Ayam Kampong
{{Short description|Breed of chicken}}
{{about|the indigenous chicken of Malaysia|the Western game breed|Malay (chicken)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{use list-defined references|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{infobox poultry breed
| name = Ayam Kampung
| image = Ayam kampung jantan.jpg
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| alt =
| image_caption = Cock of the black-red type
| status = least concern
| altname = Ayam Kampung
| country = Indonesia and Malaysia
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| use = dual-purpose
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| maleweight = average 2 – 2.5 kg
| femaleweight = average 1.5 – 2 kg
| skincolor =
| eggcolor = white and light brown
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| type = Chicken
| latin = Gallus gallus domesticus
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The Ayam Kampong (older spelling) or Ayam Kampung is the chicken breed reported from Indonesia and Malaysia. 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.{{cite journal|title=Kampung Chickens: a Key Part of Indonesia's livestock sector |author=Kusuma Diwyanto and Sofyan Iskandar | journal=FAO | institution=Central Research Institute for Animal Sciences and Research Institute for Animal Production|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/004/ab986e/ab986e03.htm|accessdate=26 November 2014}} 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.
Characteristics
The Ayam Kampong is a small dual-purpose chicken. They are slow-growing breed that contributed to its low productivity. Both its physical characteristics and its colouring are highly variable. Three principal colour types are recognised. The commonest is the black-red variety, in which cocks are mainly green-black with glossy red-brown back, neck hackles and saddle feathers. Other varieties are the red type and the naked-neck type.
Use
File:Reban ayam kampung warisan habeb.jpg, Malaysia.]]
File:Anak ayam kampung dalam gelung.jpg
Traditionally Ayam Kampong have been raised by most of the rural population of Indonesia and they represent an important source of meat and eggs. However, due to their low production, Ayam Kampong are not able to provide consumption on a daily basis. Nevertheless, they are traditionally consumed on most family occasions and celebrations.
Ayam Kampong hens left to forage lay about 55{{Rp|9}} or 100 brown eggs per year, with an average weight of {{nowrap|39 g}}.{{Rp|9}} The poor performance as an egg producer is attributed to the broodiness of the hens.
In meat production, birds reach a market weight of {{nowrap|1–1.5 kg}} in three or four months. The meat commands a higher price than that of commercial breeds.{{Rp|71}}