Native to the United Kingdom, the noblewoman chicken is one of the top 8 chicken breeds introduced in China, with certain ornamentality, and has been listed in the "National Inventory of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Varieties (2021 Edition)". As for why the noble concubine chicken is not raised, the fundamental reason is that the earning power is significantly lower than that of ordinary chickens, and the following is analyzed from different dimensions.
1. Poor egg laying performance. The annual egg production of the guifei chicken is 150-180 pieces, and the average egg weight is 40 grams. Ordinary chickens produce 280-310 eggs per year, and the eggs weigh 60-64 grams.
2. Small size. The weight of the noble chicken is 2-3 pounds, and the weight of ordinary chickens is more than 4 pounds.
3, slow growth rate. The noble concubine chicken takes about 90 days to leave the pen, and the white feather broiler chicken takes about 40 days to leave the pen.
4, feed remuneration is poor. The feed-meat ratio of guifei chicken is about 3.2:1, and the feed-meat ratio of ordinary chicken is usually 2-2.3:1.
5. Narrow sales channels. The market demand for guifei chicken is small, and it is necessary for chicken farmers to find their own market to sell chickens. Ordinary chickens have mature sales channels, and usually chicken farmers can sell chickens at home.
In summary, due to the low production efficiency of guifei chickens, high breeding costs, narrow sales channels, coupled with the inability to sell high prices, ornamental can not increase income, so few people raise.
In short, capital is the most sensitive, because it is difficult to make money by breeding noble concubine chickens, so everyone goes to raise ordinary chickens that are easy to make money. As for some people on the Internet who advocate that the guifei chicken can make a lot of money, purely for the purpose of selling seeds, everyone should polish their eyes.