Kadaknath Chicken - The Black Meat Chicken

Kadaknath Chicken - The Black Meat Chicken 

Kadaknath is a Black Meat Chicken Breed from India. It is also a native bird of Madhya Pradesh where it is known as “Kali masi” (“fowl having black flesh”).The Kadaknath is popular mainly for its adaptability, and the good-tasting black meat, which is believed to infuse vigor.Its color stems from the deposition of melanin pigment. The generally available colors of kadaknath are jet-black, penciled and golden.

Kadaknath is very familiar among the Adivasis [tribal communities] mainly due to its adaptability to the local environment, tasty meat quality, disease resistance, texture, and flavor. Though the meat of this breed is black, it is considered not only a delicacy of distinctive taste but also of medicinal value.

The Kadaknath is mostly found in eastern Madhya Pradesh. Its flesh is black in color, because of the higher melanin content. Once reared mainly by tribal communities such as the Bhils and its meat is highly prized as an aphrodisiac delicacy and as a restorative.

Nutritive Value:

1. Protein content in kadaknath is higher than 25% of an ordinary bird it varies between 18-20%.
2. Research has revealed that this species has lower cholesterol (0.73-1.05%) than white chicken (13-25%)
3. High levels of 18 amino acids out of which 8 are crucial for the human and rich in the hormone.
4. Vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, niacin, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, nicotine acids, etc.

The birds are completely black: black plumage with a greenish iridescence, black legs and toe nails, black beak and tongue, black comb and wattles, black meat and bones and even dark organs.

Medicinal characteristic:

Kadaknath has unique medicinal value in homeopathy and a particular nervous dysfunction.

The tribal uses kadaknath blood in the treatment of chronic disease in human beings and its meat as an aphrodisiac (Believed to infuse vigor in Make).

Specialist says that Viagra or Sildenafil Citrate is basically a vasodilator designed for increasing blood flow to the heart and the melanin pigment in kadaknath does the same.

Kadaknath chicken has a unique effectiveness in treating women’s discuss, Menoxenic(abnormal menstruation), habitual abortion and sterility.

Eggs of Kadaknath:

The eggs are also nutritive, especially for aged people and high blood pressure victims, since the cholesterol content is lower, Rich in amino acids and higher than that of other kinds of bird eggs.

The eggs of kadaknath chickens can also be utilized effectively to treat severe headaches, headaches after giving birth, faintness, asthma and nephritis (chronic or acute inflammation of the kidney).

Advantage of Kadaknath Chicken Meat:

High in nutrition , the protein content higher than other native chicken.

1. High Protein, higher than 25% (highest of all chicken breeds).
2. Contains Low fat 0.73-1.05% only (lowest of all chicken breeds).
3. Vitamins B1,B2,B6,B12, C and E, niacin, protein , fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, nicotinic acid etc.
4. Huge levels of 18 essential amino acids as well as hormones that are required by the human body.
5. The Central Food and Research Institute, Mysore , studied its medicinal qualities and determine that it is suitable for cardiac patients as it increases blood supply to the heart.

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