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KCSE Agriculture Livestock Production V (Poultry) Notes Kenya

Study Agriculture notes on Livestock Production V (Poultry) for KCSE. Useful for revision, homework, and exam preparation in Kenya.

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KNEC
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Agriculture
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KCSE
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AGRICULTURE FORM IV NOTES
27.0.0 Livestock Production V (Poultry) (25 Lessons)
28.0.0 Livestock Production VI (Cattle) (16 Lessons)
29.0.0 Farm Power and Machinery (18 Lessons)
30.0.0 Agricultural Economics III (Production Economics) (20 Lessons)
31.0.0 Agricultural Economics IV (Farm Accounts) (10 Lessons)
32.0.0 Agricultural Economics V(Agricultural Marketing and Organisations) (10 Lessons)
33.0.0 Agroforestry (10 Lessons)

Livestock Production V (Poultry)
Introduction
- Poultry industry in Kenya has developed tremendously due to the use of artificial incubation and brooding and easy availability of hybrid birds, both eggers and broilers.
- Poultry production has become an easy source of income and food for the rural as well as the urban communities.
- The term poultry includes domestic birds such as turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, doves and pigeons.
- Of late ostrich farming has become a lucrative activity.
- Poultry production starts with incubation of eggs.

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