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Chaka
#21 Posted : Wednesday, February 08, 2017 9:31:14 AM
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@theking,thanks..would you mind putting a pic of the chicken structure here?I am thinking of such a project in a few months time.How big is it and how is it kept clean?
theking wrote:
[quote=Chaka]@theking,
I'm feeding them with commercial feeds, I also supplement with some skuma planted on the farm to improve their laying percentage n eggs quality. I do vaccinate them especially against newcastle. Good thing about kienyeji is that their eggs are pricier 450 a tray and they multiply themselves by brooding hence no need for incubators. They also lay quite well with good feeding

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TheChaoos
#22 Posted : Wednesday, February 08, 2017 12:58:34 PM
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@TheKing
I am also looking to begin on Kienyeji but from what I have read giving commercial feeds means that the Kienyeji natural essence is lost?Are the chicken always indoors or let to roam freely? I have been doing research on chicken farming in Europe and America quite insightful information available.
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Chaka
#23 Posted : Wednesday, February 08, 2017 1:19:37 PM
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@TheChaoos,
Was also wondering about the taste aspect.1/4 acre maybe small to let them free range?Do you have info abt raising free range in Europe and US that you can share?
[Tquote=TheChaoos]@TheKing
I am also looking to begin on Kienyeji but from what I have read giving commercial feeds means that the Kienyeji natural essence is lost?Are the chicken always indoors or let to roam freely? I have been doing research on chicken farming in Europe and America quite insightful information available.[/quote]
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theking
#24 Posted : Wednesday, February 08, 2017 2:43:44 PM
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I let them roam in the evenings only since I'm yet to put chain link fence, this is to avoid them roaming to the neighbors land. Taste I'll know in a few months time once I get to eat one fully raised here. Predators are also an issue when it comes to fully free range. Will send a pic of the structure in my next visit to the farm
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mkenyan
#25 Posted : Wednesday, February 08, 2017 4:34:03 PM
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theking wrote:
I let them roam in the evenings only since I'm yet to put chain link fence, this is to avoid them roaming to the neighbors land. Taste I'll know in a few months time once I get to eat one fully raised here. Predators are also an issue when it comes to fully free range. Will send a pic of the structure in my next visit to the farm

where is your farm?
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theking
#26 Posted : Thursday, February 09, 2017 9:09:44 AM
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mkenyan wrote:
theking wrote:
I let them roam in the evenings only since I'm yet to put chain link fence, this is to avoid them roaming to the neighbors land. Taste I'll know in a few months time once I get to eat one fully raised here. Predators are also an issue when it comes to fully free range. Will send a pic of the structure in my next visit to the farm

where is your farm?


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TheChaoos
#27 Posted : Thursday, February 09, 2017 3:09:34 PM
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Chaka wrote:
@TheChaoos,
Was also wondering about the taste aspect.1/4 acre maybe small to let them free range?Do you have info abt raising free range in Europe and US that you can share?
[Tquote=TheChaoos]@TheKing
I am also looking to begin on Kienyeji but from what I have read giving commercial feeds means that the Kienyeji natural essence is lost?Are the chicken always indoors or let to roam freely? I have been doing research on chicken farming in Europe and America quite insightful information available.

[/quote]

The material is in different docs sourced from the internet if you goggle Pasture raised poultry you get relevant information, also google Joel salatin and the label rouge poultry system.
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theking
#28 Posted : Friday, February 10, 2017 11:10:28 PM
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Chaka wrote:
@theking,thanks..would you mind putting a pic of the chicken structure here?I am thinking of such a project in a few months time.How big is it and how is it kept clean?



here's the structure, the floor is all wooden, mabati walls. They have a place underneath the structure where they can ''bath'' since there's loose soil.

structure is cleaned by sweeping, cannot hold too many chicken as i was previously not planning to go the chicken way,will have to come up with a bigger structure.

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Chaka
#29 Posted : Saturday, February 11, 2017 12:37:12 PM
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@theking,
Thanks.It appears like the structure has been fenced in so that the chicken feed and live 'outside' and then sleep in the structure at night.Is this the case?

theking wrote:

here's the structure, the floor is all wooden, mabati walls. They have a place underneath the structure where they can ''bath'' since there's loose soil.

structure is cleaned by sweeping, cannot hold too many chicken as i was previously not planning to go the chicken way,will have to come up with a bigger structure.


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theking
#30 Posted : Sunday, February 12, 2017 4:27:04 PM
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that's correct, they also lay eggs inside,they can always go in whenever they want but of course prefer outside. I hear some sunlight also assists in egg production.

Chaka wrote:
@theking,
Thanks.It appears like the structure has been fenced in so that the chicken feed and live 'outside' and then sleep in the structure at night.Is this the case?

theking wrote:

here's the structure, the floor is all wooden, mabati walls. They have a place underneath the structure where they can ''bath'' since there's loose soil.

structure is cleaned by sweeping, cannot hold too many chicken as i was previously not planning to go the chicken way,will have to come up with a bigger structure.



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