Miyi

The Miyi chicken takes its name from Miyi County in Sichuan Province, China, an area of warm valleys and mountainous villages. It is a locally adapted farm chicken rather than a uniform show breed. Flocks are commonly described as active, medium-sized birds kept for both meat and eggs, with plumage varying across brown, black, buff, barred, and duckwing-like patterns. Its importance is tied to rural household production and to China's cataloging of native poultry genetic resources.

Management is similar to other local dual-purpose chickens: give them safe night housing, outdoor range or a spacious run, and feed supplementation when forage is poor. Because Miyi lines are not widely available internationally, breeders should check origin claims and avoid mixing them with unrelated colored village chickens if conservation is the goal. In small farms they are usually valued for adaptation and flavor rather than industrial egg numbers.

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