Characteristics

Bukavu and

Hinterland

Bweremana- Sake

Goma

Kinshasa

Kongo Central

Lubumbashi

Minova

Total

Test Stat. Value (F)

Chicken’s processing

No

10 (100.0)

2 (100.0)

10 (100.0)

5 (83.3)

1 (100.0)

4 (80.0)

5 (100.0)

37 (94.8)

Yes

1 (16.6)

1 (20.0)

2 (5.2)

Sold price of local

chickens ($)

Cock

12.7 ± 3.5

12.4 ± 2.9

13.7 ± 2.5

11.3 ± 1.3

10.5 ± 2.3

12.0 ± 2.6

Hen

6.8 ± 1.1

5.5 ± 1.6

7.0

5.5 ± 1.1

3.7 ± 0.3

5.2

6.7 ± 1.1

5.9 ± 1.4

2.688*

Egg

0.15 ± 0.9

0.19 ± 0.1

0.19 ± 0.3

0.15 ± 0.1

0.17 ± 0.1

0.39 ± 0.2

0.18 ± 0.2

0.24 ± 0.4

7.789***

Chickens transport

and supplies

Foot

21 (55)

11 (55)

18 (72.0)

7 (33.3)

1 (7.1)

58 (36.4)

Lorry

2 (8.3)

2 (10.0)

3 (12.0)

12 (57.1)

7 (70.0)

9 (64.3)

35 (31.8)

Motorcycle

1 (4.2)

6 (30)

8 (36.4)

2 (8.0)

2 (9.5)

1 (30.0)

3 (21.4)

23 (17.1)

Train

11 (50.0)

11 (7.1)

Bicycle

1 (5.0)

2 (9.1)

2 (8.0)

2 (20.0)

1 (7.1)

8 (7.0)

Mail

1 (4.5)

1 (0.6)

Country origin of

importation

Belgium

1 (12.5)

1 (8.3)

7 (100.0)

1 (100.0)

1 (16.7)

1 (20.0)

12 (27.3)

Rwanda

5 (62.5)

3 (60.0)

2 (16.7)

2 (40.0)

12 (27.3)

Burundi

2 (25.0)

5 (41.7)

7 (15.9)

Kenya

1 (20.0)

4 (33.3)

1 (20.0)

6 (13.6)

Zambia

5 83.3)

5 (11.4)

Uganda

1 (20.0)

1 (20.0)

2 (4.3)

Chickens imported

breed types

Broiler

7 (10.0)

5 (100.0)

8 (88.9)

5 (45.5)

1 (100.0)

4 (66.7)

1 (100.0)

31 (77.5)

Spent layers

1 (11.1)

6 (54.5)

2 (33.3)

9 (22.5)