Agriculture for Standard Six - Unit 25 - Marketing of Chicken Products

Jul 19, 2026

Agriculture for Standard Six, Unit 25 explains how poultry farmers market chicken products effectively. It covers what farmers can sell, including eggs, chicken meat (or live chickens), and manure, and lists common places of sale such as local markets, district councils, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and institutions. The unit describes key marketing procedures—cleaning, grading, packaging, setting a market price, storing, and transporting—along with guidance on cleaning eggs, grading commercial eggs by shell quality, cleanliness, shape, colour, and size, and classifying market chickens into broilers, roasters, hens, and cocks.

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Pages16

Reading Time40 min

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Marketing of Chicken Products

Marketing of Eggs, Chickens and Chicken Products

Procedures for Marketing

Cleaning

Grading

Classes of Market Chickens

Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 25 MARKETING OF CHICKEN PRODUCTS English Agriculture Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 25 MARKETING OF CHICKEN PRODUCTS English Zomba, Southern , Malawi Copyright © 2025, Knowledge & Information for Successful Society [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) You are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc. MARKETING OF CHICKEN PRODUCTS Chicken products that a farmer can sell include eggs, chicken meat (or live chickens), and manure. MARKETING OF EGGS, CHICKENS AND CHICKEN PRODUCTS Where farmers sell eggs and chickens Poultry farmers sell chickens and eggs at local market, district council markets, town markets, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and other institutions. MARKETING OF EGGS, CHICKENS AND CHICKEN PRODUCTS (Contd) Procedures for marketing chickens and chicken products Marketing of chickens and chicken products involve the following: -Cleaning -Grading -Packaging -Setting a market price -Storing while awaiting selling -Transporting Cleaning Eggs covered with chicken droppings or remains of broken eggs or litter cannot be easily sold. They should be cleaned by wiping them with a moist cloth. However, only very dirty eggs need to be cleaned. Washing eggs should be avoided because it removes the productive coat on the outside surface of the egg. Dirty eggs become infected easily and lose their quality and become poisonous. It is therefore to ensure that eggs are laid in clean conditions in order to avoid the need for cleaning them. Chickens must be washed with clean water after plucking the feathers to remove dirt. 5 Grading The external qualities of commercial eggs are measured by: Shell quality – smooth, even and not cracked Cleanliness – dirty eggs may be rejected as they maybe contaminated Shape – a normal egg is oval: very round or very long eggs do not fit well into the egg trays and as a result are easily broken. Colour – local preferences may be for brown or white eggs. Size or weight – eggs size must be uniform. Very small eggs are rejected. Extra-large eggs or double yolk may not be suitable for packing for transportation as they might break 6 CLASSES OF MARKET CHICKENS The poultry farmer can sell chickens as: Broilers – young chickens under 12 weeks, which give tender meat (also called friers) Roasters – young chickens under 8 months. They are tender but less than broilers. Hens – mature female chicken, usually an old layer, more than 10 months old, less tender than a roaster, suitable for stewing. Cocks (old roasters)– mature male chicken with course skin, toughened and darkened meat. It is suitable for stewing.

FAQs

What chicken products can a farmer sell according to the unit?

A farmer can sell eggs, chicken meat (or live chickens), and manure.

Which places are mentioned for selling eggs and chickens?

Eggs and chickens can be sold at local markets, district council markets, town markets, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, and other institutions.

Why should eggs covered with droppings or broken-egg remains be cleaned, and how?

They cannot be easily sold and should be cleaned by wiping with a moist cloth; washing should be avoided because it removes the protective coat.

How are market chickens classified in this unit?

They are classified as broilers (under 12 weeks), roasters (under 8 months), hens (mature females over 10 months), and cocks/old roasters (mature males with toughened meat suitable for stewing).

Jul 19, 2026

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