Chicken Farming Redefined
Poultry farming in Kenya has evolved from traditional small scale chicken keeping to a fully commercialized industry. The growth I this sector has been catalyzed by increased consumption due to population growth and the white meat campaign from nutritionists. Increased land fragmentation has made farmers to resolve to ventures that have highest economic benefits per area and poultry farming one of them. In spite of the growing demand, interested chicken farmers are usually scared by the risks involved especially in the first month. The risk varies from layers, broilers and dual Purpose. Various types of poultry diseases can cause serious loss in the poultry farming business. Diseases occur due to lack of proper care and management, inadequate nutritious feeding and some other factors. Chicken diseases can be categories in three 1. Contagious Diseases : They spread from affected bird to healthy ones · ...