Series 16 - Ep 13: Poultry Feeds, Black Soldier Fly and Mycelium boards

Series 16 - Ep 13: Poultry Feeds, Black Soldier Fly and Mycelium boards

Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Series 16!

This week we are in Nkubu in Meru county and we are visiting a young farmer Ken Kinoti.

He studied nursing at Chuka university, started chicken business as a side hustle while in university. Took it up more comprehensively after university. He has a hatchery where he sells day old improved kienyeji chicks to the farmers in the community as well as broods for some weeks until he gets market. Currently building his own house with the proceeds from the farming business. Does the chicken rearing with his mother. He has his own restaurant outlets for selling the chicken and he also keeps pigs.

This week we are learning about:

  1. The best ways to feed your broilers so they reach the right market weight at the right time.
  2. How to properly feed your kienyeji chickens for quality egg production.
  3. Check out an innovative construction method that helps keep your house warmer during the cold season and cooler during the hot season.
  4. How you can rear black soldier flies as a nutritious feed supplement for your chickens.
chicken kienyeji broilers Poultry Improved Kienyeji Chicken Feeds Black Soldier Fly BSF mycelium boards Larvae

Show times

Kenya

Sunday 1:30 pm (Swahili)
Saturday 1:30 pm (English)

on Citizen TV Kenya 

Zambia

Friday at 5.30pm (Nyanja)

Sunday at 3:00pm (Bemba)

Sunday at 6:00pm (English)

on ZNBC TV 1

Uganda

Thursday 8:00 pm (Luganda)

on Bukedde TV1 and 2

Sunday 6:30 pm (English)
Wednesday 12:00 pm (English)

on NTV Uganda