“Beijing Fatty”A funny Chinese chicken

[AlvinXsu-KMG]

Glad that you've joined our flock. I think your English is very good. Thank you for sharing the Chinese Fatty chicken with us. They are very cute, and I think they would become popular here is they were brought over.

thanks a lot townchicks,I'm very happy to join you. I hope you like "fatty". Actually, there are many local chickens in China. It's hard to see Chinese chicken in foreign countries. Perhaps, just like our network, communication is difficult.

 

[AlvinXsu-KMG]

Hello and Welcome! Thank you for introducing these beautiful chickens. I love their egg color. I am looking forward to learning about more Chinese chickens!

Thank you for enjoying my sharing. I also want to show you more local chicken in China.

 

[AlvinXsu-KMG]

That Is some good stuff @AlvinXsu-KMG

thank you，hahhah.

 

[Amer]

Those are some very cute chickens! I think my favorites are the red ones. They have unique differences from Silkies.

 

[lilmillefleur]

Welcome! Those are some awesome chickens. They do look a lot like silkies! I want some! Are they small like silkies or large?

 

[SueT]

Your English is very good and your photos are too! I am delighted to learn about this breed of chickens!

 

[Shadrach]

Hello AlvinXsu-KMG.
Welcome to BYC.
It’s great to see some different breeds of chicken.

 

[kwhites634]

Hello, everyone. I come from China. I'm glad to know BYC not long ago. It's a amazing place，I think. I've learned a lot here.
Although my English is not good, I also want to try to bring you some local chickens from China. I hope you will like it and give me some suggestions.

Now, this is my favorite local breed. We call it "Beijing You Chicken", which actually means they have a lot of fat. So some people call them“Beijing Fatty chicken”, because Chinese people like stew very much, more fat will make chicken soup more delicious, so they are very popular in China.

I tried to search them on Google, but I rarely saw it. I wonder if anyone else keeps them in other countries? This breed almost disappeared in China in the 1980s, “Fatty” and “Silkie”have very different fates. They both come from China and looks a little similar. But “Beijing Fatty”has only become popular in China in recent years, many people want to breed them.

History records that they are variants from Cochin. During the Qing Dynasty in China, our empress dowager CiXi liked them very much. Even said that she would not eat chicken without Beijing fatty. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty named them "China Palace Yellow chicken" by himself.

Fatty's colors are mostly golden, but they also have other colors, such as red, white, black and partridge. I'll show you later. The white fatty looks like a Sultan chicken, but the difference between them is that fatty is a single comb, yellow skin feet, and five toes. In fact, I don't know how many toes Sultan chicken has, because there is no Sultan chicken in China.


This is golden Fatty's rooster. Most feathers are red, and a few are golden.
View attachment 1586129
View attachment 1586078
View attachment 1586142
Its lovely hen. It looks more cute without big comb.
View attachment 1586080 red hen：
View attachment 1586144
View attachment 1586146
View attachment 1586149

I believe China is home to a chicken that's about 3 times the size of the Fatty, with legs as big around as small trees. They can't even fly, they're so heavy. I can't remember the name of the breed.

 

[tripletfeb]

Thank you for sharing and welcome! Your english is better than some Americans on this site! Beautiful chickens, keep the pictures coming please!

 

[1cock2hens]

I believe China is home to a chicken that's about 3 times the size of the Fatty, with legs as big around as small trees. They can't even fly, they're so heavy. I can't remember the name of the breed.

sounds like you are describing Dong Tao? they are Vietnamese though