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A guide to Poultry farming
Poultry farming is the domestication of birds for provision of food, manure, source of income or for aesthetic value. Mostly they are bred and kept for first three reasons.
The types of domesticated birds include and not limited to;
- Chicken
- Turkeys
- Ducks among others
Chicken is the most kept poultry for its delicious and source of income.
The types of chicken kept are,
- Commercial chicken – exotic chicken either kept for laying (layers) or for production of meat (Broilers).
- Improved indigenous chicken e.g. Kenbro, Kuroiler among others
- Indigenous chicken (commonly referred to as Kienyeji chicken)
Economic importance of Poultry Keeping
- Provide food security to the majority rural population
- Act as a source employment for the keepers and indirect employment for feed manufacturers, drugs manufacturers and dispensers(vaccines, antibiotics)
- Act as a source social status i.e. Western and Coast areas of Kenya
Commercial Poultry Production
It entails intensive poultry production of either layers or broiler birds. It is labour and capital intensive.
Poultry breeders have produced arrange of hybrids suitable for performing to the highest standards.
The birds are produced as day old chicks from parental stocks kept and maintained by several breeding firms a cross the country.
The parental stocks are well vaccinated and kept in disease free conditions.
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