Yingshan Tea Township has a long history. It is a traditional habit to grow tea and raise chickens. Farmers stock the chickens in the tea garden behind the house. With the development of Yingshan tea, the tea garden chickens are gradually becoming industrialized and scaled. The tea farmers set up chicken sheds in the tea gardens and carry out the industrialized traditional ecological breeding. The chickens feed in the tea gardens and scribble under the tea trees. Catching insects on the tea tree, laying eggs in the grass nest; playing with each other, singing and undulating, "the dog is in the mountains, the chickens are tea trees," a harmonious natural landscape, "Yingshan tea town chicken" got its name.

Yingshan Tea Township Chicken Quality Technical Requirements I. Variety Yingshan local chicken breed. Second, the conditions of production The tea plantation with small slope within the scope of production, water source is sufficient, water quality is excellent, away from the town and traffic. Third, feeding management requirements Source of chicks: Chicken farms that have obtained the “Livestock Production and Management License” and the “Evidence for Animal Epidemic Prevention Conditions” within the scope of production. 2. mu). After 56 days of age, the wild tea gardens are forage, tea leaves and insects, and supplemented with local tea powder and miscellaneous grains. 4. Arrival: 12-24 months old, cock live weight 1.5-2.5kg, hen live weight 1.3-1.8kg. 5. Environmental and safety requirements: The prevention and control of the breeding environment and epidemic diseases must comply with relevant national regulations and must not pollute the environment. Fourth, slaughtering and processing Chicken source: Produced from healthy chickens in the protected area that meet the requirements of items 1-3 above. 2. 3. Segmentation: The time from the bleeding of live chickens to the packaging of the product into the cold storage should not exceed 2 hours. 4. Quick freezing: Products that need to be frozen should be in the environment below -35 °C. Five, quality characteristics Sensory features: (1) Living chicken: medium physique, well-proportioned, crown, meat, ear, face are red; 喙 short and slightly curved, blue-yellow; cock feather color is dark red, hen feather color is ephedra, Mainly yellow, a small amount of black, white, gray. (2) White strip chicken: the skin is light yellow, smooth and moist, the muscles are full and elastic, the muscle fat is evenly distributed; the epidermis and muscle cut surface are shiny, the meat is delicious, and there is no smell. 2. Safety and other quality technical requirements: Product safety and other quality technical requirements must comply with relevant national regulations.

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Producers within the Yingshan tea town chicken production area may submit an application to the Yingshan County Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision for the use of the “Special Mark for Geographical Indication Products”, which shall be reviewed by the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and reported to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine for approval. The testing institution of Yingshan Tea Township Chicken is selected by the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in the testing institutions that meet the qualification requirements.