Chigulu chicken is distributed in several yi and lisu groups in huangjiawan village, santai township, south bank of Jinsha and northwest Dayao county, Yunnan province. The traffic is inconvenience of the producing area. The altitude ranges from 1500 to 2600 meters, with an average annual precipitation of 1200 mm and an average air temperature of 14 degree Celsius. As the tail and abdomen is naked when the chick was 1 month old, it is called Chigulu chicken. But after the age of 3 months, adult feathers gradually grow. This breed is a broiler and large in size, good in meat quality and strong in disease resistance. It is a local chicken species not recorded in the catalogue of livestock and poultry species in yunnan province, and the current population is estimated to be 500-1000. Because of the local environment and culture, the species has been preserved as pure and a rare gene pool resources.

Chigulu chicken out of the shell with quill-coverts feather and molt in 1 month old. Before the age of 3 months, only the wing feathers exist. After the age of 3 months, the chicks begin to grow new feathers, and the tail feathers grow slowly. The feather of adult cock is red, the hen has the feather color such as red partridge, white partridge, yellow partridge and white. The head has whisker-like feathers. Most of this chicken breed is single-comb. The tibial toes are blue and the legs are high. At the top of the stamp joint there is a cluster of feathers facing downwards, which is the main mark of this chicken's appearance.The skin is white and black.