'Dragon chickens' are a breed with legs as thick as a brick that can fetch up to US$2,000 a head.
A woman holding a Dong Tao chicken for sale at her home in Hung Yen province. The lumpy legs of the Dong Tao chicken are considered a delicacy. - AFP
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. The key to the bird's taste is its diet of corn and rice and the freedom it has to roam, Hien told AFP.
"The more the chicken walks, the stronger and bigger their muscles are," said Hien, who has been breeding chickens for more than 15 years.
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