Pelung chicken is a native chicken from Cianjur, a type of
chicken native to Indonesia with three genetic trait. The first is voice crowed
long until 24 secont without pause, it different with the other singing chicken
that usually has caesura in the song . Both rapid growth. The third big body
posture. The weight of an adult male Pelung Chicken can reach 5-6 kg with 40 to
50 cm of height.
Pelung Chicken now increasingly well-known and quite in
demand by the general public, domestic and foreign tourists. A son of Japanese
Emperor have been to Warungkondang to just to see the Pelung chicken farms.
Even in Cianjur Chicken contest is held every year Pelung followed the owners
and keepers of chicken’s pelung-West Java and Jakarta. The Best Pelung chicken
that won in the contest can reach millions of dollars.
Pelung chicken name is derived from the Sudanese language
Mawelung or Melung which means curved, because the crowed produces sound curved
as well as chicken pelung has a long neck in the end the voice with a curved
position. Pelung chicken is one type of local chicken Indonesia which have
distinctive characteristics, which are generally characteristic traits pelung
chicken can be described as follows:
Body : Large and sturdy (much heavier / larger than usual
local chicken)
Claws : Long and large, black, green, yellow or white
Wattle : Large, round and flushed
Cockscomb : Big, bold and upright, partially skewed and
tilted, red and singular
Coat color : Does not have the typical pattern, but generally
a mixture of red and black; yellow and white; or a mixture of green and shiny
Sound : rhythmic crowed, more tunable and longer than other
types of chicken.
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