Some figures may vary from place to place so don't mock me. Can you do a successful indigenous chicken business anywhere in Africa? The answer is yes. Can you reap profits from it? Of course you can? Is it complicated? Not at all but you need enough capital to start it. First things first. Most farmers fail in this sector because they fail to plan. If you fail to plan then you are planning to fail. Do you know where farmers fail most? They start their projects without the end in mind. Today I will describe how you can rear 1200 indigenous/ village/ kienyeji chickens in a year successfully without a headache. With this method you can be churning out 200 birds every month for sale and laugh all the way to the bank. The first thing is that you should have a plan. As you know broiler farmers plan for their batch of birds every 6 weeks, pig farmers every 5 months, beef farmers every 2 years, rabbit farmers every 4 - 5 months. Indigenous chicken are ready for meat at about 6 months and a
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