The country’s total chicken population as of 01 October 2021 was estimated at 190.74 million birds or 2.4 percent more than the previous year’s same period count of 186.33 million birds. Of the total chicken inventory, native/improved chicken contributed 42.9 percent, followed by broiler chicken with 34.0 percent share and layer chicken with 23.1 percent share. Inventory of broiler chicken and layer chicken grew by 5.5 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively. On the other hand, native/improved chicken stocks declined by -1.9 percent.

In terms of inventory, Central Luzon reported the highest total chicken population of 29.77 million birds. This was followed by Northern Mindanao with 27.25 million birds and CALABARZON with 23.41 million birds. These three regions accounted for 42.2 percent of the total chicken inventory in the country. (Figure 3)

Western Visayas reported the highest inventory of native/improved chicken with 12.39 million birds. Broiler chicken inventory was highest in Central Luzon with 14.97 million birds while CALABARZON shared the highest inventory of layer chicken with 15.21 million birds.