Nixi chicken are an indigenous breed of chicken in Yunnan, China.[1][2] They are small and well adapted to living in a cold climate.[3] Chicken soup made with Nixi chicken is a local delicacy.

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  1. ^ YE Lang-hui HUO Jin-long MIAO Yong-wang , * ZHU Sheng-quan CHEN Tao LIU Li-xian PAN Wei-rong BI Bao-liang. Genetic Diversity Analysis of Nixi Chicken Using Microsatellite DNA Markers. Zoological Research, 2006, 27(1): 68-74.
  2. ^ Huo, J.L.; Wu, G.S.; Chen, T.; Huo, H.L.; Yuan, F.; Liu, L.X.; Ge, C.R.; Miao, Y.W. (2014). "Genetic diversity of local Yunnan chicken breeds and their relationships with Red Junglefowl". Genetics and Molecular Research. 13 (2): 3371–3383. doi:10.4238/2014.april.29.16. ISSN 1676-5680.
  3. ^ Gu, Jingjing; Li, Sheng (2020-07-02). "Next-generation sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome of the Nixi chicken (Gallus gallus)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 5 (3): 3271–3272. doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1810593. PMC 7781923.