens and no longer consider their standard names.

Local breeds have their own characteristics. China has abundant local breed resources. The "Chronicle of Chinese Poultry Breeds" published in 1989 lists 27 local chicken breeds in China. These local chicken breeds each have their own characteristics and are extremely valuable genetic resources. The yellow-feathered broilers that have developed rapidly in recent years have made full use of the good meat quality of China's local chicken breeds.

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