Makueni Woman Sets an Example of a Successful Chicken Keeping Business with the help of her husband

Success stories of poultry farming in Kenya can inspire you to be one of the greatest chicken farmers. Makueni woman sets an example for others by successfully operating a chicken business with the aid of her loving husband.

Mary Mathuli, a farmer in Wote, Makueni County, has excelled in poultry farming after switching from kienyeji to Rainbow Rooster bird. Her farm has become an inspiration for others.

A Start from Scratch

Mathuli started with 10 chickens and now has over 1,300, which she sells for an average of Sh270 per month old chicken to farmers and a local non-governmental organization.

“I was fortunate enough to visit major poultry farms inside Makueni County six years ago, and they gave me advice on how to be a great chicken farmer, and that’s how my experience began,” Mathuli explained.

“At first, I had 20 kienyeji chickens; I sold 15 of them for between KES600 and KES700 each and bought 10 one-month-old Rainbow Rooster chicks for Sh400 each from Kukuchic Ltd,” she explains. She and her spouse work together to run the farm.

According to Kukuchic, a breeder and distributor of white Broiler and Rainbow Rooster birds in East Africa, the breed may be kept for both meat and eggs.

“The benefit of this bird is that it can be raised free range with minimal technology,” said Luka Cherop, the company’s Sales and Marketing Manager. “It can eat grass, kale, and tomatoes and other commercially produced chicken diets, and it’s immune to illnesses like Newcastle.”

She increased her supply to 40 in three months after using the five surviving kienyeji birds for brooding.

She kept the birds for five years, collecting at least one carton of eggs each day and selling them for Sh350.

She received an Sh20,000 loan from Universal Sacco Ltd, which she used to enhance her production capacity.

Mathuli added, “I used the loan to buy 50-day old chicks from Kukuchic Ltd for Sh100 and used the rest to buy meals and vaccines.”

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Repayment of Loans

She repaid the loan using money earned from egg sales and Sh3,200 deposits, and six equal monthly payments.

Mathuli designed for the Easter season in April to maximize returns due to high demand. She sold all of the birds for Sh700 each and used the money to buy 1,000-day-old chicks for Sh100 each.

“Farmers, Makueni County government officials, and non-governmental organizations such as FIPS Africa have begun to visit my farm.”

“I instructed over 100 farmers on how to handle chicks and manage the entire production process through field visits, and I was paid Sh100 each person,” she said.

After signing a deal with FIPS Africa, Mathuli increased her stock to 3,000 birds. Under the terms of the agreement, she would foster the birds for one month before selling them for Sh250 to be handed to potential farmers for free.

She also gets her market through recommendations from people she’s trained or sold to in the past.

Cash Flows

Every week, she earns Sh4,000 from egg sales and sells at least 500 one-month chicks for Sh270 each.

“Profits from my chicken business have allowed me to educate my two children, one in second grade and the other in seventh grade, without concern,” Mathuli continued.

Aside from that, she invested Sh60,000 in a cow that produces 10 litres of milk every day on average. The cow gave birth to a heifer last year. She consumes two litres at home before selling the rest for Sh60 per litre.

Mathuli has also acquired three water tanks for Sh20,000 each to catch water during the rainy season in the semi-arid region.

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It’s no surprise that chicken farming is now one of Kenya’s most profitable businesses. You will have struck gold if you start keeping poultry to sell eggs or chicken for meat. Without a doubt, that you will be ready and happy to invest more time and money after your first trial.

Final Thoughts

A good number of the success stories of poultry farming in Kenya are characterized by humble beginnings through investment, hard work, patience, passion, and a lot of positivity to greatness.

The phone number for Mathuli is 0702 572 778.

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