On a farm close to Hanoi, Le Van Hien picks out the best bird among his flock of “dragon chickens” — a breed with legs as thick as a brick that can fetch up to $2,000 a head. | AFP
This photo taken on January 10, 2023 shows a Dong Tao chicken in a poultry farm in Hung Yen province. AFP
HUNG YEN, Vietnam — On a farm close to Hanoi, Le Van Hien picks out the best bird among his flock of “dragon chickens” — a breed with legs as thick as a brick that can fetch up to $2,000 a head. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken — named after the commune where it is bred in northern Vietnam — are considered a delicacy, and are particularly popular among the wealthy during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, known as Tet.Hien’s prized four-kilogram bird, whose enormous legs make up around a fifth of its body weight, was sold for about $150 — but especially large pedigree chickens have been valued at more than 10 times that. Some are even entered into beauty contests.
The key to the bird’s taste is its diet of corn and rice and the freedom it has to roam, Hien told AFP.
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