# Why Zimbabwe’s consumers favour tough end-of-lay hens to tender broilers
						 | The Poultry Site

> Zimbabwe's poultry market is growing quickly despite an uncertain economy and recent avian influenza outbreaks. Restaurants in Bulawayo use end-of-lay hens as a substitute for scarce indigenous chicken. The article notes that spent hens provide farmers extra income after their egg-laying life ends.

- Date: 2019-10-28 · published 2019-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Zimbabwe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56571-why-zimbabwe-s-consumers-favour-tough-end-of-lay-hens-to-tender-broilers-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Growing demand for end-of-lay birds gives local egg farmers an additional revenue stream, which supports poultry production. The effect on feed prices is small.

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/why-zimbabwes-consumers-favour-tough-end-of-lay-hens-to-tender-broilers

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