Rebuilding Tuyen Hoa hill chicken

Published Sep 16, 2024

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The article highlights the efforts of the Tuyen Hoa Agricultural Service Center in Quang Binh, Vietnam, to revive the local hill chicken breed, which is at risk of extinction due to the popularity of hybrid and industrial chickens. The center has partnered with local households to implement free-range chicken farming models, providing them with over 10,000 chickens and technical expertise. The article features one family that has successfully raised hill chickens, selling them at a profit, and another family that has adopted a comprehensive farming approach, including hill chicken rearing, fish farming, and cultivation of agarwood and flowers. The article emphasizes the need for disease prevention in chicken flocks and highlights the high-quality meat and consumer demand for hill chickens, indicating a promising market for this revived breed.
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Previously, the localities in the hilly areas of Tuyen Hoa district (Quang Binh) were quite famous for their hill chickens (roughly understood as local chickens that are raised freely on the hills), with the "standards" of firm, sweet and fragrant meat. From this breed of chicken, the famous "Lac Son chicken rice" dish was created for passengers on market trains and Thong Nhat trains (at that time). In recent years, hybrid chickens and industrial chickens with the advantage of using industrial feed to grow quickly, weighing 2-3kg each when sold, have caused the hill chicken breed to gradually fade away and be at risk of losing its breed. In order to revive and develop the "Tuyen Hoa hill chicken" brand, Tuyen Hoa Agricultural Service Center has cooperated with households in implementing models of raising hill chickens. Mr. Tran Van Can, Director of the Center, said that he has linked up with nearly 100 households in 5 communes including Son Hoa, Duc Hoa, Le Hoa, Dong Hoa and ...
Source: Agriculture
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