The “eunuch” chicken costs up to a million per one, but it is still not enough to provide customers with their needs during Tet.

Cane chicken is considered a specialty of Duong Lam ancient village (Son Tay, Hanoi). Most especially, the castrated cocks of the cane breed – known as “eunuch” chickens with a very beautiful code. Near Tet, traders from all over the world flock here to buy to serve the needs of gifts at expensive prices.

The castrated rooster with its red crest, silky feathers, and good-quality meat is sought after by many people for Tet gifts.

The “eunuch” chickens attract customers because of their red crest, shiny feathers, golden legs, and juicy meat. According to an owner of a castrated rooster farm in Duong Lam, due to concerns about the poor purchasing power of the market, most chicken farmers have reduced the number of flocks, so the number of beautiful chickens is scarcer.

If the rooster usually costs only 90,000 – 120,000 VND/kg, the “eunuch” chicken costs 300,000 – 400,000 VND/kg, 3 times higher. Chickens raised from 10-11 months, weighing 3-3.5kg, cost about 350,000 VND/kg, and chickens weighing 4kg or more cost 400,000 – 500,000 VND/kg.($1=25,000 VND)

Not only undergoing special castration techniques and raising for twice as long as normal commercial chickens, “eunuch” chickens are also raised entirely with rice, corn, and cereals, supplemented with nutrients. nutrients and calcium by eating more worms, crickets, crabs, snails, and black soldier flies…

Castrated cocks must be selected from eggs, which are round eggs, for a high percentage of males, then incubated. Chicken eggs are incubated from January, after 60-70 days, choose healthy ones, outstanding in appearance and weight from 0.8-1kg, then castrated.

Castrated cocks have their testicles removed to limit their masculinity, no longer be aggressive, and only eat and grow, so their feathers are always shiny and eye-catching. In particular, the legs of this type of chicken are very yellow, highlighted by two rows of red thread on both sides of the legs, the scales like a very special dragon scale.

The castrated rooster’s legs are yellow, and the skin of the legs is like dragon scales.

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Son Tay cane chicken has soft white meat, yellow skin, rich sweet meat, especially castration rooster with firm meat, crispy and delicious skin. Many connoisseurs often hunt for this type of chicken as a gift for Tet: “The castrated rooster meat is fragrant, bold, chewy, not too soft like industrial chicken and not too tough like our chicken, so it is very popular with customers. favored,” said a “eunuch” chicken farm owner.

According to the concept of many people, the chicken is a symbol of the sun, signaling a new day, a new beginning. Therefore, when making offerings, they usually use a rooster to worship, but it must be a mature rooster, without defects, red crest, yellow beak, yellow legs and most importantly, not yet kicked the hen, so people often choose to buy rooster. neuter.

For many people, in order to pray for happiness, people still choose the most delicious castrated roosters to offer to ancestors on important days or as gifts, to show respect. Therefore, although the price is many times higher than normal chickens, castrated roosters are still very attractive products.

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