Genetic researcher eyes heat stress-resistant birds

Grace Moraa, a Biotechnology PhD student at JKUAT is conducting research to ascertain the genetic composition of indigenous chicken in relation to heat stress. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Different breeds of tiny chicken still roam Lorengelup, Kalokol, Eliye and other far-flung villages in Turkana.

They are bantam chickens, a miniature version of regular chicken that vary in size from one fifth to two thirds the size of an average chicken.