President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for an investigation into the circumstances that led to importation of fake cattle vaccines into the country. The vaccines were allegedly imported and distributed by a top […]

Constipation in newborn and very young kids is a common condition that most producers seldom consider. Premature newborns are good candidates for this problem but full-term kids can also suffer constipation. The […]

Spraddle Leg, which is also known as Splayed Leg, is a condition that can affect chicks after birth. When a chick hatches, sometimes one or both legs begin to fall to one side. This can result in an inability to […]

Have you ever gone out to your coop to collect eggs and found one that was distinctly…distinct? From time to time, eggs that look or feel strange can happen. These soft shelled or misshapen eggs can have odd […]

“With 80% of lamb performance based on a farmer’s management and only 20% on feeding, there’s a lot a farmer can do to ensure optimal growth,” Hamlett a researcher says.

“A lamb’s life actually begins four […]

Every morning, a vehicle carrying milk cans drives into the villages of Nakaseke District where small-scale farmers sell their milk, and the sale recorded depending on the litres of raw milk delivered.
By […]

Breeding is an important aspect in livestock production and farming. Though some livestock farmers don’t value breeding, it remains the tool to improve the animals on your farm. Animal Breeding is simply the a […]

Part of proper chicken care includes being able to spot when something is wrong. This can mean being observant on several levels, from watching your chickens’ eating habits to monitoring their behavior. Another […]

Dairy production is one of the fastest growing enterprises in Uganda. It is part of the 12 agricultural commodities which is considered by the line ministry of agriculture to have potential to remarkably […]

Stargazing is a term that refers to a condition where a chick is unable to hold its head upright. Instead, the head of the chick flops backward and rests upon its back, giving the impression that the chick is […]

B Vitamins, especially Vitamin B12 and B1 (or Thiamine), are extremely important to your goat’s health. A healthy goat will produce all the necessary B Vitamins in its rumen and excrete any excess through the u […]

Do you rear ducks or are thinking of raising some, below are some of the feed you can avail to your ducks.

Ducks are omnivores who love to eat a wide variety of food and forage to give them a balanced diet to […]

Pigs are hefty eaters by nature, so when they stop eating suddenly, this is cause for concern. There are a variety of reasons why a pig has stopped eating, and the matter should be addressed immediately, since it […]

Subiri Obwogo came into 2018 expecting the worst. She was smarting from a nasty disease that wiped out her entire flock forcing her to de-populate, clean and disinfect the chicken pens and start afresh.
Below […]

Rodents seem to have an uncanny ability to find food. It could be that they are blessed with an amazing sense of smell or that they have special food radar and maybe it is even a sheer sense of luck, but if you […]

Rabbit farmers can now produce a higher quality of meat and fur with a new high hygiene all-steel wire cage which does not harbour parasites like its timber structure.
Gervase Wakoli of Enkokho Kuku […]

Shortage of honey in the market prompted Brian Ssenoga, a journalist by profession, to venture into honey production to reduce the deficit.
According to the United States Agency for International Development, […]

Once in a while, you may come across a chicken with a beak that does not align perfectly. This abnormal alignment is known as Scissor Beak, or Crossed Beak, and is a condition that exists when the top and bottom […]

When infectious organisms such as bacteria or viruses invade an animal, the immune system tries to destroy them. As part of this reaction the animal’s temperature rises causing what we know as fever.
Fever is t […]