What is the difference between a house style chicken and a wild chicken?

The domestic chicken belongs to the class Ornithischia, chicken-shaped, pheasantidae. It is domesticated from the original chicken for a long time, and there are many varieties, such as Laihang chicken, white lock, nine catties yellow, Australian black, etc. Some of the biological traits of birds remain the same, such as being able to fly, being accustomed to foraging everywhere, and constantly moving.

Keen hearing, keen daytime vision, neurotic characteristics, and a wide range of appetites.

There are four species of raw chickens in the world. The black-tailed jungle pheasant is found in Sri Lanka, the grey jungle chicken is found in western and southern India, the green-collar jungle chicken inhabits Java, Indonesia, and the red jungle chicken is the most widely distributed, from Indochina Peninsula to eastern and northern India, from Yunnan in China, southern Guangxi in Guangdong, and Hainan Island to Sumatra, Indonesia.

Among the four types of chickens, only the red junglecock has a similar plumage color to the domestic chicken, and the other three species of the chicken have a feather color that is far from the domestic chicken, and the call is also very special, and it is difficult to breed in captivity. Therefore, it is generally believed that the ancestor of domestic chickens is not these three kinds of raw chickens, but red jungle chickens.

Regarding the ** of chickens in our country, some information is said to have been introduced from India. This erroneous statement may have been influenced by Darwin. As Darwin said in his book "The Variation of Plants and Animals in Domestic Production":

In India, the domestication of chickens was before the completion of the Manu Code, around 1200 BC, but some believe that it was only in 800 BC. Elsewhere in the book, Darwin declared, based on an Encyclopedia of China: "The chicken is the wattle of the West, introduced to the East (referring to China) by a dynasty in 1400 BC."

> Darwin does not mention the title of the Chinese Encyclopedia on which he is based, but it was published in 1609, and in another place in the book it is in 1596years of publication. The Compendium of Materia Medica, known in the West as the "Ancient Encyclopedia of the Middle Eye", was published in 1596, but there is no record of it in the book.

Moreover, the more famous Chinese "Shulu Chicken" published in 1609, especially "Shulu Chicken".

Under normal circumstances, the chicken feathers of pheasants will be finer and softer than those of chickens, and the hairs will be more compact and lush, and they will also turn yellow, but the chicken feathers of chickens will be much looser than those of native chickens, and the chicken feathers will be more sparse and whiter in color. After plucking the chicken feathers, the pheasant and the chicken can be distinguished from the color at a glance, just pick a little chicken feathers to judge, if you really don't know, find two chickens to compare the color of the chicken skin next time you will have experience.

There is also a big difference between domestic chickens and pheasants in appearance, the body size and class of chickens are in a moderate state, the appearance is delicate, the body is long, the head is small, the skeleton is relatively large, the shape of the cockscomb is diverse, the hen is warped, the rooster has a long tail, and the claws are short and straight, which is obviously different from the hen.

The living environment of domestic chickens and wild chickens is different, and the living environment of wild chickens is more harsh, and there is a danger of eating at any time, so they have exercised strong leg muscles and flying ability. As a result, wild chickens have a higher lean meat content than domestic chickens.

These two types of chickens eat different food and feed, domestic chickens are more nutritious, because they eat a lot of feed, wild chickens are relatively large and have flexible muscles.

In fact, there will be a big difference in the quality of this meat, because the chickens raised at home are fatter, and the wild chickens are healthier.

First of all, there is a difference in body size, domestic chickens are fatter, while wild chickens are thinner; The second is the difference in taste, the domestic chicken is more tender, while the wild chicken often exercises, so their meat is more chai; As well as the difference in flight ability, the wings of domestic chickens have degraded and cannot fly, while the flying ability of wild chickens is still very good.

Pheasants and domestic chickens are different: pheasants and domestic chickens are not the same in quality, and the breeds are not the same; Pheasants are like birds, and domestic chickens are birds; Pheasants are smaller in size and not as large as domestic chickens, and pheasant roosters have long tails; Pheasants can fly higher and farther in the air when alarmed, and pheasants are one of the most popular wild foods eaten by Chinese people. The pheasant meat is the fattest and tender in autumn and winter every year, and it is also the best as a supplement; The nutritional content of pheasants is similar to that of domestic chickens, but the protein content is high, reaching %, and all are high-quality proteins; The fat content is much lower than that of domestic chickens.

In addition, pheasants are also higher in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements than domestic animals.

