KARI improved Kienyeji was bred by the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute(KARI), now known as Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Institute (KARLO) at their research centre in Naivasha, in collaboration with researchers from Egerton University, Njoro.
Research and Breeding of the KARI improved Kienyeji started in 2002, when breeders at the KARI research centre wanted to come up with an improved chicken breed that had the characteristics of indigenous chicken, gains weight faster and matures fast.
After three years of intense research, KARLO came up with a pure indigenous breed that would have better productivity than indigenous breeds. The Kari Improved Kienyeji was the name of the new breed, that lays between 200 and 280 eggs, as compared to commercial layers that lay 300 eggs per year. It has better meat quality, less overhead costs, and greater disease resistance when compared to its commercial counterparts.
KALRO then perfected the breed over 7 more years and KARLO improved Kienyeji was launched into the market in 2012.
Kari Improved Kienyeji is 100% indigenous chicken. It was not a product of crossing indigenous breeds with exotic breeds but a result of breeding different indigenous parents with good characteristics.
KARI Improved Kienyeji Background Information
The main objectives for the researchers in the ASAL department of KARLO were to produce a breed that would keep the characteristics of indigenous chicken, with more productivity than the indigenous chicken and can be kept all over Kenya, especially in the Arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya.
They took time to research the characteristics of village chicken all over Kenya vis-a-vis exotic layers and broilers and used that as a benchmark for the breed they were working on.
The breed gained popularity and by 2016, Kari had distributed over 300,000 day-old chicks. 40,000 months old, 1000 breeding cockerels and 3800 hatching eggs.
KALRO IMPROVED KIENYEJI SUPPLY CHART 2014-2016 COPYRIGHT KALRO
Kari Improved Kienyeji Breed Information.
As a dual-purpose breed, Kari Improved Kienyeji matures at five and a half months. Managed as layers, they will lay between 15-25 eggs per month, On average cockerels weigh between 2-2.2 kgs and hens weigh between 1.5 to 1.8 kgs at maturity. They have high disease resistance as compared to commercial breed and other Improved Kienyenji
Breed Name: Kari Improved Kienyeji / Kalro Improved Kienyeji.
Scientific Name: Gallus domesticus.
Other Names: None
Temperament: Normal Feeder.
Purpose: Meat and Eggs.
Body Size: Large.
Broodiness: Poor, multicoloured KARI Improved are good sitters
Climate: Most Climates, can tolerate heat and cold.
Comb: Single.
Eggs Productivity: High (200 -280 eggs per year).
Size of Eggs: Medium, larger than most improved breeds.
Colour of eggs: Brown.
Colour: Multicolored varieties.
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- Feeding Program for Kari Improved Kienyeji Chicken
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