Ayam Kampong

This article is about the indigenous chicken of Malaysia. For the Western game breed, see Malay (chicken).

Ayam Kampung
Cock of the black-red type
Conservation statusleast concern
Other namesAyam Kampung
Country of originIndonesia and Malaysia
Usedual-purpose
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    average 2 - 2.5 kg[1]
  • Female:
    average 1.5 - 2 kg[1]
Egg colorwhite and light brown
Classification

The Ayam Kampong (older spelling) or Ayam Kampung is the chicken breed reported from Indonesia and Malaysia.[1] The name means simply "free-range chicken" or literally "village chicken". In Indonesia and Malaysia, the term ayam kampung refer to indigenous chickens that are raised using traditional free range production techniques by almost every household in the village.[2] It is a diverse population which resulted from the uncontrolled cross-breeding of red jungle-fowl, indigenous Southeast Asian chickens and exotic chickens of various types imported in the late 1800s by European, mainly Dutch and British, settlers.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Kusuma Diwyanto and Sofyan Iskandar. "Kampung Chickens: a Key Part of Indonesia's livestock sector". FAO. Central Research Institute for Animal Sciences and Research Institute for Animal Production. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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