Information about chickens

Chicken is the most common poultry raised by human beings. Domestic chickens originated from pheasants, and their domestication history was at least about 4000 years, but it was not until about 1800 that chickens and eggs became mass-produced commodities. Pheasant belongs to Pheretima 1 species. Also known as Camellia chicken. As the ancestor of domestic chicken, it is now produced in China, Yunnan, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Hainan Province. Southeast Asia, India, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra Island in Indonesia are also distributed. The original chicken is about the size of a domestic chicken. There is a crown on the head and a pair of pendulums on the throat, which is the uniqueness of this genus. Different colors. The color of male feathers is very similar to that of domestic cocks. The most striking difference is that the feathers on the head and neck are long, narrow and pointed, with dark red in front and golden yellow in the back. These slender feathers extend backward from the neck and cover the front of the back, which is more gorgeous than domestic chickens. The tail feathers and the feathers on the tail are all black, with metallic green reflections, and the bottom of the feathers is white, which is particularly obvious when flying. Females are similar to domestic hens, smaller in size and shorter in tail than males. The head and neck are dark brown and reddish; The neck feather is also very long, with dark brown shaft and golden yellow feather edge. Living in the dense forest in tropical and subtropical mountainous areas, I often go to the fields on the edge of the forest to forage for plant seeds, buds, grains and so on. They also eat insects and other small animals. The bird's nest is located in a slightly concave place on the ground, covered with fallen leaves and weeds. In southern Yunnan, spawning began in February, and reached its climax from March to May, and some of them lasted until 10. Pheasant is 1 species pheasant. Also known as pheasant, pheasant, pheasant, ring-necked pheasant and neck pheasant. In China, it is distributed all over the country except most of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Hainan Province. Body length is 90 ~ 100 cm.

Each nest lays 6 ~ 14 eggs, and generally, 2 nests are hatched 1 year. There are 19 pheasant subspecies in China.