Scholar Kerubo Openda who got a government employment as a primary school teacher in 1997 for a salary of Sh5,800 then decided to venture in multiple farming side-hustles in 2000 to up her income a decision which has seen her earn over Sh80,000 from her dairy, poultry and horticulture farming. Upon graduating from Eregi Teachers […]
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Farmers rearing pure indigenous chicken for commercial purposes are reportedly making losses and sometimes others are forced to consider venturing into other agricultural production ventures due to a lack of best management and diseases in the poultry business. According to research by a team of scientists from Egerton University on Small-Scale Family Poultry Production Indigenous
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The Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and the European Union (EU) have unveiled a modern indigenous chicken breeding and multiplication unit at KALRO’s Non-ruminant Research Centre in Naivasha. Construction of the 2,000 bird capacity unit that commenced two years ago, was jointly funded by the Government of Kenya under Climate Smart Agricultural Productivity Project
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Indigenous chicken farmers can cut the cost of production by rising their own nutritious black soldier larvae to supplement the chickens’ feed and enable the birds to achieve maturity and market stage faster. According to Sospeter Kabue, a technician at Ecodudu, a waste-to-value company that recycles organic waste into high-protein animal feed, black soldier larvae
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Bidco Land O’Lakes, a joint venture business between Bidco Africa and US company Land O’Lakes has introduced into the Kenyan market four-phase feed specifically for indigenous chicken. This come at a time most farmers practicing traditional free range system reportedly rely on food leftovers to beat the rising production costs. In a recent study by
Farmers rearing pure indigenous chicken for commercial purposes are reportedly making losses and sometimes others are forced to consider venturing in other agricultural production ventures due to lack of best management and diseases in the poultry business. According to a 2012 research by a team of scientist from Egerton University on Small-Scale Family Poultry Production
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Sellah Migaya confirming the number and condition of her chicks just before delivery to her customers. She supplies 2000 chicks per month to her various clients. A 27 old lady from Siaya County practicing poultry farming on a part time basis is rearing kuroiler and indigenous chicken earning her Sh200, 000 gross income per month
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A project to promote indigenous chicken in 2011 proved to be a turning point for Mary Muhatia, a widow from Kakamega County. The project which was initiated by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project (KAPP) aimed to promote the venture as a business among smallholder farmers in the region. Mary who started with 12 chickens now
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Commercial indigenous chicken farmers for a long time have thought that keeping these type of chicken on free range is just enough. They therefore avoid taking care of them properly and still expect good earnings from them. This is not recommended. Generally chicken require good feeding, housing, protection against diseases and predators in order to
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