Chicken Inventory decreased by 11.7 percent in the province

The chicken inventory in the province of Davao Occidental declined to 423,558 birds as of October 1, 2024. This is negative 5.7 percent lower compared to the same period of 2023, which is 449,355 birds (Table 1). 

Smallhold farm posted an increase of 34.0 percent among the other farm classifications, from 280,689 birds in October 1, 2023 to 375,987 birds in the same period of 2024. However, semi-commercial farm recorded the lowest number of birds, dropping from 117,745 birds to 10,937 birds as of October 1, 2024.  

In terms of the distribution by farm classification as of 01 October 2024, 91.0 percent of the total chicken inventory were raised by smallhold farms, while commercial and semi-commercial farms were at 6.9 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively (Figure 2).

Native/Improved chicken top in inventory among chicken types in the province as of October 1, 2024p and October 1, 2023

Native/Improved chicken had the highest estimated number of birds among chicken types as of October 1, 2024 with 360,669 birds, broiler chicken follows with 35,901 birds, and layer chicken with 11,904 birds.

In contrast of the same period of 2023, all of the chicken inventory for the 4th Quarter of 2024 decreased by 45.3 percent for native/improved, 4.7 percent for layer, and 7.6 percent for broiler. 

Technical Notes

Poultry – a collective term for all domesticated avian for the purpose of food consumption or, the carcass of such avian are processed for human consumption.
   Broiler – strains of foreign breeds of chicken, especially raised for meat purposes   only.
   Layer – foreign strain chicken regardless of age, raised mainly for egg production.
  Native/Improved Chicken – a common backyard fowl that is a mixture of native breeds  and foreign breeds which includes Banaba, Bolinao, Kabir, Bantam, Paraoakan, and Heritage  Chicken such as Rhode Island Red (RIR), Barred Plymouth Rock (BPR), and Black Australorp    (BA).

Animal Population (also Animal Inventory) – the actual number of animals (in head/bird) present in the farm as of a specific reference date regardless of ownership.

Household – A person or group of persons who sleep under the same dwelling unit and usually have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food. The household members may not necessarily be related by ties of kinship, although they are usually relatives. In some instances, more than one household may occupy the same dwelling unit.

Establishment – an economic unit that engages under a single ownership or control, i.e., under a single legal entity; in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed physical location. Thus, stores, shops, factories, mining companies, electric plants, transport companies, radio stations, hotels, restaurants, banks, insurance companies, real estate development companies, and the like are considered establishments.

The following are the new farm classifications and definitions of chicken type based on the approved PSA Board Resolution No. 04, series of 2022:

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JESSIE A. MADULIN
Chief Statistical Specialist