Laughing Chicken
| Laughing Chicken (Ayam ketawa) | |||
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| Origin: | Sulawesi ( Indonesia ) | ||
| Year: | Unknown | ||
| Colour: | Multiple colors (without a classic standard) | ||
| Weight: | Rooster: 1.5–1.9 kg. Hen: 1.3–1.5 kg |
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| Eggshell color: | White | ||
| Egg weight: | 50 g | ||
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The laughing hen , also called Ayam ketawa ( Indonesian ) or Manu 'gaga' ( Buginese ), is a long- tailed crow from South Sulawesi in Indonesia . The name is based on the similarity of the crow's cry with the voice of a laughing or slurping person. Like the Ayam pelung , they are mainly kept for their ornamental value.
origin
Laughing chickens have been bred on Sulawesi for a very long time and, due to their extraordinary crowing properties, their breeding was reserved only for the royal family and the nobles. Today, laughing chickens are widespread across Indonesia and were introduced to Europe a few years ago.
features
Crow cry
The stuttering repetition of the individual syllables is characteristic of the roar of the laughing chicken. Different strokes of laughing chickens are distinguished according to their crow call. A long-crowing variant ("Dangduttyp") crows an average of 30 seconds. There is also a fast-interval type called "Garetek", a slower type called "Gaga", and a long-interval type called "Dodo".
shape
Laughing chickens have a classic country fowl shape. They are slim and light, so that the hens are sometimes as light as bantams . The comb can be simple or formed as a rose comb.
colour
The legs are mostly slate blue, although there are variants with lighter colors.
The following colors are defined on Sulawesi:
- Bakka: white basic color with black base and orange-red feathers
- Lapping: porcelain
- Ceppaga: mixed black and white, but the body is white and the base of the neck is black
- Corro: black base color with yellow and white feathers
- Ijo Buota: greenish, shiny black base color with alternating red-brown and black feathers
- Bori Tase: red-brown with golden yellow spots
Competition crows
As with Ayam pelung and Bergischer Kräher , national and regional crowing events are organized on a regular basis. The participating laughing chickens are divided into price categories depending on the manner of crowing.
Special association and recognition
In the German-speaking countries there is no special association for the laughing hens. The laughing hen is not recognized as a breed within European pedigree poultry breeding.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c L. Andriyanto and M. Rusdin: Sifat-sifat kualitatif dan kuantitatif ayam ketawa di Kota Kendari (German: Qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the Lachhuhnes in Kota Kendari), Jurnal Ilmu dan Teknologi Peternakan Tropis 2 (3), 25– 35; PDF file on ojs.uho.ac.id
- ^ A b Rüdiger Wandelt, Josef Wolters: Handbuch der Hühnerrassen . the chicken breeds in the world. Verlag Wolters, Bottrop 1996, ISBN 3-9801504-5-3 , Ayam Tertawa, p. 420 .
- ↑ www.wachtelhof-sommer.at , accessed on May 29, 2018
- ↑ Sri Rachma Aprilita Bugiwati and Fachri Ashari, Crowing sound analysis of Gaga 'chicken: local chicken from South Sulawesi, Indonesia, International Journal of Plant, Animal and environmental sciences; online at www.ijpaes.com , accessed May 30, 2018
- ↑ writer team Agriflo: Ayam kampung (German: village chicken), Agriflo, Depok 2012, ISBN 9789790025684
- ↑ R. Afrina: Variasi karakteristik suara Ayam gaga 'pada Kotes nasional (German about: Variation of crow call characteristics of the laughing chickens at the national crows competition), 2016 (thesis at the Agricultural Institute of Bogor - Indonesia); PDF file on repository.ipb.ac.id
- ↑ List of recognized large fowl of the Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture (2016) , accessed on June 2, 2018