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Speeding up Kalro indigenous chicken multiplication

A lot goes into the process—artificial insemination, incubation and hatching.

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by WILLIAM INGANGA

Big-read22 June 2022 - 23:09
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The one-day-old chicks are transferred to a brooder house shortly after vaccination

The eggs are disinfected by fumigation, before being taken to the pre-warming chamber. Formalin and potassium permanganate are used in recommended proportions for the fumigation process, which takes 40 minutes at a temperature between 24 and 38 degrees Celsius.

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