Poultry farming is rapidly growing, becoming one of the most lucrative ventures for citizens as products can be domestically sold or exported to earn revenue. Poultry farming has various rearing streams, allowing a farmer to work best in a specific field like broilers, layers, kienyeji chickens, and improved kienyeji chickens. It is vital to maintain the health conditions of the birds to attain optimum productivity that will fetch you maximum profits.
Many Kenyans are interested in broiler farming. Broilers are birds kept for meat and grow faster. They are sold in different places in Kenya because they are a preferred meat and are in high demand by consumers.
Here is a list of Broiler markets in Kenya where you can easily sell your broilers:
1. Suguna Poultry Kenya Limited
The buyer concentrates on poultry feed supplements like broiler starter premix. They supply the markets with feeds and chick products.
They have offices in Nairobi.
2. Farhan Farm
They concentrate on poultry keeping equipment. These equipment include: broiler drinkers, feeders and broiler cages
3. Lifeken Limited
They majorly concentrate on broilers. They provide finisher poultry concentrate for broilers and starter poultry concentrate.
4. Isinya Feeds Limited
Poultry keeping machinery for rearing and laying batteries broiler feeders.
5. Arom Limited
The animal feeds the vital broiler starter premix.
Other places where you can sell your broilers include: Schools and learning institutions; Auction markets; Supermarkets; Hospitals and nursing homes; Hotels and Restaurants; Jiji and local markets.
The sale of broilers depends on the demand for meat by consumers. When broilers are good-grade birds, they will attract numerous different consumers. Consumers tend to prefer clean and valuable meat parts like large thighs.
Cost of Rearing 100 Broilers in Kenya
Broilers are birds kept for meat. They mature faster; therefore, proper budgeting will help to ensure the business is running smoothly. The cost of rearing broilers in Kenya varies depending on the number of broilers a farmer wants to raise at a particular time.
The cost of rearing 100 broilers in Kenya is approximately Ksh. 150,000.
Here is a breakdown of the rearing cost:
Chicks at Ksh. 100 each @ Ksh. 10,000.
Labor, Construction, Transport, Equipment, Source of heat, Lighting-Ksh. 110,000.
Feeds- Ksh. 20,000.
Vaccination- Ksh. 10,000.
Cost of Rearing 1000 Broilers in Kenya
The cost of rearing 1000 broilers in Kenya is approximately Ksh. 589,000. This cost caters to chicks, labor, transport, feeds, mediation, construction, and a source of light and heat. Rearing 1000 broilers will earn you maximum profits after every sale.
Broiler Contract Farming in Kenya
In Kenya, broiler contract farming has allowed many farmers to practice broiler farming easily. Kenchic Ltd. is the largest grower and processor of chickens. Kenchic contracts farmers to rear chickens for them.
They will provide day-old chicks, feed, and medicine on credit to the farmer, which will be deducted when grown chickens are paid. They will also provide supervision. The farmer should concentrate on broiler production according to the contract. A farmer’s job is to construct suitable housing for the birds and manage them till they are ready for consumption.
Neema Chickens and Kuku Digital in Makuyu along the Thika Sagana Super Highway are the major contractors.
Kenchic Broiler Prices
A Kenchic broiler is reared for meat production. The Kenchic broiler is being sold at different prices depending on age, weight and location. The maximum weight of the broiler is 3.8 kg, fetching maximum profits
Kenchic broilers’ prices range from Ksh. 100 to Ksh. 600. The cost of a day old broiler chicks is Ksh.100 and mature broiler chicken is between Ksh. 400 to Ksh. 600 based on weight.
Kenchic broilers meat is processed and packed in different pieces and sold at different prices as shown:
1. Kenchic assorted chicken pack, one kilogram cost Kshs 550.
2. Kenchic frozen chicken drumsticks in six pieces cost Kshs 730 .
3. Kenchic frozen chicken wings 650 g, an average cost of Kshs 725.
4. Kenchic frozen chicken gizzards, 700 g, cost about Kshs 540 .
5. Kenchic spring chicken 750 grams cost about Kshs 390.
6. Kenchic frozen thighs, 750 g, cost Kshs 850.
Chicken Buyers Near Me
Most buyers around the country buy chicken because they want to rear it, sell it as white meat, and consume meat. Many buyers nearby are consumers of chicken meat, those operating in butchers’, hotels, and restaurants. Many buyers prefer chicken meat because it is used in many events.
Broiler for Sale
Broilers are sold between 1.5 kg and 3 kg depending on consumer and market demand. Proper grading of broilers attracts many consumers. They should not have any skin defects when dressing out.
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