In Malaysia, a type of chicken called the Serama is bred not for consumption but for its performance abilities and look. Chicken pageants are held in villages across the country; like at dog shows ...

Perlis Serama Chicken Association president Datuk Zainie Abdullah said breeding Serama chicken had huge potential and one bird could fetch from RM300 to RM1,500 based on its breed, grade, size ...

Cocks of the walk: Malaysia's poultry pageant sees miniature serama chickens weighing just one pound compete for $10,000 prize. The beauty contests have been taking place in Malaysia for decades; ...

PETALING JAYA: It’s the Year of the Fire Rooster and no fowl is as “on fire” as the Malaysian serama. The diminutive breed is so popular that groups have been set up as far as in the United ...

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - It’s the Year of the Fire Rooster and no fowl is as “on fire” as the Malaysian serama. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mohamad Hatta cried out above the din of fellow fowl-owners as his US$10,000 bird pranced to victory in a "beauty contest" for serama chickens outside the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Many Malaysians eat serama, believing them an aphrodisiac that also fights asthma. But the bird's attractiveness and good-natured, manageable disposition has pushed it up the pecking order of ...

One of the world's smallest chickens has won $10,000 (£5,873) in a beauty contest for tiny poultry in Malaysia. The Malaysian Serama Chicken - first discovered in the country in the 1960s – is ...

KAMPUNG PANDAN, Malaysia: Marching imperiously with a puffed-out chest and soldier’s ramrod posture, Mohamad Hatta Yahaya’s tiny chicken strutted its rich yellow plumage for a stone-faced judge.

KAMPUNG PANDAN, Malaysia (AFP) - Marching imperiously with a puffed-out chest and soldier's ramrod posture, Mr Mohamad Hatta Yahaya's tiny chicken strutted its rich yellow plumage for a stone ...

Marching imperiously with a puffed-out chest and soldier's ramrod posture, Mohamad Hatta Yahaya's tiny chicken strutted its rich yellow plumage for a stone-faced judge. "Yes my hero, puff out your ...