What is Improved Kienyeji?
Improved Kienyeji chickens are selected from indigenous-type birds to improve growth and egg production while retaining characteristics valued in local farming systems.
Improved Kienyeji Day-Old Chicks
4.8
Unsexed day-old Improved Kienyeji chicks raised on ChickMagnet’s clean farm. Every hatchery vaccination due on Day 1 is completed and recorded.
Ksh 110/bird
10
Sold directly by ChickMagnet. Wholesale minimum: 10 of one breed and one age. Delivery is quoted separately after ChickMagnet reviews the destination, order size and handling needs.
Product guide
Know what you are buying
A Kenyan improved indigenous, dual-purpose chicken for farmers who want both meat and egg potential in a bird suited to smallholder production.
- Purpose
- Meat and eggs
- Farm fit
- Backyard or semi-intensive
- Key difference
- Kenyan improved indigenous type
- Sex
- Unsexed, balanced where possible
What is Improved Kienyeji?
Improved Kienyeji chickens are selected from indigenous-type birds to improve growth and egg production while retaining characteristics valued in local farming systems.
Who is it best for?
- Farmers balancing meat sales with future egg production.
- Backyard and semi-intensive systems with room for active birds.
- Buyers who prefer a locally familiar chicken type over a specialised broiler.
How is it different?
It grows more slowly than a specialised broiler but serves both meat and egg goals. Among the four options in this catalogue, it is the most locally rooted choice; actual results still depend on the strain and farm management.
What day-old chicks need
Day-old chicks are the lowest-cost starting point and require the most hands-on brooding.
- Clean and disinfect the brooder, feeders and drinkers before the chicks arrive.
- Pre-heat the brooder and check the temperature at chick level. A practical guide is 33 to 35°C in Week 1, reducing gradually as the chicks feather.
- Provide dry litter, good ventilation without draughts, clean water and chick starter feed immediately.
- Keep backup heat, basic chick-care supplies and the next vaccination dates ready.
Veterinarian-certified vaccination schedule
ChickMagnet follows a veterinarian-certified vaccination schedule. Every bird receives every dose due by its selected age, and each dose is recorded against the current batch. Day-old chicks leave with every hatchery vaccination due on Day 1 completed and recorded. The buyer continues the schedule after delivery.
- Day 1: Marek's disease, Gumboro, Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis vaccines at the hatchery.
- Days 10 to 12: Newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis booster.
- Days 18 to 21: Gumboro booster.
- Week 6: Fowl pox vaccine.
- Week 8: Fowl typhoid vaccine.
- Week 18: Newcastle disease booster, then repeat every three to four months under veterinary guidance.
How ChickMagnet cares for the flock
The birds are raised on a clean ChickMagnet farm by trained farm managers who monitor their health, housing, feed and water every day.
- Housing, feeders and drinkers are cleaned and managed to reduce avoidable disease risk.
- Birds receive age-appropriate feed, clean water, dry housing and routine observation.
- Vaccines are given when due for the bird’s age and recorded for the current batch.
- Any bird showing signs of illness is assessed rather than vaccinated while sick.
Important: Growth, laying and survival depend on feed, housing, vaccination, weather and day-to-day flock management. Ask ChickMagnet about the current batch before ordering. Chicks are sold unsexed. ChickMagnet does not guarantee sex, but the farm tries to balance male and female chicks where possible. ChickMagnet completes every vaccination due before delivery; the buyer is responsible for continuing later doses.