Chicken prices jump as supply falters due to travel restrictions

Hatcheries import hens and roosters to produce fertilised eggs which hatch into broiler chicks. Production of chicks has plunged to 2.5 million birds per week from 4 million.

The retail price of chicken has surged to Rs450 per kg in the Kathmandu Valley amid growing demand and stalled imports of parent stock due to travel restrictions, poultry traders said.