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Planning to go big scale? Get it right with feed mill

Farm chicken in a barn, eating from an automatic feeder. Animal abuse, living in captivity, food production and industry concept.

Three weeks ago, on October 11, we celebrated World Egg Day in Thika town. Why was Thika town picked to host the event this year?

I guess most of the layer poultry producers are in this region and equally true most of the feed mills are found here. As small farms fold, large farms are emerging, completely equipped with a feed mill and a fleet of transport to distribute any excess feed production to nearby depots.

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