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Want money to buy auspicious animals.

The zodiac sign for buying auspicious days of the zodiac is the zodiac chicken, because auspicious (chicken) is auspicious.

Chicken is a kind of poultry. Domestic chicken originated from wild chicken, and its domestication history was at least about 4000 years, but it was not until around 1800 that chicken and eggs became mass-produced commodities. The types of chickens are turkey, black-bone chicken, pheasant and so on. Moreover, chicken is also an animal sign in the 12 zodiac.

History:

China is the first country in the world to domesticate chickens, with a history of at least 4,000 years. In Hubei, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Gansu and other provinces, there are chicken bones or pottery chickens more than 4,000 years ago. China domestic chickens are domesticated from pheasants, and there are many excellent varieties, among which Huang and Langshan chickens are very famous.

Huang, also known as Pudong chicken, is a large broiler with yellow feathers, beak and feet, so it is also called Sanhuang chicken. Nine catties yellow, huge in size and delicious in meat, so it is welcomed by people all over the world and has played a great role in improving domestic chicken breeds in the world. It was first introduced to Britain in 1843 and imported to the United States in 1847.

American rock chicken is a cross between nine catties of yellow from China and 1865 black and white spotted American chicken. The Japanese introduced China chicken in the Sui Dynasty, and at the end of the curtain, they introduced nine catties of Shanghai yellow chicken to cultivate the famous Nagoya egg and meat chicken. Langshan chicken is mainly produced in Jiangsu, with strong disease resistance and developed dairy chickens.

1872 was introduced into Britain, and the famous British breed, Opington Chicken, was bred by crossing Langshan Chicken with local chicken. Later, Langshan chicken was imported to the United States and Germany. It can be seen that the ancient domestic chicken breeds in China had a great influence on the world.