Guides — page 52

Hydroponics fodder for poultry
Poultry feed is some of the most expensive livestock feed on the market, making hydroponically grown fodder an easy choice for poultry producers. Sprouted fodder is considered a…

Poultry general management and feeding
Feeding Birds need feeds that give the necessary elements for body functions, including growth, and egg and meat production. This is a requirement that the free-range production…

Poultry breeding hatching and brooding
Avoid inbreeding by introducing one cock for every 10 hens every 2 years. Selection of eggs for setting Improved nutrition can raise the average number of eggs laid per clutch by…

Poultry Diseases prevention and treatment
Diseases may be defined as illness of one or more of the body organs or tissues, caused by pathogens or germs. Germs (virus, bacteria) and protozoa are classified according to…

External parasites of Kienyeji chicken
External parasites infest poultry houses and breed in cracks of the buildings. The species commonly found include lice, mites, fleas and ticks, though very rare. They affect all…

Poultry eggs incubators
Ecochicks Poultry provide high performance eggs incubators in Kenya at fair prices to promote poultry farming in Kenya. These incubators come with different capacities for…

Quail Egg & Health
Researchers say that eggs should be pronounced a super-food, as it has a very good impact on our health and even helps to fight obesity. According to nutritionists the egg as food…

Ways to set up you Quail Farm
This video details an easy way to set up your own quail farm. Because of their size, quail are susceptible to attacks from rats – it is therefore absolutely essential that the…

Farmer makes quails a runaway success
By JAMES KARIUKI kamaukariuki@gmail.com From Daily Nation Seventy two-year-old Philip Gichohi is busy making money ‘restoring’ men’s vitality via sale of quail eggs — a rare…

Little birds bring Nyeri farmer profits
From NTV Quail farming is an uncommon business in Kenya, but the few people who have embraced it are laughing all the way to the bank. In Nyeri County, one farmer who has ventured…

Kenyan farmer reaping from quail eggs venture
Story By JAMES KARIUKI From Africa Review. Seventy two-year-old Philip Gichohi is busy making money ‘restoring’ men’s vitality via sale of quail eggs — a rare venture licensed by…

High school dropout makes a killing in quail rearing venture
Story by By MUNENE KAMAU From Standard Digital News As many youths grumble over soaring unemployment, Leonard Mbucho is a happy man. In his early 30s and with modest education, he…