Chengkou Mountain
The Chengkou mountain chicken is a Chinese local chicken from Chengkou County in the mountainous north of Chongqing, near the Daba Mountain region. It is usually treated as an indigenous farm breed or genetic resource rather than a show-standard chicken. Birds from this background are associated with hill-country village husbandry: active movement, variable plumage, moderate body size, and adaptation to ranging over rough ground in a humid mountain climate.
People keeping Chengkou mountain chickens usually manage them in free-range or semi-free-range systems, with secure night housing and supplemental grain or formulated feed when forage is limited. Growth and laying are expected to be steadier and less intensive than commercial strains, but the breed's value is in local adaptation, flavor-oriented meat production, and genetic diversity. Conservation-minded breeders should keep flocks identifiable and limit crossbreeding if the goal is to maintain the Chengkou type.
Colors: Barred, Birchen, Black, Blue, Brown, Buff, Columbian, Crele, Cuckoo, Duckwing, Gold, Gold Laced, Laced, Lavender, Mille Fleur, Mottled, Partridge, Penciled, Porcelain, Red, Silver, Silver Laced, Spangled, Splash, Wheaten, White
