Qionghai Jiaji Duck was born more than 150 years ago. Ducks are brought up by cage-feeding and cramming. Through this unique method, ducks are excellent and favored by local people for thin skin, tender flesh, brittle bones and tasty, which is entitled One of Four Fantastic Dishes in Hainan Province.
Raising Method: At the first beginning, mix cereal, pollard and bean cake together and operate a blender to mince the feedingstuff. And then squeeze the feed into small dumplings by hands. While feeding, grip one goose and pull it neck straight, cram the small edible dumpling into its mouth. Sometime, secure the goose tightly by tramping down its claws with your feed if necessary. Through this way, Jiaji Goose is quite popular on the market. One characteristic of such kind of goose is that people never let their livestock go away from cage. After 70 days of natural feeding, craming begins three times per day in order to put on weight. 20 days later, the beak and claws of goose whiten, fat penetrates deeply into flesh that tastes delicious. Goose kept in the way is call the genuine Jiaji Goose. Recently, over 100 thousands of geese have been raised per year. Natives in locality adopt goose raising as a way to augment household incomes. They usually keep 200-300 heads of geese, which are sold locally. |