Country Chicken Prices Surge Before Sankranti

Country chicken prices have gone up a lot in Andhra Pradesh because of the Sankranti festival.

People want to eat traditional food like natu kodi curry, and this has made the price of native chicken higher than mutton.

Traders say there aren't enough chickens because fewer people are raising them in villages.

In some places, chickens that lose in cockfights are being sold for a lot of money.

Broiler chicken and mutton prices have also gone up.

People might have to pay more for meat until the festival is over.

Despite a ban, cockfights are happening in many places, with organizers claiming they are part of tradition, while authorities and animal rights groups say they are illegal and cruel.