poultry

Kienyeji chicken farming in Kenya: Dr. Tony Kiragu runs Kuku Nature Farm in Naivasha town, that is well-established agribusiness with a solid market and making a significant impact in the farming community in the area. The ambitious vet specializes in hatching Kari Kienyeji chicken which he...

The farm is situated at a farm in Olala village, Narok South. The village is 900 meters off the Mulot-Sogoo road. It is dotted with many Kipsigis traditional grass-thatched houses. We are welcomed at Mrs. Lilian Cherono’s quarter-acre chain-link fenced compound, by the sounds of a chicken. She...

From jobless youth to a successful kienyeji chicken farmer – success story of Onesmus Mutuku Onesmus Mutuku holds two Kuroiler cockerels warmly in his left and right hands as if feeling their weight before he informs a buyer that they would go for Sh1,500 each. The buyer, who had visited his...

The biggest misconception we always have when it comes to farming is that we get into it to become rich, you will see most people say I want to start with 100 chicks yet they don't even know what to feed them. My advice would be to start small, breed your flock, know which performs better and...

Some call this "buttock syndrome"????...we'll, this is not that, the name of this condition is called "pasty butt" or "pasted vent"..This is a condition that occurs in early stages of chicks development when droppings stick to the down surrounding their vents.Poops build up to form blockage of...

At Keystone we try as much as possible to cut the cost of feeds. This is a procedure for breeding maggots using EM1 to accelerated decomposition. Visit Keystone Poultry Farm today and learn how to breed maggots in your farm for your birds. maggot meal contains 47.1% crude protein, 25.3% fat...

Role of calcium in poultry production.. 1-Helps improved on egg production. 2-Hepps in formation of strong egg shells. 3-Improves growth in birds. 4-Helps in strong borne formation. 5-Controlls cannibalism, pecking and egg eating.. #keystonepoultryfarm

I said ‘No’ to teaching job for this thriving chicken business. It is feeding time at Elisha Wekoya’s poultry farm . Excited hens make cluck sounds as they fight for the rich chicken meal Wekoya is methodically throwing at them. “If you notice, the birds are making a lot of noise because they...

This you can easily achieve by selecting special flock of say 20 birds to specialize in laying fertile eggs and group them separate with maximum 4 cocks of desired traits. Once you have your eggs which will be maximum of 140 in 1 week, some of the birds will be broody as local poultry get...

Teacher delves into thriving poultry farming Jackbed Njue at her poultry farm in Gachoka, Mbeere South, Embu County. Mwalimu Jackbed Njue, a senior education official in Embu County, rears improved kienyenji (indigenous) chicken farming which are raking in tidy sum every month. “I started this...