Poultry

Poultry Farming in Kenya The first thing that catches your eye when you arrive at Leamose Poultry Farm is a flock of multi-coloured indigenous chicken darting joyously from side to side inside a wire mesh fenced compound.That's when one wants...

Most Profitable Chicken Breeds: The following feature was first published in Seeds of Gold magazine. Dressed in a white overcoat, a black trouser and gumboots, Nicholas Omondi digs his hand in a sack of poultry feeds and offers his...

Eggs Wholesale & Retail Nairobi: Emmanuel Nzioka works in the legal department of an insurance firm, but on the side, he’s going kuku over chicken rearing . He spoke to CAROLINE NJOROGE about the value of taking baby steps...

Poultry farming method: The normal way of rearing poultry is doing free range for ‘kienyeji’ and for layers, putting them in a chicken structure. But farmers are embracing a new technology that promises good returns — rearing the layers...

Poultry Farming Kenya: BY OKUTA NGURA: For you to succeed and make money, there are several steps you must take. Poultry farming Kenya: The steps: We have listed them here to guide you 1. Housing system: This is a very important factor you...

Rooster to Hen Ratio The ideal ratio of roosters to hens is 1:12, depending on the nature of the rooster. If you have a lower ratio than that, the rooster may get too aggressive with the hens. If you have...

Poultry production in Kenya: BY ALEX WACHIRA: Poultry farming is one of the most popular types of farming practiced in the country. This is due to the huge demand of eggs and chicken meat products which has a ready...

Kuku Kienyeji Farming: BY DR. SUBIRI OBWOGO: My poultry adventure began as a hobby about six years ago. I started with 30 hens and three roosters, which I bought from a neighbour. The problem was that for two years running,...

Layers chicken farming: Layer poultry farming means raising egg laying poultry birds for the purpose of commercial egg production. Layer chickens are such a special species of hens, which need to be raised from when they are one day...

BY Nathan Ochunge: Farming Kienyeji Chickens: In June 2017, Hesbon Andika was employed as a teacher at Esokone Secondary School and was being paid by the County Government of Kakamega Sh10,000 a month. For 10 months, he saved Sh80,000. In...