Table 5.
Production of challenges ranked by farmers of commercial layers in Dagoretti and Kibera in Nairobi.
| Challenge | Rank |
Implications for commercial layer farming in Nairobi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dagoretti | Kibera | ||
| Lack of land/space | – | 1 | Birds producing bad smell and noise which affects neighbouring households |
| Insecurity | 8 | 2 | High cases of theft of chicken |
| Sources of information | 1 | 3 | Information on poultry rearing only obtained from other farms and company agents who give brochures containing information on poultry feeding and disease control |
| Sources of feeds | 2 | 5 | Unlicensed feed manufacturers mushrooming within the country, very high feed prices; poor quality feeds leading to low performance i.e. fewer eggs and slows growth rates |
| Lack of capital | 3 | – | – |
| Types of housing | 4 | – | – |
| Sources of chicks | 5 | – | |
| Cost of veterinary drugs | 6 | – | – |
| Cost of energy e.g. electricity/charcoal | 7 | 6 | – |
| Cost of equipment: e.g. sawdust, feeders, drinker | 7 | – | |