Simple Kienyeji Chicken Housing

You do not have to break the bank when it comes to building your Kienyeji Chicken house, particularly if you are low on capital. It is advisable to use simple locally available materials such as off-cuts, mabati or even mud in order to save on costs. A simple KARI Improved Chicken house measuring 300 by 15 feet –capable of accommodating 450 chicken or more-is likely to cost you anywhere from Ksh.60,000 to Ksh.80,000 when you make use of mabati for roofing,  off-cuts,  wire-mesh, chicken wire amongst other materials. 

Typically, the cost of labour will amount to 30% of the material cost. So if you are building a kienyeji chicken house where the materials cost you Ksh50,000, then the labour should cost you Ksh.15,000. In reality, this actually not the case and if you are building a chicken house in the rural areas, you will incur very low construction costs.

Under the semi-free range system, it is possible to cut costs drastically by making use of the most locally available materials such as mud. Ideally, this should halve the cost of the construction of the chicken house drastically. Here is a simple low cost kienyeji chicken house which you can construct for less than Ksh.30,000. 

For more information on the appropriate chicken house dimensions and guidelines on the construction of the Kienyeji chicken house, order our KARI Improved Kienyeji chicken rearing manual for Ksh.1000. 

You can also order a soft copy of our Improved Kienyeji Chicken Farming Manual for only Ksh.350. For additional information, drop us an email on improvedkienyeji@gmail.com