Families can raise chickens on little space, labour and money to meet their needs for eggs and meat and earn extra income; guidance on house size, floor litter and sourcing birds for a small farm.
LivestockA USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report expects demand and the EU's ban on Brazilian chicken, in force since 3 September, to lift production after 3.4% growth in 2026.
Poultry farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to protest a rise in feed prices while egg prices keep falling.
Severe heat and long power cuts are killing chickens on Pabna's poultry farms, adding to losses from high feed and medicine prices and disease.
Rajbari's only government poultry breeding and development farm runs with 4 staff against 14 posts and crumbling buildings, yet has met most of its production targets.
About 1,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Darshana, Chuadanga, have died in an overnight attack by a wild animal, causing an estimated loss of Tk 4 to 5 lakh.
LivestockA Directorate of Primary Education letter of 29 July 2026 asked schools to encourage primary pupils to help their parents rear ducks, chickens and other domestic animals, and to be kind to all animals.
A staff shortage and crumbling sheds have left the government poultry breeding and development farm at Jamalganj, Joypurhat, producing far below its targets.
A layer poultry farm's stench and swarms of flies have made life miserable in Ishwaripur village in Godagari, Rajshahi, and an official probe has confirmed the complaints.
LivestockIn Pabna villages the big deshi rooster was once saved for the son-in-law. By June 2026 such birds were scarce, selling at Tk 740-750 a kg in town.
Sonali and local chicken are selling at record prices in Dhaka after Eid as disease on farms and higher transport costs cut supply.
AgribusinessLemons and cucumbers became cheaper in Dhaka's Mirpur markets on 6 March 2026, mid-Ramadan, while broiler and sonali chicken, sugar and spices rose. Buyers and sellers complained of short supplies of bottled soybean oil.
LivestockOn a layer farm in Chapatala village, Bagerhat Sadar, about 8,000 White Leghorn hens died between December 2025 and February 2026. The farmer suspected bird flu; the upazila livestock officer said samples were being tested and the cause would be known only from the laboratory results.
