The 48-hour rule in poultry farming

Fredrick Makokha and his wife Lilian Ayuma feed their Chicken at their home at Mahondo. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

The three topmost lucrative agri-ventures are horticulture, poultry and cattle/dairy farming. I have witnessed a surge in the orders of broiler and improved exotic slow growing breeds by young and middle-aged business people in all our distribution centres in Kenya.

If you went into Maasai land today you will see long expansive poultry houses some built on leased land by young entrepreneurs trying to supply the growing population with a cheap, nutritive and safe source of chicken protein.