What are the characteristics of Gushi chicken?

Gushichicken is a dual-purpose local variety.

Gushi chicken has been raised locally for thousands of years. According to the Records of Gushi County, Gushi Chicken was presented to the court as a tribute during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Superior ecological conditions, rich natural biological resources, people's traditional poultry habits and inconvenient transportation in the past made it difficult for foreign chickens to enter, which promoted the formation of Gushi chicken breeds. Gushi chicken was officially listed in the local excellent livestock and poultry breeds of Henan Province when it was first investigated in Henan Province in 1980s.

Gushi chicken is an excellent dual-purpose variety, which has the characteristics of strong foraging ability, roughage resistance, strong disease resistance and stress resistance, more eggs, good meat and egg quality, stable genetic performance and so on, and has a good market.