![]() However, this is very different because they are very calm, friendly and qualify to be raised as pets. Temperament and Hardinessĭong Tao chicken can intimidate you and scare you easily because of their huge body size. Because these birds are highly sourced more than the supply, they are very expensive to buy. The body is held high on the long feet making these chooks tall with a heavy body that has thick muscles covered in feathers.Īccording to sources, Dong Tao hens are white while the roosters have some colorful feathers. Their knees are awkward as they don’t pop out but instead cave in giving them a funny posture and an awkward walking style. On each dragon chicken foot, there are four thick toes that are well spaced. ![]() They have big legs that are red and featherless. Eye color is mostly bay but this may vary between individual birds. The beak is short, strong and of a cone shape and of a yellow or horn color. The comb, wattles, dewlap and earlobes are deep red in color. They are different because they have a long dewlap that sags loose on the neck. These birds have a small rose comb, large wattles and earlobes. This huge chicken is heavy and mature late at 8 to 12 months than other chickens that reach sexual or market weight at 22 to 24 weeks. These chooks are huge and have thick dragon legs which have the same thickness as the human wrist. Features of the Dong Tao chickenĭong Tao chickens are very unique and different from many other known chicken breeds. ![]() These chickens were also valued as a unique delicacy with their meat being used to prepare different types of Vietnamese cuisines that could sell at high prices.Ĭhicken Dong Tao were sometimes back bred exclusively to be served to the royal family and the mandarins. The huge feet with these chickens provide maximum stability and power when fending off other roosters in chicken fighting competitions. Some chicken enthusiasts raised Dong Tao roosters for cock fighting and showing where they could earn a token after their birds won the competition. This giant chicken breed was raised as a dual purpose where it could offer much meat and lay a good number of eggs that could meet their demand. The people of Dong Tao named this giant chicken dragon after their village to demonstrate the love they had for it. It is one of the oldest known heritage chicken breed that has been domesticated to date. This rare Vietnamese chicken breed traces its origin in the village of Dong Tao, Khoai Chau District near the capital Hanoi in Vietnam. The merits of every bird should be assessed as they reach adulthood.9 Final Thoughts History of the Dong Tao chicken Any chick that lacks a beard or has any feathers on its legs should not be used in a breeding program. Thoroughly check each leg for the presence of feathers. It is very rare but it has happened that there was a chick that hatched without a beard. Hatching Eggs - When hatching eggs from this breed, check that every chick hatches with a beard. At any rate, our recent import from a champion bloodline offers Americans the opportunity to encounter for the first time in centuries the authentic French Crevecoeur, a beautiful breed whose status is designated as Critical by the Livestock Conservancy. Occasionally we’ll hatch a chick that doesn’t have the requisite feather beard, but these are infrequently encountered and shouldn’t be a problem to address with a structured breeding program. Weirdly, the written American standard for this breed specifies a red earlobe while in France it is well established that the preferred color is whitish or a color that loosely translates as “mother-of-pearl blue.” Our birds follow the French standard. We have both black and blue Creves, and the colors and personalities of the birds are quite attractive and endearing. We have been told by a Creve expert that it has been more than a century since new bloodlines of this rare breed have arrived from France, but in 2017 Greenfire Farms imported Creves from one of the top exhibition-breeders in their native country. On a practical level they’re known for the tastiness of their delicate flesh, but on an aesthetic level what is far more obvious are their beards and their unique horn-like combs. “Creves” as they are affectionately known originated near Normandy many hundreds of years ago and arrived in the United States probably in the 1800s. Although the breed’s French name literally translates as “broken heart,” you will have anything but if you’re lucky enough to raise this ancient fowl. ![]()
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