Following the heavy rain in Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu county, poultry farmers have been forced to implement a strategy to enhance the survival of their young poultry.
Carton box lined with cotton linen are being utilised in the area to enhance warmth for kienyeji chicks which is necessary for their survival.
"Immediately our chicks are hatched, we collect them and group them in lined carton boxes until they are 3 months old. Their mothers are then given other eggs to incubate to increase the number of chicks," says Sally Kapting'ei, a poultry farmer in the area.
According to her, the more the number of chicks the higher the chances of survival because they are then able to warm themselves.
The poultry farmers in the area have been doing this every rainy season for 3 years now whereby they keep poultry in large scale to be sold during August and December when there is high demand.