Domestic chickens eat feed, there is no nutritional value, wild chickens eat insects, and perennial exercise, the meat will be more delicious.

There is a big difference between the size of domestic chickens and wild chickens, domestic chickens will be fat, and they are very large, and their feet are very thick, while wild chickens will be a little thinner, its feet will be very small, and the foot grip is very thin and fine, and there is the difference in feathers, wild chickens have very fine feathers, and the color of domestic chicken feathers is not good-looking, no luster.

Because pheasants are free-range and eat healthier food, they are better than domestic chickens, and they differ as follows.

1. Body type. The pheasant is relatively small, but its wings are much larger than that of the chicken, because people fly now!

2. Coat color. Pheasant is also known as colorful pheasant, and the color of natural chicken feathers is colorful, so there is still a value to be appreciated. The average domestic chicken is yellow with black hair.

3. Action. Pheasants are agile and flying, and their vigilance is particularly high, while domestic chickens are accustomed to a free and easy living environment and are generally not vigilant against people.

4. Taste. The meat of pheasant meat is firm, chewy to eat, and has a lot less water than domestic chicken, so it has a very chai texture.

1. Different body sizes and sizes.

Pheasants are smaller in size, while domestic chickens are generally raised larger because of breeding and economic needs, and the pheasant rooster tail is very long, while the domestic rooster rooster tail is not so long.

2. The quality and ability are different.

Although domestic chickens and pheasants are both chickens, many of the skills of domestic chickens have been degraded because of long-term captivity. Pheasants, like birds, can fly higher and farther in the air when alarmed, and are more agile. Chickens, on the other hand, will only squat on the spot when they are frightened.

It has completely degraded the ability to fly, and it seems to be sluggish in every way.

3. The meat has different nutrition and taste.

The nutritional content of pheasants is similar to that of domestic chickens, but the protein content is high, reaching %, and all are high-quality proteins; The fat content is much lower than that of domestic chickens. In addition, pheasants are also higher in calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements than domestic chickens. In terms of taste, the meat of pheasants is much more tender than that of domestic chickens, and it is the most eaten game in China.

Domestic chickens evolved from pheasants. After the chickens join the family. The living environment has been subversively changed.

From the original full, hungry, and dependent on the sky to eat. It has become a worry-free food and clothing. Sit back and enjoy it.

Breeders, from the original food supplement to leisure and entertainment, this makes the observant chickens are retained and reproduced, and the unfavored ones are cooked. Over time, the pheasant changed from the original image to the current image of the domestic chicken.

Pheasants live in the wild, feed on the sky for a full meal, eat a full meal and rely on the weather, the content of fat and protein in the substances they eat is very low, or even zero, and they are constantly running in order to forage for food, and in order to reduce the resistance of the air during the flight. Therefore, the head becomes long, the body is slender, and the legs become tall and slender when taking off to help run.

First, the morphological characteristics are different.

1. Raw chicken: the feathers on the back of the neck and upper back are spear-shaped, extra-thin and long, covering the entire back and the surface of the two wings; These spear feathers are measured from the base of the nape of the neck and are up to 150 mm long. They are dark red at the base, while mostly golden-orange, with distinct shaft stripes on each feather, white in the front and brown in the rear.

2. Chicken defeat and filial piety: small body, thin head and thin feet, yellow mouth, yellow feet, yellow fur. The rooster has a single crown, and the crown and beard are large and bright red. The beak is short and broad, brownish-yellow, the neck feathers, saddle feathers, sickle feathers are golden yellow, the back feathers and wing feathers are dark yellow or reddish-yellow, and the thorax and ventral feathers are pale yellow.

Second, the habits of life are not the same.

1. Raw chickens: In addition to the breeding period, they often live in groups, mostly in small groups of 3-5 or 6-7, and sometimes they are also the first to form large groups of 10-20. Alert and timid, he quickly burrows into the forest or bushes to escape when he sees people or hears sounds, and when he is in danger, he also flutters his wings and flies, each time he flies tens of meters to hundreds of meters away, and continues to abscond after landing.

Perched in the trees at night.

2. Domestic chickens: poor cold resistance. The hatching chicks, the body temperature is lower than the adult chickens 3, it takes 10 days to reach normal body temperature, and the chick fluff is short and thin, can not keep out the cold, so the adaptability to the environment is not strong, must rely on artificial insulation, the chicks can grow and develop normally.

Third, the distribution environment is different.

