TJ FARM

🥚🐔 Want more healthy eggs from your hens?
Keep them productive with quality feed, clean water, enough light, clean nests, and good health care. Happy hens lay more!

Starting a simple poultry (chicken) farm can definitely grow into a solid income stream if you keep it practical and consistent. Since you’re in Kenya, I’ll tailor this to what works well locally.

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🐔 1. Decide Your Focus (Very Important)

Pick one main direction first:

Layers → eggs daily (steady income)

Broilers → meat (fast cash every 5–8 weeks)

👉 For beginners:

Start with broilers for quick money

Then expand into layers for long-term income

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🏡 2. Start Small (Don’t Rush Big)

Begin with:

50–100 chicks

Why?

Easy to manage

Lower risk if something goes wrong

You learn before scaling

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🏠 3. Build a Simple Chicken House

Keep it cheap but effective:

Good ventilation (airflow is key)

Dry floor (use sawdust or wood shavings)

Protection from rain & predators (dogs, snakes)

👉 Rule:

1 square meter = 8–10 chickens

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🐥 4. Buy Healthy Chicks

Get chicks from trusted hatcheries like:

Kenchic

Muguku (well-known in Kenya)

Look for:

Active chicks

Bright eyes

No weakness

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🌽 5. Feeding (This is where profit is won or lost)

Feed stages:

For Broilers:

Starter mash (0–3 weeks)

Grower mash (3–5 weeks)

Finisher mash (5+ weeks)

👉 Tip:
Feed consistently + clean water always

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💉 6. Vaccination (Don’t skip this!)

Common diseases:

Newcastle

Gumboro

Follow a simple vaccination schedule from agrovet.

👉 Skipping this = losses

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💰 7. Costs & Expected Returns (Example: 100 Broilers)

Approx:

Chicks: KSh 100–130 each

Feed: KSh 3,500–5,000+

Vaccines + misc: KSh 1,000–2,000

Total: ~KSh 15,000–20,000

After 6–8 weeks:

Sell at KSh 450–700 per chicken

👉 Profit can be KSh 15,000–30,000 per cycle if well managed

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🛒 8. Market Before You Start

Don’t rear chickens then start looking for buyers.

Sell to:

Local hotels & eateries

Neighbors

Butcheries

Direct on WhatsApp / Facebook

👉 Tip: Build customers early

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📈 9. Scale Slowly

Once stable:

Increase to 200–500 birds

Mix broilers + layers

Start selling eggs daily

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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

Starting too big

Poor hygiene (kills birds fast)

Overcrowding

Inconsistent feeding

No market plan

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🔥 Smart Growth Strategy

Start:

50 broilers → learn

Reinvent profit → 100–200

Add layers → daily income

Exact budget for your current money

A step-by-step 30-day plan

Or help you choose between broilers vs layers based on your situation

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Ken Molei, Namaganda Hajirah, Evanxoh Yegoh, Afandye Drocillie