The FAPP ventilating system used to maintain "disease-free" poultry flocks was adapted to brooding of broiler chicks. Day-old commercial broiler chicks have been brooded under FAPP conditions for 8 to ...

It is mid-morning in Kimende, a chilly highland settlement tucked within Lari constituency in Kiambu County. While the fog still hangs low over the forested ridges, inside a quiet compound a few ...

I am a poultry farmer in Kitengela and I noticed something unique my neighbour also a poultry farmer, was doing. Recently he had a broody chicken that had sat on eggs for the entire 21 days of ...

Winter should be just as good a time to raise chickens as any other time of year. With more latitude on temperature and air ...

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

A focus on hen welfare and technological innovation helped a 200-hen diversification grow into a business producing and packing eggs from 2 million chickens via a network of suppliers. David and Helen ...

This mobile DIY brooder box design works for broody hens or mail-order chicks and for both indoor and outdoor use. We’ve designed a secure, lightweight brooder box that is relatively easy and ...