Monthly Archives: February 2017

TYPES OF POULTRY FARMING

  Free range extensive system Backyard extensive system Semi intensive Intensive Free range Birds are not confined. Makeshift shelters are provided to protect the birds from severe weather conditions. Birds are free to wander around in litter collection areas, trees and nest in the bush. It’s hard to control inbreeding in comparison to using poultry […]

COST OF REARING KIENYENJI CHICKEN IN KENYA

In Kenya the types of poultry farming practised are follows; layers, broilers and kienyenji. Kienyenji is the most economical and marketable as it is dual purpose type of poultry. Improved kienyenji chicks can begin to lay eggs after 4 – 5 months. The following is estimated cost for raising 100 kienyenji chicks once you have […]

Kari Improved Kienyeji Chicken by Homerange Poultry Kenya

The Kari Improved kienyeji chicken is a local indigenous chicken distributed by Homerange Poultry Kenya. The breed was developed by the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) in 2012 as a dual purpose chicken which is ideal both for meat and also for egg production. The breed is comparatively cheaper to rear as it can […]