A better chicken breed

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About Me

I am in Agri-business, which is a passion I acquired from my early childhood days while growing up in rural Kenya in Trans-Nzoia District, Kibomet. My parents depended on agriculture and we grew up knowing that if we did not plough the shamba and grow crops or take care of the cattle that produced milk for sale, we would not have an education. I therefore embraced agriculture fully.

I currently live in Kisumu with my family; my husband and 3 children. Kisumu is not a highly agricultural area, however, I have not let that put me down. I am currently keeping Local (kienyeji) Chicken for eggs and meat in my plot in Kisumu and also a vegetable garden. We have drilled a borehole in the plot and have sufficient water for irrigation that enables us supply vegetables even in the dry season.

It gives me lots satisfaction to see that I can produce food not just for my family but for the community around me and make an income out of it.

My Business

I started my Agri-business farming in the year 2013 when my husband and I purchased a ¼ acre plot in Kibos area in Kisumu a 10 minutes drive from my current residence. Our intention is to build our home in this plot, however since we do not enough finances to build a house, we decided to start up Agri-business.
We started off with building a chicken house that can hold up to 300 chicken and bought some chicken from a local market to start off the farming.

My chicken have grown in number and i am able to get 3 crates of eggs per week that i sell at Ksh. 450 per tray. This amount goes to buy food and other expenses.

I believe Zidisha will enable me grow my business and transform my life and my family. Thank you!

Loan Proposal

I would like to apply for a loan of Ksh. 12,756. With this amount i will be purchasing 50 Kuroiler Chicken. This is a high productive Chicken breed that had been tested in India an our neighboring country Uganda where it has been noted that this chicken matures faster and produces more eggs that a local chicken. The cost for buying the chicks will be Ksh. 6,000.

I will also buy chick mash, growers mash and layers mash for the chicken which will last me at least 2 months. I will add up with soe of the money i have saved to buy feeds and medication worth Ksh. 8,000.

Kindly support my venture. Thank you.

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