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WE WERE AFRAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE BIRTH.Remember this mother sheep? Last time we reported her appetite dropped during pr...
21/08/2026

WE WERE AFRAID SHE WOULD NOT GIVE BIRTH.

Remember this mother sheep? Last time we reported her appetite dropped during pregnancy. You could even see her ribs. We were very worried she would not have strength to lamb.

But look now - ONA SASA THREE! 😭

She gave us triplets! Two white with black patches and one brown and white. All healthy, standing and trying to suckle.

Lesson to every sheep farmer:

1. Appetite drops in late pregnancy - it's normal. The lambs are pressing her stomach inside, so she eats very little. Don't panic.

2. Visible ribs does not always mean disease. Sometimes the ewe is giving everything to the lambs inside. She needs QUALITY not quantity - a little dairy meal, plenty of salt lick (chumvi), and clean water.

3. Don't rush to inject. Give her a clean, dry, peaceful shed to lamb in.

This ewe was thin, but her motherhood was strong. She gave us three blessings at once!

Have you ever had a sheep you thought would not make it but surprised you?

SHE DISAPPEARED. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONE.MAMA KANGA WA KAZI!This is my guinea fowl hen. Her house is next to the bush.One...
20/08/2026

SHE DISAPPEARED. I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONE.

MAMA KANGA WA KAZI!

This is my guinea fowl hen. Her house is next to the bush.

One day she just disappeared. Siku moja, siku mbili, wiki moja... I thought a mongoose ate her.

Kumbe she had hidden herself deep in the bush, sitting on her eggs. No food from me, no house, just dry grass and pure instinct.

And today, she reappeared... with 20+ keets! 😂

Lesson I learned:

Guinea fowls don't like laying in the house. If your house is near a bush, she will always look for a secret place.

What to do:

1. If your kanga disappears, search the bush near your house quietly.
2. Don't disturb her when you find her. Let her finish 26-28 days.
3. Bring her back at night with all her keets to a safe place. Bush has snakes and mongooses.

She hatched 100% without electricity, without my help. Zero cost.

Has your kanga ever disappeared and come back with keets?

Mama Bata wa Kazi! Meet the BEST mother in my farm!This is not their mother biologically, but this Turkey hen decided to...
19/08/2026

Mama Bata wa Kazi! Meet the BEST mother in my farm!

This is not their mother biologically, but this Turkey hen decided to adopt 20+ chicks and she is doing a better job than the hens themselves!

Turkeys are:
Very broody - will sit on anything
Very protective - no hawk will come close
Very patient - can brood chicks, ducks, even geese!

If you have a turkey, you have a free natural incubator. I use mine to hatch chicken eggs when my hens refuse to sit.

Nature never stops amazing me.

I started with 3. Just 3 ducks.Look at us now.This morning: 3 mothers, 22 ducklings, walking in one line like a school p...
18/08/2026

I started with 3. Just 3 ducks.

Look at us now.

This morning: 3 mothers, 22 ducklings, walking in one line like a school parade. No fighting, no lost duckling.

People think you need 100 birds to start. You don't. You need 3 good ducks and patience.

What most farmers miss: Ducks practice communal motherhood. We call it a crèche. Unlike chickens, ducks co-parent. One leads in front, one guards in the middle, one covers the back. All ducklings belong to all mothers. That's why you can hatch 20 and lose zero.

They grow fast if you feed right:

Days 1-14: 20-22% protein crumbles. No fine flour, it chokes them.
Weeks 3-7: Drop to 15-18%. Too much causes Angel Wing.
Week 8+: 14-16% for eggs and maintenance.

Nilianza na tatu. Consistency has brought us here. Tunaendelea vizuri.

When the hen says, "Hii ni kazi yangu!"Nilipita nikakuta mama amejipanga k**a boss. Mayai 25+ mbele yake, macho juu yang...
17/08/2026

When the hen says, "Hii ni kazi yangu!"

Nilipita nikakuta mama amejipanga k**a boss. Mayai 25+ mbele yake, macho juu yangu k**a ananiuliza, "Umetokea wapi?"

This is not resting. This is brooding. And this is not a chicken - this is a Turkey hen, the queen of natural incubation.

For 28 days straight she will sit here, turning eggs, keeping them at 37.5 degrees, no electricity, no thermostat, no stima worries.

But here is the lesson many farmers miss: si kila yai itaanguliwa.

If she cannot cover them all, some will go cold. If eggs are not fertile, nothing will hatch. If nest is dirty or wet, bacteria will kill the embryo before day 10.

Our grandmothers knew this. They trusted the technology God put inside the chicken.

Kila yai hapa ni promise ya kesho. Utajiri uko mashambani.

SWALI: Would you trust her or an electric incubator?

IKO WAPI INCUBATOR? 🤔Many ask me — why you don't use incubator and your chicken have multiplied like this?Look at this p...
16/08/2026

IKO WAPI INCUBATOR? 🤔

Many ask me — why you don't use incubator and your chicken have multiplied like this?

