Originally a kind of chicken to support the ancient king, now the sugarcane chickens, after being thoroughly nurtured and raised to a weight of 3 – 4 kg, have become specialties in the land of “two kings”.
Chicken “eunuch” price of silver million still burns every year end
Cane chicken is a famous specialty in Duong Lam commune (Son Tay – Hanoi), but few people know that this type of sugarcane chicken after being taken “millet” from a young age and nurtured becomes even more valuable. .Recorded at a chicken breeding point of Doai Phuong cooperative in Duong Lam commune, thousands of “eunuchs” roosters are preparing to be released from the barn for the Lunar New Year.Mr. Truong (staff) is busy taking care of chickens, sharing: “Chicken eunuch is a fun way to imagine, here we often call castrated rooster. This is an ancient specialty for To the king’s bow, now every time the village makes a sacrifice, we use this kind of chicken “.According to Mr. Truong, castrated chickens are chickens whose testicles have been removed to limit the “male” character but develop good fat, especially shiny, eye-catching feathers.“There are two ways of castration, that is castration when young (castration) and castration when the chicken is grown (castration). Here when the chickens are about 70 – 80 days old, after having fully prevented diseases such as: blood germs, avian flu …, we choose the most healthy and dominant chickens in the herd to do the castration method “, – Mr. Truong said.Mr. Truong shared that castration of chickens usually takes place around April – 5 of the lunar calendar, at this time the weather is warm and there is already rice, less sick chickens, growing fast.According to Nguyen Huy Ba – Director of Doai Phuong Cooperative, castrated roosters here are raised entirely by paddy, corn and grains. In addition, there are worms, crickets, crabs, snails …“The characteristic of this chicken is that the feathers are always smooth and shiny, the crest is short because there is no sex like a normal chicken”, – Mr. Ba shared.The legs of the chicken “eunuch” are very yellow and the highlight is that 2 rows of red thread on both sides are easy to recognize.After being about 11 months old, chickens weighing 3 – 4 kg will be sold for sale, prices range from 450 – 500,000 VND / kg, even more than 1 million VND / kg for big, beautiful chickens. Although the price is many times more expensive than normal chicken, according to Mr. Ba, many customers now order food and gifts for this Tet holiday.Inside, chicks have been reared to serve the needs of the market for the following year.
