page_title: Ayam Kampong
section_title: Use
hierarchical_section_title: Ayam Kampong / Use
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Melayu: Reban ayam kampung warisan habeb
context_page_description: The Ayam Kampong 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, the term ayam kampung refer to indigenous chickens that are raised using traditional free range production techniques by almost every household in the village. 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.
context_section_description: 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 or 100 brown eggs per year, with an average weight of 39 g. The poor performance as an egg producer is attributed to the broodiness of the hens.
  In meat production, birds reach a market weight of 1–1.5 kg in four or five months. The meat commands a higher price than that of commercial breeds.
caption: An Ayam Kampong rearing shed in Johor, Malaysia.
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