Today's Chicken and Chick Prices in Afghanistan

This page collects poultry market prices from provinces across Afghanistan every day, so farmers and traders can see real prices before they buy or sell.

The poultry market in Afghanistan

According to media reports, around 15,000 poultry farms operate in Afghanistan, and Herat is the country's largest poultry hub. Most day-old chicks (close to 80%) are imported, mainly from Iran and Pakistan.

The closure of trade routes with Pakistan in autumn 2025 pushed chicken and egg prices up in many provinces.

What drives chicken prices?

Feed is the largest cost of a cycle. Feed prices, day-old chick prices, transport and customs costs, the season (summer heat and winter cold), and Ramadan and the Eid holidays move chicken prices up and down.

How are these prices collected?

Farmers, traders and hatchery agents send the prices in their province every day. The published price is the median of all reports, and reports far from the rest are left out. When a price comes from a news source, the source is named under the price.

For farmers: before you sell

Compare several provinces, look at the change over the last few days, and work out the feed and chick cost of your cycle. Average flock weight and mortality rate both have a direct effect on profit.

Questions and answers

These are market prices; actual farm-gate prices vary from farm to farm. The published price is the median of all reports; reports far from the rest are left out.