Clever chicken

REINVENTING SOLAR POULTRY BREEDING WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS

Clever Chicken is a responsible and sustainable poultry rearing project in the Obala region, Cameroon.

The project preserves biodiversity, limits imports of poultry feed, improves food security and tackles antibiotic resistance.

  • Development and use of solar energy (incubators, warmth for the chicks)
  • Local organic production of feed for the chickens. This includes the breeding of black soldier flies for local input of proteins and production of compost (see video)
  • Elimination of the use of antibiotics for the chickens with natural treatments based on traditional medicine.

BENEFICIARIES:

  • 29 farmers (including eight women) produce grain to feed the chickens
  • Four jobs directly created (including two full time)
  • 50 reproductive hens and cockerels
  • Around 20 chicks produced each week
  • Direct sale to regular customers
  • Mortality rate reduced by half compared to conventional poultry breeding in Cameroon (5%).