The need for chicken meat among the population has always existed. With its low calorie content, this product is an excellent source of animal protein.
Not for nothing, many athletes, while avoiding chemical substitutes, eagerly eat natural chicken meat.
Kuchinsky Anniversary Chicken can be used as a meat product, and as a source of homemade eggs, which have remarkable taste.
A breed of Kuchinsky Anniversary Chickens was created in the postwar years of the last century. The tribal generation was created by crossing New Hampshire, Australorp, Rhode Island, Plymouth, these breeds were already deservedly successful, but the Kuchinsky hens only had to conquer the vastness of the target markets.
To derive a new population, roosters were brought from the Oryol region, which completed the crossing process.
Having incorporated the positive genetic characteristics of many breeds, the Kuchinsky Anniversary Chickens are a great meat product. The eggs that this breed carries also have excellent quality.
Breed description Kuchinsky Jubilee
Kuchinsky Anniversary chickens are meat-like type. They have an elongated, deep torso, the back is set horizontally, the chest is arched. Such external features give them become and pride.
They are perfectly adapted to different climatic conditions, including the harsh Russian winters. There are two types of these hens: brown and golden.
In cocks, the plumage in the area of the back and neck is colored dark red. In the rays of sunlight, they look very impressive. The tail and chest are black.
In these hens, the head is of medium size, the comb has leaf-like outlines. Eyes - large, red - yellow. Beak - elongated, yellow, legs - strong, small, with a yellowish tinge. Plumage - loose.
Features
Already at three months old chicks go to slaughter. Their mass at this time reaches about one and a half kg. The meat of the Kuchinsky Anniversary Chickens is very tender, juicy and tasty.
The soup, boiled out of it, turns out rich and fragrant. This is a great option for stews, but roasted meat will not leave indifferent any gourmet.
From the fourth month on, the chick growth process is suspended, and further breeding of the breed becomes impractical. Chickens begin to carry eggs, and this product becomes very popular, as the eggs of Kuchinsky chickens are large and have excellent taste.
Chicken breed Kuchinsky Jubilee very calm and businesslike. With good care, they become peace-loving and tame, but zealously defend their territory, barely seeing a stranger on it.
Roosters are creepy owners and are ready to fight every time something threatens their girlfriends. There have been cases when roosters coped even with large rats, pecking them to death.
A photo
In the first photo you see a photo of a gray chicken Kuchinsky Jubilee, which is so conveniently settled on the feeder:
And here are chickens in their familiar surroundings:
In this photograph, the hen of the Kuchinsky Yubileinaya breed in a small poultry farm indoors:
Here are several individuals walking in the yard. They are trying to find food all the time:
And here the farm, preferring to breed chickens on the street:
Content and cultivation
The chickens of the Kuchinsky Yubileinaya breed are very fond of heat, so the room for them should be dry, bright and warm.
Before they have juvenile plumage, you need to maintain a stable, high temperature, which is much higher than in places for growing simple egg breeds.
In the first week, temperature indicators should preferably be kept at –30 ° C, in the next ten days the temperature can be lowered by 3–5 ° C, then by 5 ° C and by the time the chicks have reached the month, it should be stabilized at 20 ° C.
With proper feeding, chickens grow quickly, like leaps and bounds. A complete feed in the first days of life for them are protein products with the inclusion of vitamin and mineral supplements.
Boiled, finely chopped egg, millet porridge, millet, a week later - cottage cheese, grated carrots and greens, at the end of the month - boiled fish, potatoes and bread crumbs - make up the main diet of growing chickens. From the middle of the month, various cereals can be introduced into the diet.
When new foods are added to the diet, chickens can easily develop diarrhea. To avoid this, you can water the little chickens with a very weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Adult chickens can be kept in a wooden room in which the floor is desirable to straw. It is desirable that the building was ventilation, which will provide air circulation. In the room you can put a few boxes, which will be food and gravel.
Adult hens can serve themselves for several days, and on the weekend they can be eaten with boiled potatoes and food waste with the addition of dried greens and mixed fodder. Kuchinsky Anniversary chickens need to regularly stroll - fresh air fruitfully affects their condition.
Chickens are very fond of fresh, green grass and are able to independently find a source of food, if not limited to the walls of the chicken coop. Therefore, it is very beneficial to maintain this breed on large farm lands, where there is room for free movement.
Specifications
Reaching the age of one, the Kuchinsky Anniversary roosters weigh about 4 kg, and the hens - 3 kg. Chickens start laying eggs at seven months. For the year they are able to lay up to 200 eggs, and even more.
The egg shell has a brown color, and its weight varies around 60 g. Kuchinsky chickens can lay eggs from other hens, and they will not detect substitutions, safely incubating other people's eggs.
Meat quality Kuchinsky chickens are constantly improving, the breed is used to breed broilers. But if chickens develop in one direction, another suffers. Chicken bred for meat can no longer be used for elevated egg-laying.
Where can I buy in Russia?
In the Moscow region in the city of Balashikha is located GoslemptitsezavodKuchinsky"which is breeding Kuchinsky Anniversary chickens."
Contact numbers: +7 (495) 521-68-18, +7 (495) 521-68-18. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 143900, Moscow region, Balashikha city, Novaya street, 7.
Analogs
Kuchinsky Anniversary Chickens are similar Poltava and Zagorsky Salmon Chicken. Egg production is similar, meat quality is also excellent. Carelessness in the care makes these breeds no less popular and in demand among the population.
Another meat breed of chickens is Langshan. This breed was specially bred for meat.If you are not familiar with columnar apple varieties, then you have lost a lot. Here is described in detail about them.
To try your hand at housekeeping, it’s better to start a useful business with breeding Kuchinsky Anniversary Chickens. Their main advantages: unpretentiousness, fecundity, endurance - will make this process easy and enjoyable.
Perhaps this will be the beginning of future farming activities. But even if the owner does not make an excellent farmer, there will be a wonderful experience that allows you to start all over again in the future.
