Question: I use batteries for my layer chickens – they’re in a shed that has doors on both sides. The doors are kept open during the day, but closed at night. For the last while it sounds as if my hens have a “cold”. Could this be due to a…
Ugandan farmer Erias Kasumba knows his way around chickens since he's breeding for many years. Unlike some other farmers, he believes in local breeds since they are less susceptible to disease and easier to manage. Check out this video. * We are sharing the video made for the On the Farm-programme…
Dear farmers - Caleb Karuga used to be quite a famous television journalist in Kenya, but he decided to give that up to become a chicken farmer and made a success out of it. He decided to start with Old KARI Kienyeji chicken and it worked. The video is a few…
Invented in the Netherlands, the Feed Calculator is a new piece of technology available for Zambian farmers who want to mitigate high input costs. This smart phone application enables farmers to produce chicken feed which meets industry standards, using local ingredients. “Feed Calculator was designed to offer guidelines to poultry…
He’s a white collar worker who left the comfort of a corporate job to toil on a farm. And engineering graduate Gyavira Bwalya (49) is one of several farmers to do just this. Farming is Gyavira Bwalya’s first love, and he had no choice but to divide his time between…
