Table 3: Utilization pattern of chickens in different family farm categories and locations
Farm category/ Location
Percentage of chickens consumed per farm
Cock
Hen
Cockerel
Pullet
Total
Large
28.0
12.3
35.4
15.2
90.8
Medium
21.9
5.7
32.2
15.1
74.9
Small
9.7
5.1
4.4
24.2
Landless
5.6
3.2
5.8
2.5
17.1
Mean
16.3
6.6
19.5
9.4
51.7
Savar
1.6
4.0
10.8
22.2
Birgonj
0.7
3.1
1.1
8.0
Botyaghata
1.2
10.5
4.2
16.6
Sylhet
1.5
1.7
6.2
2.6
12.1
Hathazari
5.2
7.9
26.7
Percentage of chickens sold per farm
5.4
0.6
9.2
11.5
9.9
25.2
19.3
10.1
23.9
22.5
75.8
14.0
29.9
29.0
82.9
9.1
14.3
13.4
48.3
0.5
0.2
1.0
0.4
2.3
2.8
7.0
1.4
4.7
6.1
34.0
1.8
2.1