Dong Tao chicken is a precious breed and brings high profits because of its meat quality.
The Lunar New Year 2025 is coming, many people have started to choose Dong Tao chicken to eat and give as gifts. The increasing demand makes the price of Dong Tao chicken quite expensive. At times, a pair of Dong Tao chickens sold during Tet costs from several million to tens of millions of dong.
In recent years, on every holiday and Tet, the demand for Dong Tao chicken – a rare breed of chicken whose genetic resources are being preserved by the State, in Dong Tao commune, Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province for eating and as gifts has increased sharply.
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Explaining why people buy Dong Tao chickens for Tet and as gifts, many people believe that this is a rare type of chicken and according to folk beliefs, any family that chooses Dong Tao chickens to worship on New Year’s Eve and eats this chicken in the new year will have good luck and prosperity in business.
This breed of chicken, when fully grown, can weigh over 4.5 kg (rooster) and over 3.5 kg (hen). The time to reach meat weight is about 4 – 5 months.
LET’S FIND OUT THE SECRET TO RAISING DONG TAO CHICKENS TO MAKE MILLIONS!
With this chicken, the most important thing is to choose the breed. Therefore, you must buy the breed with a clear origin at a reliable address. The breed must be healthy, with characteristics that meet the breed standards. Pure chickens have plump, pink or pink-orange legs, less feathers, the older the skin, the redder it becomes. The place to raise chickens must be airy, spacious, with space for the chickens to run to avoid fat accumulation, which will reduce the quality of the meat.
According to the owner of a Dong Tao chicken farm in Doan Ket hamlet, Dong Tao Nam village, Dong Tao commune, Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province, in order to have goods to supply to customers, he and his wife proactively selected breeding chickens and started the flock early in the year, because a brood of chickens lasts at least 10 months, or even more than a year. Compared to other chicken breeds, Dong Tao chickens are difficult to raise and breed, so increasing the flock is not simple.
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To have chickens with “huge” feet, each farm owner must have his own secret recipe. He must choose pure breeding with big feet, beautiful appearance and good health. During the raising process, chickens with beautiful appearance will be given special care, the rest will be transferred to the broiler care regime.
For broiler chickens, if you want delicious, sweet and chewy meat, the main food for chickens must be rice, corn mixed with vegetables from time to time. In particular, the coop must be designed to be spacious, with space for chickens to run around. As for chickens as Tet gifts, the care is much more elaborate: Food is usually germinated rice, clean water and they are given regular supplements to increase resistance. Some supplements you can use for chickens are: Introvit A Oral, Stimosol Oral, Calcimin Oral, Introchick Oral, Aminogrow Oral, etc.
Sharing the secret to taking care of beautiful chickens, the farm owner said: “Raising Dong Tao chickens requires extreme care. When they are young, Dong Tao chickens have very little feathers, so their endurance and resistance are also weaker than normal chicken breeds”
To keep chickens healthy and have good meat quality, farmers must take care of them meticulously, such as fully vaccinating them, keeping them warm in winter, feeding them rice and corn, giving them clean water, giving them medicine to increase their resistance, spraying disinfectants in the breeding area, and boiling rice for the chickens to eat when it’s cold, ensuring that the coop is high and dry and warm. Meat chickens must be raised for 8 months or more, while gift chickens and ornamental chickens must be raised for 12 months or more before they can be sold. You can use disinfectant products Dexon super or Iondin @
HOW TO CHOOSE DELICIOUS, BEAUTIFUL CHICKEN
According to Dong Tao chicken breeders, the price of this type of chicken depends not only on weight but also on many other factors such as legs, comb, appearance, feather color, wings, etc. Customers buying Dong Tao chicken as gifts often choose chickens with big legs, honey-colored, fiery-colored or purple feathers, slim wings, tight comb, etc.
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The most special impression of Dong Tao chickens must be their “huge” legs. Normally, a beautiful chicken must have a graceful shape, a big head (shaped like a bamboo tuber), red, round, plump legs, fleshy scales along the shins arranged in a straight line, thick, blunt feet, short toes, a wide body, a flat chest, and a tight comb.
The hatching rate of Dong Tao chickens is quite low, and the chickens are susceptible to diseases, so the number of pure chickens is increasingly rare, and customers even have to order several months in advance. Furthermore, many places sell hybrid chickens, deceiving consumers, making it difficult for many people with money to buy “genuine” Dong Tao chickens.
You should order from reputable establishments to buy standard chicken. This type of chicken is rare, the quantity is not enough to sell, so there is rarely excess stock to sell online. Therefore, those who buy through this form need to pay attention to avoid being tricked into buying poor quality chicken.
Through the useful information above, farmers can know the criteria for selecting breeds and how to care for Dong Tao chickens, this rare breed of chicken, to increase profits and productivity.