{"id":3973,"date":"2021-07-23T07:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T07:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2021-07-23T07:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T07:52:51","slug":"kari-chicken-feeding-and-vaccination-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/kari-chicken-feeding-and-vaccination-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"KARI chicken Feeding and Vaccination Guide."},"content":{"rendered":"

KARI chicken Feeding and Vaccination Guide.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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On this article you will get to know KARI chicken feeding and Vaccination Guide.This is a breed of chicken that was introduced as a result of research by the Kenya Agricultural Institute(KARI).The research involved interbreeding of various indigineous chicken with prolific characteristics.The breed that was created had several characteristics which were better than those of other chicken.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Characteristics of KARI chicken.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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  1. It is kept for both meat and eggs production.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. It matures at a very fast rate and weighs 2.1Kg for the KARI cockerel and 1.5Kg for the KARI hen.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. When properly fed and managed,they can lay from 220 upto 280 eggs in a year.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. They contain a variety of colours.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The KARI breed has a very high resistance to diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Their products i.e the meat and eggs are highly nutritious thus advantageous to the farmer as he earns more from their sale.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. They can feed on food remains and not necessarily on feeds thus they are quite cost effective.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. The hen can sit on the eggs thus saves the farmer the cost of incubators.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    KARI chicken feeding guide.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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    Every farmer needs to provide their chicks with proper feeds from when they are one day old till maturity.The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute encourages farmers to feed their chicks with home made feeds which are more nutritious than commercial feeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Below is a table that shows what to feed them,at what stage and how much they are supposed to weigh.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Age<\/b><\/td>\nFeeds<\/b><\/td>\nWeight<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1-8 weeks<\/span><\/td>\nChick mash<\/span><\/td>\n15-50 grams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    8-19 weeks.<\/span><\/td>\nGrowers mash<\/span><\/td>\n50-80 grams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    19 weeks onwards<\/span><\/td>\nLayer mash<\/span><\/td>\n80-100 grams<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    KARI chicken vaccination guide.<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Statistics reports show that a lot of poultry farmers lose their poultry to diseases each year.That is why it is very important to vaccinate your poultry as per schedule.Each poultry keeper should consult a veterinary for a proper guide on vaccination.Also,they should not vaccinate poultry while they are sick.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Below is a table that shows the type of vaccine that should be administered,the method of administering the vaccine and at what age they should be vaccinated.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Age<\/span><\/td>\nVaccination<\/span><\/td>\nMode of administering the vaccination<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    1 Day Old<\/span><\/td>\nMareks<\/span><\/td>\nSubcutaneous<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    10 Days Old<\/span><\/td>\n1st dose Gumboro<\/span><\/td>\nDrinking Water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    18 Days Old<\/span><\/td>\n2nd dose Gumboro<\/span><\/td>\nDrinking water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3 weeks old(hot spot areas)<\/span><\/td>\n1st dose New Castle<\/span><\/td>\nEye drop\/drinking water.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3-6 weeks old(Other areas)<\/span><\/td>\nFowl pox<\/span><\/p>\n

    2nd dose Newcastle disease<\/span><\/td>\n

    		Wing web stab.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Eye drop\/drinking water.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    8 weeks Old<\/span><\/td>\nFowl Typhoid<\/span><\/td>\nIntramuscular Injection<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    18 weeks Old<\/span><\/td>\n3rd dose Newcastle disease<\/span><\/td>\nEye drop\/drinking water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    19 weeks Old<\/span><\/td>\nDeworming<\/span><\/td>\nDrinking water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    KARI chicken Feeding and Vaccination Guide.   On this article you will get to know KARI chicken feeding and Vaccination Guide.This is a breed of chicken that was introduced as a result of research by the Kenya Agricultural Institute(KARI).The research involved interbreeding of various indigineous chicken with prolific characteristics.The breed that was created had several […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nextgensolutions.co.ke\/poultry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}