Kenya Agricultural Research Foundation (Kari) has come up with a new breed of indigenous chicken that offers better yield called KARI Kienyeji chicken

Characteristics

The breed develops faster, is highly resistant to diseases and has high productivity.
It achieves 1.5kg in about five months when the rest of the indigenous breeds take up to seven months or more
ability to withstand harsh conditions is amazing

The feathering system makes it adjust faster than the time taken by others to acclimatise with any climatic conditions, including the arid and semi-arid regions.

The chicken is easy to maintain since it can be kept under the free range system or deep litter depending on a farmer’s financial ability and objectives

to mature faster or produce more eggs one is advised to keep them in a semi-intensive or deep litter system

Farmers in Kenya have an option of keeping them as layers, for meat or both.

A hen can produce between 220 and 280 eggs a year. This is almost similar to a white leghorn exotic layer kept in a deep litter system.

A fully grown kienyeji cockerel costs Sh1,000 while a hen costs Sh600.

You can use different ways to develop stock for any Kienyeji breed.

Buy day old chick from trusted farmers doing breeding for the kienyeji breed
Buy fertile eggs and hatch your own chicks
Buy mature hens for meat or egg productions

Get The Beginner’s Guide to Improved Kienyeji and Exotic Chicken Farming in Kenya for only ksh 700. Call 0727087285

Here at Ecochicks Poultry we have high performance eggs incubators for hatching your own chicks which is considered cheaper and sustainable by many people .
Download KARI Kienyeji production manual here