Although there are a several types of poultry raised and consumed in Thailand, chicken is
the most important. There are three main types of chicken in Thailand: broilers, layers and
native chickens. From an economic perspective, broiler meat is the most important poultry
About half of the country’s chickens are raised in central Thailand – a relatively small but
highly populated region; second in terms of poultry production is the northeastern region,
which is physically the largest region of Thailand. Most of the exported chicken comes from
farms in the central region