Índio Gigante
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| Country of origin | Brazil |
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| Standard | ABRACIG (in Portuguese) |
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| Skin color | yellow[1] |
| Egg color | white, beige, red, blue or green [1] |
| Comb type | pea (high or low) or ball[1] |
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The Índio Gigante[a] is a Brazilian breed of domestic chicken. It is one of the largest chicken breeds in the world[2], particularly in terms of height.
History
The Índio Gigante originated in Brazil around the late 1980s or early 1990s in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás.[3]
It was created by crossbreeding large gamecocks — such as the Indian Game, the Shamo and the Malay[4] — with caipira chickens (rustic mixed breeds).[2]
The breed association – the Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Índio Gigante — publishes a breed standard[1] and hopes that the breed will receive official recognition; it would be the first pure breed of chicken to originate from Brazil.[2]
"Índio Gigante" is Portuguese for "Giant Indian"; "Índio" in Brazil refers to indigenous Brazilians and their culture (see also Native American name controversy).[4]
Notes
- ↑ The word índio in Brazil refers to indigenous Brazilians and their culture; gigante means 'giant'
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Padrão (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Índio Gigante. Archived 31 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 Galo Índio Gigante é mais caro que touro reprodutor (in Portuguese). Compre Rural. Archived 29 November 2020.
- ↑ Avicultura: Como o índio gigante pode se tornar a primeira raça brasileira (in Portuguese). aviculturaindustrial.com.br. Archived 15 September 2019.
- 1 2 Raça de galinha 'índio gigante' tem espaço para crescer no Paraná, diz Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural (in Portuguese). Paraná RPC. Archived 27 February 2022.