Pradu Hang Dum
Pradu Hang Dum is a Thai native chicken whose name is commonly associated with a dark or black-tailed type. It belongs to Thailand's indigenous chicken traditions, where birds have been selected for meat quality, heat tolerance, hardiness, and sometimes game-influenced carriage. Compared with commercial broilers, it is slower growing but valued for resilience and a body type suited to village and small-farm conditions.
Pradu Hang Dum chickens need management that respects their active nature: secure outdoor space, shade, clean water, and feed that supports steady growth without forcing them like industrial meat birds. Breeders should select for health, fertility, strong legs, and the expected color and tail character. In conservation or improvement programs, records of line, hatch, and growth are useful because Thai native chickens can vary widely between villages and breeder families.
Colors: Barred, Birchen, Black, Blue, Brown, Buff, Columbian, Crele, Cuckoo, Duckwing, Gold, Gold Laced, Laced, Lavender, Mille Fleur, Mottled, Partridge, Penciled, Porcelain, Red, Silver, Silver Laced, Spangled, Splash, Wheaten, White
