People prepare clean chicken source to serve Tet market

On the 2.7-hectare auctioned land area, Mr. Pham Kim Hao in village 11, Linh Son commune is currently raising 6,000 broiler chickens, of which 4,000 are ready for sale, and 2,000 are being incubated to serve the Tet market.

Thanks to the large land fund, Mr. Hao both raises and confines the chickens, so they grow quickly... With careful preparation of breeds and disease prevention, Mr. Hao's family hopes that the chickens at the end of the year will grow well, have good prices and be sold easily.

Currently, many households in Anh Son raise chickens both in captivity and free-range, so the chickens grow quickly and have good meat quality. Photo: Thai Hien

Nguyen Thi Quynh's family in Ke May village, Cam Son commune has just bought 1,500 chickens. In about 3 months, the chickens will be ready to supply the Tet market.

This year's Tet holiday, it is estimated that the entire Anh Son district will have more than 500,000 chickens sold to the market, with the main breeds being native chickens, crossbred fighting chickens, and free-range chickens... According to most chicken farmers, the end of the year often brings high profits due to increased demand and increased selling prices.

At first, the chickens are kept in a closed cage and light bulbs are used to warm them up so they can grow quickly. Photo: Thai Hien

To meet the growing demand for food, households have now shifted from small-scale farming to large-scale farming, concentrated in 21 large farms, the rest are household farms with a scale of 500 animals.

In this year's Tet farming season, farmers in Anh Son district focus on free-range chickens, with a herd growth rate of 15-20%, mainly concentrated in the communes of Cam Son, Tuong Son, Khai Son, Duc Son...