Ayam kampung (Kampong Chicken)

IMPROVEMENT ON THE MALAYSIAN VILLAGE CHICKEN

BASED ON SELECTIVE BREEDING PROGRAM

A. Kasim¹ and M. Afdal^1,2

¹ Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43300 UPM Serdang Malaysia

² Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Jambi University, Kampus Mandalo Darat Jambi 36361 Indonesia

 

 

 

Introduction

The free ranging village chickens, although sought for their delicacy, were known for their inferior growth performances when compared to other imported coloured and free ranging strains and their crosses (Azahan and Houte, 1992; Azahan, 1993; Noraziah and Azahan, 1995; Rahman et al., 2000).  Petersen et al (1991) reported that the village chicken produced an average of 100 eggs per year which is higher than the egg production of the Ethiopian (Tadelle et al, 2003) and Indonesian (Rasyaf, 1998) village chicken at 75 and 66 eggs respectively.

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