As of 30 June 2022, total chicken inventory was registered at 186.36 million birds or a decrease of -0.5 percent compared to stocks in the same period of previous year. Similarly, population of native/improved chicken and layer chicken declined by -1.6 percent and -0.2 percent, respectively. On the other hand, broiler chicken population grew by 0.8 percent. Of the total chicken population, native/improved chicken accounted for 43.9 percent, followed by broiler chicken with 32.4 percent share and layer chicken with 23.7 percent share. (Figure 2)

In terms of chicken inventory, the top regions were Central Luzon, CALABARZON, and Northern Mindanao with a combined share of 44.5 percent to the total chicken population.

Western Visayas reported the highest inventory of native/improved chicken with 13.10 million birds. Broiler chicken inventory was highest in Central Luzon with 19.79 million birds, while CALABARZON shared the highest inventory of layer chicken with 16.33 million birds.