A purebred Dong Tao chicken with characteristic "huge" legs, also known as "dragon legs", is something that tycoons are willing to spend more than 1 SJC gold bar to own.
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Dong Tao chicken (also known as Dong Cao chicken) is a rare and endemic breed of chicken in Vietnam. The outstanding feature of this breed of chicken is its pair of rough, very large legs. When fully grown, it can weigh over 6 kg (rooster) and over 3.5 kg (hen). It has been raised for a long time in Dong Tao commune, Khoai Chau district (Hung Yen province). |
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Dong Tao chickens are unlike any other chicken breed in the country in terms of appearance, especially the huge, "monstrous" legs of the roosters that diners often call "dragon legs". The wholesale price of chicken meat right at Dong Tao is on average about 300-400 thousand VND/kg. However, to own large, beautiful chickens, customers have to spend a whole tael of SJC gold to buy them. |
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Mr. Giang Tuan Vu, owner of Mr. Phuc's chicken farm in Trung Dinh hamlet, Dong Tao Dong village, said that on September 2, 2014, he sold a pair of chickens worth 51 million VND to a tycoon in Binh Duong, of which the 6.3 kg rooster cost 35 million VND (equivalent to more than 5.5 million VND/kg); and the 3.5 kg hen cost 16 million VND. Previously, in early April 2012, Mr. Hieu Len's family, also in Trung Dinh hamlet, sold a pair of roosters and hens to a tycoon in Ho Chi Minh City for a record high price of 70 million VND/pair. |
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This 6.3 kg rooster with legs as big as beer bottles was sold by Mr. Phuc's chicken farm to a tycoon in Binh Duong in September 2014 for 35 million VND. |
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An adult Dong Tao rooster weighs nearly 6 kg, and can even weigh more than 7 kg. |
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Mr. Giang Tuan Vu, owner of Mr. Phuc's chicken farm, with a rooster weighing more than 5 kg, ready to be delivered to a customer. |
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Mr. Le Ke Ket in Cao Nen hamlet, Dong Tao Dong village with a purebred Dong Tao chicken. |
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Mr. Le Ke Ket in Cao Nen hamlet, Dong Tao Dong village with a purebred Dong Tao chicken |
According to NLĐ