1. Pheasant: Pheasant is a tropical forest bird, mainly inhabiting tropical rainforests, evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests, mixed forests, secondary forests, bamboo forests, as well as forest edge shrubs, savanna grass slopes and other habitats in low mountains, hills and foothills below 2000 meters above sea level, and sometimes even appears on cultivated land near villages. I especially like to spend time in the bushes.

2. Chickens: mainly distributed in chicken coops, chicken coops require good insulation performance of ceilings and walls, and the ground is required to be cement and have a slight slope, so that it is easy to flush and disinfect, and the walls of the chicken coop should be equipped with inlet and outlet pores.

The morphology is different: the feathers on the back of the neck and back of the original chicken are spear-like dark red, and the feathers of domestic chickens are mostly dark yellow or reddish-yellow. Differences in habits:

The original chicken has strong cold resistance, alert temperament, timidity, poor cold resistance, mild temperament, and is not afraid of people. Distribution differences: Raw chickens are generally wild in low mountains and hills, while domestic chickens are raised in captivity in chicken coops.

1. Different forms

The feathers on the back of the neck and back of the original chicken are spear-shaped, very elongated, covering the entire back and wings, the base is dark red, and the rest of the body is golden-orange, while the feathers of the domestic chicken are mostly dark yellow or reddish-yellow, and the feathers on the belly and chest are yellow, and the body is on the small side.

2. Differences in habits

Raw chickens generally live in flocks, generally 3-5 or 6-7 gathered together, strong cold resistance, alert temperament, timid, will spread their wings and fly when encountering danger, and will perch on trees at night, while domestic chickens have poor cold resistance, relatively mild temperament, and are not afraid of people.

3. Distribution differences

The original chicken is a kind of tropical forest bird, mainly inhabits the low hills below 2000 meters above sea level, as well as the forest edge shrubs, savanna grass and other environments, and likes to move in the low bushes, while the domestic chicken is generally artificially bred in the chicken coop, and the range of activity is small.

4. Breeding methods

When raising chickens in captivity, it is necessary to carry out outdoor stocking after 1 month, choose a sunny, quiet, fertile and dry area as a stocking place, and it is more suitable to tea gardens, orchards and mulberry gardens, and the manure of chickens can also be used as fertilizer to improve economic benefits.

Before the reform and opening up, the livestock and poultry raised in the countryside were all native Chinese breeds, no hybridization, no improvement, only purification and rejuvenation, so their taste is authentic local flavor, is pure, is unique. The taste of authentic rural chicken has not changed. Native chickens in authentic rural areas are fed grain free-range.

Nowadays, there are too many free-range local chickens in the countryside, so it is difficult to buy authentic local chickens. The breeding pension board knows that the supply of local chickens in rural areas is in short supply, and scarcity is expensive. Therefore, many breeders buy local chickens to breed in large quantities, and they are fed with feed, not free-range.

Now as long as there is a large number of ** things, there is no pure, even if they raise a large number of ** poultry is not as pure as before, because there are too many chemical fertilizers and pesticide additives, the food eaten is not pure, and the real pure natural food is rarely exposed to ordinary people. There are two main types of such places:One is the hotel; The second is the farm

Needless to say, the eliminated laying hens are what you eat, and the recipe says "authentic farmer's little stupid chicken". As for the farm, even if it is free-range, it cannot meet the breeding conditions of farm chickens.

Today's native chickens have been improved in the first place, not the previous species; secondly, they should be fed, and only when they are older should they be fed; Third, today's so-called free-range breeding still has to be encircled, but the range of activities is larger, and you can't run casually, or you won't lose it. Nowadays, family chickens are not cost-effective because of their own breeding costs, low survival rate, labor-intensive and time-consuming, and not cost-effective, so they will choose to buy chicks from the market, resulting in impure genes, which is the so-called hybrid chicken, which is not as good as the taste of traditional chickens.

The chickens that are laid and hatched by local chickens are local chickens. As for the real local chickens, the hens can only grow to more than three catties and have no way to gain weight, and the bus will grow to more than four catties at most. Grow up for about half a year and a year, and when the children and grandchildren of the family come back for the New Year, they will kill several to eat, etc., etc., etc., etc.

If the local chicken is free-range, the growth will be slower, often foraging in the wild, often active, relatively speaking, the meat taste will be better, and the chicken eats synthetic nutrients, most of which are captive, so the taste will be relatively poor. And it's also different, local chickens are more expensive than domestic chickens.