Look at this photo. One hen. Over 20 chicks. No electricity. No incubator.

This is the secret most farmers forget.

A broody hen is the best incubator God created. She controls temperature, turns the eggs, and teaches chicks how to eat and survive free-range. Zero power bill.

Why I use hens, not incubator:

1. No cost — hen does it free
2. 90% hatch rate — better than cheap incubators
3. Hen protects chicks from hawks and rain
4. Chicks learn to scratch and find food fast

An incubator is good when you want 100+ chicks at once. But if you are starting small and want tough, disease-resistant kienyeji chicks, let the hen do the job.

Start with 3 good broody hens. In 1 year, you will have 100+ chickens. No incubator needed at the start.

Natural multiplication.

ZINAONGEZEKA HARAKA — THAT'S HOW WE ARE MOVING13 white keets. All on the ground today, free-range, searching for food to...
15/08/2026

ZINAONGEZEKA HARAKA — THAT'S HOW WE ARE MOVING

13 white keets. All on the ground today, free-range, searching for food together.

This is how fast guinea fowl multiplies when you do it right. No incubator, just natural hatching and good care.

One batch gives you 10-13 keets. In 6 months they mature. In less than a year, those 13 can give you over 100 birds. Simple multiplication.

The first two weeks are the key — keep them warm, dry, and give them high protein feed. After that, they are the toughest birds on the farm. They eat ticks and grasshoppers for free and stay together as one team.

Tunasonga tu hivi — free-range, simple.

👍 TOMATO FARMING WILL TEACH YOU PATIENCE.In tomato farming, you sleep when the crops are healthy and green like you see ...
14/08/2026

👍 TOMATO FARMING WILL TEACH YOU PATIENCE.

In tomato farming, you sleep when the crops are healthy and green like you see in this photo.

You wake up and blight is everywhere. Leaves turning yellow, fruits rotting.

Then you fight blights, you win. You fight Tuta and whiteflies, you win again.

Then you go to the market, and a crate is 500 bob. All your chemicals, labour, and sleepless nights seem like total waste.

But that is kawaida for us tomato farmers. Market highs and lows are part of the journey.

We don't complain too much. We rest one day, then we plant again. That is the true spirit of a real resilient farmer.

The truth nobody tells you:
1. Tomatoes can change overnight. One day healthy, next day disaster. Daily scouting and preventive spraying is not optional, it is survival.
2. The market is a gamble. We never know when it will be good. When price is low everyone quits, when high everyone plants. Smart farmers plant in phases to always have something ready for market.
3. Profit is not just in growing, it is in surviving diseases, pests, and low prices. Use certified seeds, mulch properly, feed with calcium, and maintain your drip irrigation system well.

If you are a tomato farmer you understand this pain and hope. This green fruit is hope. In three weeks it will be red and ready.

We keep farming. We never give up.

My pure layers walk out every morning like kienyeji, yet I still get 70%+ laying. How?Many think: Ukifungulia layers, ma...
13/08/2026

My pure layers walk out every morning like kienyeji, yet I still get 70%+ laying. How?

Many think: Ukifungulia layers, mayai itapungua. Not true.

This photo is 8 am. I just opened the doors and they run to the sun. Not hunger, it's just their natural habit.

The trick is feed first, freedom second.

At 6:30 am, inside the house, they get full layers mash and clean water. Crop imejaa. So when I open at 8 am, grass is not food, it's a supplement.

Why do my pure layers eat grass like free-range?

1. It's a multivitamin. That green gives vitamin A. That's why my yolk is deep orange, not pale. Customers pay more for that orange.

2. It's protein + small stones. In that grass they pick insects, worms and small hard stones. Those small stones help them crush and digest feed in their stomach. Better digestion = more eggs from the same bag.

3. It's medicine. Rolling in that soil removes lice and mites naturally. A bird with parasites will never hit 70%.

Why doesn't going outside drop production?

Eggs need light, low stress and good feed, not walls.

See that yellow curtain? I roll it up for fresh air. No bad smell, no coughing disease. They also get 16 hours of light - sun by day, dim light at night.

A stressed caged bird fights all day. My bird on grass scratches and stretches. That saved energy goes straight to the egg.

Don't build a prison and call it a poultry house.

Do you let your pure layers out? What % are you getting?

12/08/2026

LAYERS UPDATE: 70% PRODUCTION 🥚

We are happy to report our layers are currently at 70% laying rate at Centos AgriVentures!

For us, this means out of every 100 birds, we are collecting 70 eggs daily. It's a good sign that our feeding program, lighting, and overall management are on point.

Our focus for the next 2 weeks: Push it to 85%+ with:
✓ Consistent 16hrs light
✓ Quality layers mash + clean water ad lib
✓ Zero stress & timely egg collection

To fellow farmers - what % are your birds at right now? Let's learn together .

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