Raising chicks is infinitely easier than incubating eggs, but there is still much more to it than just plopping them in a coop. They need a toasty-warm mini-coop – a brooder – to nurture them into ...

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Poultry hatchery business is a highly specialised job and, therefore, the industry is characterised by a few accredited firms mainly concentrated in some parts of the country. Usually, poultry farmers ...

Some Americans are turning to backyard chickens amid rising egg prices.

Rosemary Maina, one the beneficiaries of the stoves at her home in Losogwa village, Nyahururu. The energy efficient jiko works in such a way that the heat that is used for cooking also warms up the ...