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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Have questions about caring for your new chicks? Wondering how to build a brooder box? How big should a brooder box be? Learn here about the essentials for creating a brooder box. Having an area ...

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 ...