How young graduate outwitted brokers to run thriving hatchery standardmedia.co.ke - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardmedia.co.ke Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
Smart Harvest
By Titus Too | March 13th 2021 at 05:30:00 GMT +0300
Mass communication graduate Sellah Koech s poultry farm in Mosoriot Nandi County. She is the founder of Kijiji poultry farming limited hatching, brooding and selling improved kienyeji chicks. [Christopher Kipsang,Standard]
Like all potential farmers, when Sellah Chemweno started her poultry project four years ago, she began with gusto.
Along the way, she experienced numerous challenges that almost broke her business spirit.
With a start-up capital of Sh50,000 she bought her first batch of 200 improved kienyeji chicken that were a month-old.
She has gradually grown her improved kienyeji chicken farm from the initial parent stock of 200 birds to more than 2,000 with a solid market.