Raising chickens in your backyard has become a trend not just for aspiring farmers, but for anyone wanting to be even a little self-sufficient. There's also something meditative about watching hens ...

Layer birds resting in the wooden cages. Photo by George Katongole. Rose Akol, a poultry farmer in Kakira has found a new way to reduce labour at her farm by using wooden nesting boxes for her layers.

Producing clean table eggs from a flock raised in a deep litter system has always been a big challenge to most poultry farmers. It even becomes a tall order during the rainy season when the litter ...