Poultry farming can be a highly profitable venture when managed properly—something Winnie Cheruiyot from Tumbelion village in Kaplong, Bomet County, knows firsthand.
Cheruiyot started her poultry journey in 2015 by acquiring 300 chicks from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO).
By 2021, after undergoing in-depth training in poultry management—including care techniques, brooding, nutrition, disease prevention, and record-keeping—she qualified as a distributor of KALRO’s improved chicken breeds.
“I received training and then partnered with KALRO. I constructed a poultry house, which passed their inspection standards,” she explains.
Her first consignment from KALRO included 500 one-day-old KC1 chicks, 300 of which were female. Once they began laying eggs, she sold them to local farmers.
“I didn’t struggle to find buyers. The demand was overwhelming, which kept me going,” she recalls. CONTINUE READING
