Poultry Progress at the Kizimbani Experimental Station, 1932-1935

Abstract

A journey taken through any part of Zanzibar will quickly indicate to an observant person that the keeping of poultry is almost universal among the native population. It will be equally evident that the type of poultry is generally entirely mongrel small and poor. Ill housed and little cared for. Therefore it is not surprising that the eggs for sale in the markets are very small dirty and of doubtful freshness whilst the carcasses of these native birds are small and the flesh tough. Prices of poultry and eggs are very low and little or no business is clone with the large number of ships which are constantly passing through the Port of Zanzibar. No improvements in breeding feeding or housing have been carried out in the past. Various town residents have done well with small units of European fowls but up to the present there has been no serious organized attempt to improve the, poultry of Zanzibar.