To me, "farm raised" chicken in China do have about the same texture and taste that chicken raised back home, they are just a bit smaller in size and weigth.  Somehow, those not raised at farms (have no idea of where and how they are raised), their meat is not as tasty and a harder texture meat after cooking.

As far as the eggs here, I love those double yoke eggs I do manage to get once in a while, at about 1 Rmb each.

Most of the chicken in China has a bland taste by itself. Meat tastes like what it's been eating and most chickens in China are raised on rice which has no taste. Chickens in the US and Europe eat differently and are given growth hormones and all that delicious stuff which alters the taste. 

I was not aware that Chinese chickens were raised on rice.  I was surprised to learn that.  In the small farms around the small city where I live, including the country village that is located outside the gates of my gated community, I see chickens being fed lots of things, with the exception of stereoids and rice, so truly I was surprised to learn this.

Chickens back home can cross the road whenever they like, without needing travel permits from the Government to do so. Chickens back home can live on whatever side of the road they want to live, without being told where, or how they should behave.

They can even be middle-of-the-road, if they so choose. They are free to live without having their road-crossing motives scrutinised  so intensly.

Chickens back home are all considered equal, and there are laws that are actually enforced to protect their rights. Cruelty to chickens, or other animals, attracts large fines, and possibly even jail.

Chickens back home are not forced to eat a continuous diet of rice, or the other crap that passes as food here.

Most importantly, though, chickens back home have size and taste, and are not sold with head and feet still attached, or sold live in supermarkets.

Back home, I used to get Halal chicken, and NOTHING could compare to that! I'm not Muslim, but whatever they did to the chicken, or where they got them from, it was the best! Size, taste, texture, the lot!

Can't get it here... where I'm fairly sure they use pigeon, which is why you don't see many around here... it would explain why the drumsticks are so small.

I miss the succulent juicy taste of giant breasts back home.  Here the breasts are too small...almost no meat to them.  Maybe it's because of all the hormone laced milk they consume back home.....oh wait...I mean corn.

@dude: Small breasts can be quite enjoyable, especially if from a young chicken. I think good, well-shaped thighs are more important. I especially like the juices flowing from the meat, and the child-like thrill of looking for the wishbone. I have always found the chickens here quite enjoyable, though lacking in substance or taste. It usually takes more than one to satisfy the apetite.

Have u tried the chicken bbq (chuan) that they sell?I wonder if it is chicken or just a piece of rat maybe...i ate them in a 5 star hotel-even then it tasted non chicken!!!And yeah i find no taste difference in the one that they sell in the market n the one that is from the village,which supposedly has never eaten any worms and has been fed on only "good cereals"!!

It is all chopped up into sharp bones here in china.

My first dinner I cooked in China was fried chicken that I bought at a big supermarket. It was the toughest chicken I have ever had, couldn't eat it , so I threw it in a pot and made cream of potato/leak soup (but with milk). that wasn't great either.

  I was told the Chinese roosters have smaller penis, so the chickens are tougher because they are not happy.

If you look at the chickens eyes, the ones in China usually have a single fold...

The chicken back home can cross the street....ha ha,, I made an original one

the chickens are twice the size back home

If you are in Beijing go to April gourmet. Their chicken is NA standard.