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

5.1

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

5.6

10.8

22.2

Birgonj

0.7

3.1

1.1

3.1

8.0

Botyaghata

1.2

10.5

0.7

4.2

16.6

Sylhet

1.5

1.7

6.2

2.6

12.1

Hathazari

5.6

5.2

7.9

8.0

26.7

Farm category/ 
Location

Percentage of chickens sold per farm

 

Cock

Hen

Cockerel

Pullet

Total

Large

5.4

2.5

0.6

0.7

9.2

Medium

11.5

9.9

2.6

1.1

25.2

Small

19.3

10.1

23.9

22.5

75.8

Landless

9.9

14.0

29.9

29.0

82.9

Mean

11.5

9.1

14.3

13.4

48.3

Savar

0.5

0.2

0.2

0.2

1.0

Birgonj

0.4

1.6

2.3

2.8

7.0

Botyaghata

1.2

1.4

0.4

1.7

4.7

Sylhet

0.4

6.1

0.5

17.1

34.0

Hathazari

0.4

1.4

1.8

2.1

5.6