Over 80 rooster rearers in Anosy Region have so significantly acquired the probably lifestyle-altering birds, which originate in India but which are now flourishing in Tanzania.

FAO brought eggs from the East African region to hatch chicks in Madagascar.

Lucette Vognentseva, a single of the new owners, spoke to UN News at her residence in Ifotaka town.

“I gained 5 chickens, a few women and two males, from FAO very last November and so significantly, two of the hens have laid 46 eggs. The other a person is nonetheless to create..

These are Kuroiler chickens and they are very good for laying eggs and for meat. They are far better than our area chickens mainly because they increase more quickly, are even bigger, develop additional eggs and are more resistant to harsh circumstances.

I can provide one particular of my eggs for 2000 ariary [$0.45] which is four occasions far more than the value of a area rooster egg. My eggs are also pricey to eat rather, people today occur to me to obtain one egg to hatch in the hope it will be a male which they can cross with their indigenous hens. This will make improvements to the stock of their chickens and will be extra worthwhile for them.

Some people today want to convey their hens to be impregnated by my cock, but I do not take that as I cannot be confident that their chickens are not carrying conditions mine are fully vaccinated and wholesome.

They stay in the coop that I developed and do not roam totally free like the birds of my neighbours and I have to purchase special food items from the industry as they simply cannot go hunting for their own.

They are domesticated animals who now recognize me. I am able to notify when they need to have feeding or want h2o.

My suggestions to other farmers who are taking into consideration these overseas birds is to be brave this pure breed from Tanzania makes extra money. My approach is to boost the dimension of my brood.

In the village, people have taken discover and are coming to me for suggestions about how to continue to keep these birds. I have become known as the “Foreign hen girl.”

FAO is due to perform along with the UN’s Entire world Foodstuff Programme (WFP) to improve diet in Ifotaka and beyond by facilitating the provision of eggs and meat to the residence-grown faculty feeding programme run by WFP.