“…Taihang chickens were a special breed of chicken distributed in Hebei Province, China. They were deeply loved by farmers and consumers because of the unique breed characteristics such as meat quality ( Wang et al, 2022 ; Zhang et al, 2023 ). The extracts of Chinese traditional medicine can be used as feed additives to improve the growth performance and antioxidant activity of poultry ( Zhang et al, 2022 ).…”