<![CDATA[The kampung chicken (native chicken) is a local chicken kept by rural communities and known as a characteristic of smallholder livestock farming in Kebumen Regency, Central Java. This review aimed to examine the potential and challenges of developing kampung chickens in Kebumen Regency based on a literature review of 2008–2017 publications supplemented with secondary data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Central Java Province. BPS data show that native chicken egg production in Kebumen Regency in 2023 was 920,389 kg, or about 1.88% of Central Java's native chicken egg production, while duck egg production in the regency was about 1.6 times native chicken egg production. The literature shows that local chicken rearing has shifted from extensive to semi-intensive systems, that kampung chicken eggs are in demand at relatively higher prices than commercial layer eggs, and that breeding stock and hatching egg handling affect fertility and hatchability. Development challenges include breeding stock quality, disease risk such as avian influenza, and limited data. Data on population, number of farmers, and farm-gate prices in Kebumen Regency are not yet available from verifiable sources and need to be completed through field surveys.]]>
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